Anon 10/16/2020 (Fri) 22:48:41 No.6698 del
>>6690
>In an earlier time they would've been used simply because: new stuff.
I mentioned here >>6668 that Hasbro might have had them in mind to use them as a last resort. Even if they appeared in an earlier time, they would become the maximum peak of a species meant for toys. So even if they brought new stuff by introducing them....heh, you might complain about Cadence or Flurry Heart (for example) but this species proves how far (and cheap) Hasbro is willing to go when it comes to selling toys because their actual origins were the bath toys sales and call it a day.

Would they have performed better if they were released in 2012/13? Sure but if that were the case, there would be quite a few complaints of Hasbro selling their souls to the Devil just for selling an entire species just for a few bills more.

>Now though they would have to stick out or someone in the fandom coming up with a meme with them and it spreading.
quite difficult honestly. Considering that the fanbase is quite stuck in the first years, I cannot imagine any meme that would arise after the 5th season. Time will prove me wrong or not.

>I wonder if a sequel on its own would've done it if they were still merely a element within a wider, somewhat clustered class?
there were plans for a sequel with the Toon Boom animation...


...just that the movie didn´t perform all that well according to their expectations. As a consequence, they decided to use the same tools for another production that didn´t reach the movie theaters and had a more limited budget with little to zero marketing: Rainbow Roadtrip.