@Ardashir  
Or she’s running in the direction of her parents because she wants more princesses to complete the collection.

Something I just noticed – the foal who says she wants Princess Cadance is running away with a Luna doll instead. That kid can’t even get her princesses straight!

@Ardashir  
Or the way government gets revenue from this is similar to how state lotteries work, but without payouts.  
Essentially, a sales tax where the retailer gets the smaller percentage instead of the government.  
All of this assuming the princesses are using their image for as much of their income as you imply.

@Animegx43  
Maybe this is how they collect taxes in Equestria, by selling princess pony toys?
 
Of course if so there’s probably a law mandating that you buy X amount every year or else.

@Background Pony Number 17  
You may have a point. Might also be a joke on how some fans used to complain that all she was, is a “pretty princess,” and didn’t do much else.
 
It’s also funny Twi’ states the merch’ is “unofficial.” (Possibly meaning “bootleg.”)

This is actually a pretty wicked satire, playing off what we’ve seen of Cadance’s character in the show. A lot of her character development came in “Three’s a Crowd”, where she revealed that she was bored with being the Crystal Princess and wanted more exciting adventures like what Twilight had. Cadance wanting to be the “Action Girl” but stuck in the “Pretty Princess” role really is a Take That to Hasbro for coming up with her as a wedding playset figure first, show character second.

>huge pile of starswirl dolls  
>on sale  

>anime anger vein

>wants Cadance  
>holds a Luna

@Background Pony #FC76  
OH SNAP!
 
Actually what happened is that they don’t forget the morning after spell.

But Cadence, you have something they don’t.
 
A love life. That is worth more than any ancient artifact.

If Starswirl is still out there somewhere, he could use an excellent writer like A.K. Yearling to write about his adventures. That’ll help make him more popular among the fillies and colts :3

@Masem  
We’re out of princess action figures, but we’ve still got plenty of Celestia’s faithful friend, Starswirl!

By the way… Cadance should be happy they got her color right on her first toy.

Starswirl the shelf warmer.

Have you ever been so annoyed, a vein pulsed on your hat?

I think the speach bubble was attributed to the wrong filly.

You see, Star Swirl? Shouldn’t have taken part in that comic with the sirens. It really crushed your popularity.  
/joke
 
I don’t understand these ponies. In fact, I don’t understand what is it that Cadance expected when it was “love” that saved Equestria from the changelings and then it’s what she’s celebrated for when the filly says that. Not to mention that the sun doesn’t grow darker when Celestia is sad.
 
I’d totally buy those miniatures though.

And she’s the only one packaged with another pony. Technically there should be toys of Twilight’s friends if elements of harmony are to be wielded, but I don’t see them here, let alone packaged with her.

@PonyPon  

Well how’s that a bad thing?
 
It’s arguably a better deal to live well forever and ever only with the occasional disaster.
 
And does nobody want Starswirl?

To be fair, Cadence played major role in saving Canterlot and Crystal Empire, assisting personaly on the frontline. In two episodes she did more than Celestia and Luna in all 6 seasons.

@FancyCat2008  
Oh, yeah, I get that. The “Pretty Princess” label on her costume definitely came off as negative/dismissive, but this still seems to come off pretty positive, even if it is a bit less action-y than the other three. (The kid really seems to love her new dolls, after all.)

@Flying Pancake  
Sure, but when the other princesses are better known for literally saving Equestria dozens of times, and raising the sun and the moon daily, it can be hard to be best known as The Pretty Pink One.

I get what they’re driving at for most of the comic, but is being known for living happily ever after really that bad? They saved Equestria by doing so, and the Crystal Empire would be a frozen wasteland without love based magic, so I’d think it would be seen pretty positively there.