@ClownDicks  
I want a Rarity figure with Ninja-Kick action and a hang-glider.

@ClownDicks  
Because toy companies think that the product has to actually be in the show before dumb kids will buy it? I doubt things like continuity etc come into the equation.

@ClownDicks  
*silly gimmick toys

@Itsthinking  
What if they didn’t put Rainbow Power in the show at all and let the toys do their own thing, like the Batman cartoon did with its silly gimmicks?

@Bolan  
Wouldn’t it be more hamfisted if they didn’t allude to it throughout the season at all and never bothered to make it seem important?
 
This seems like the standard “here’s a basic idea of what we want, how do you want to do this” formula that has been around for a while in the animation industry.

@Bolan  
Fairly certain edgy doesn’t mean what you think it means.

@ClownDicks
 
They had to compromise with Hasbro. We let you be more edgy if you let our toy marketing be even more hamfisted.

@Background Pony #68BE  
I’m laughing because it’s not funny at all and actually kinda sad.

This seems like nothing to get hyped about, just another pretty toy design being forced into the show for all of one episode before we get back to normal.

So basically, this whole epic magic box season-long arc is just an excuse to promote a new tonline? How good to know how much the show has evolved since that lame season 1!

@Itsthinking  
Ah, so they did. Welp, I got nothing then.
 
I go back to my theory about the Rainbow of Light and the Pony of Shadows.

@ClownDicks  
Kind of reminds me of Spyro. Skylanders only used his name to launch a new franchise once it became successful. If they can sell glam rock dolls in 2014, they can relaunch Jem. That would be truly, truly, outrageous.
 
@Background Pony #4F01  
See, I thought it was too but I’m pretty sure they cleared a bunch of that up some time last year. They also got a little bit of G1 back IIRC.

I can’t wait for this massive infusion of rainbow power to happen to the show, just for Snowdrop to walk by and wonder what all the fuss is about.

@Itsthinking  
Actually, I think the rights to Jem is in some weird limbo. So they just stuck rainbows and glam rock to an already popular line and let it fly.
 
I could be wrong though.

@Itsthinking  
The fact that they both flocked to this show says they don’t need to choose between one or the other.
 
Also, >that feel when there is no Jem reboot

@ClownDicks  
Twenty-something males and little girls inherently like different things. “Gaudy” things and bright neon is in. It’s been in for quite a while and isn’t going away anytime soon.
 
@ClownDicks  
Probably are testing the waters to see how a Jem relaunch will do.

@Corrderio  
They’re making EqG versions too. :3

So is this going to be a transformation gimmick thing or what? What is the purpose in the show.

@Itsthinking  
>appeal to me  
>appeal to little girls
 
¿Por qué no los dos?

Those designs are still ugly. Not EG ugly, but still…

@ClownDicks  

@ClownDicks  
Well, let us hope that this will not be a repeat of the whole Alicorn Twilight conflict.

@ClownDicks  

@ClownDicks  
Ugly to you, appealing to the target audience.
 
Which is ultimately the one that matters the most?

If it’s permanent, there will be blood.