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	chikane 2012-02-27 09:20 am UTC (link)
	Locusts seem to be a pretty accurate comparison, indeed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:24 am UTC (link)
	I think the first hint I had that they were trouble besides, you know, knowledge of how this shit works, was when they were complaining that the toys should only have molded hair because the only people who liked proper hair didn't count. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chikane 2012-02-27 09:29 am UTC (link)
	I actually had to look up what molded hair was. And seriously? They made that argument? Fail. Hardcore fail. So glad I never saw that argument. I liked proper hair on my ponies as a kid :/ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:33 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, to make the toys more 'show authentic' IE the kind of action figures you can barely play with. Kids fuckin' love brushable hair on their toys. You know, who the show and toys are really made for. Not hateful twenty something men. not saying that adults can't like kids toys. But you got to remember who it's actually for, right? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ekaterinv 2012-02-27 09:36 am UTC (link)
	No, you've got it all wrong. Kids don't care about brushable hair. Girls do. Girls aren't kids, they're girls, and they don't count. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:38 am UTC (link)
	fuck. I keep forgetting that. There's toys for people/kids, and there's toys for girls. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chikane 2012-02-27 09:38 am UTC (link)
	I really loved that. You had all sorts of tiny combs and brushes to work the hair with, it was fun! Sure, adults can like toys, but they shouldn't argue that toys should only be made with their interests in mind. The whole franchise wouldn't even exist without ponies being bought for children. Even bronies should be able to wrap their head around that one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:40 am UTC (link)
	Yes! Well, until the day you pulled out a tail that had too tough a knot. 'NOOOO!' On the facebook, I saw some saying that they were actually the primary audience that should be catered to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chikane 2012-02-27 09:43 am UTC (link)
	My sister used to cut those things with scissors. Many "NOOOOOOOS" were had. On the facebook, I saw some saying that they* were actually the primary audience that should be catered to.* headexplosion.gif Entitlement in its purest form. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 09:45 am UTC (link)
	The feed actually started to, after a bit. It was gross, if only because of what their injokes were. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nursewretched 2012-02-28 02:31 am UTC (link)
	My sister used to cut those things with scissors. Many "NOOOOOOOS" were had. Yeah, I did that too. I had a lot of ponies with mohawks and short, bristly tails. They matched my buzz-cut Barbies, so it all worked out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chikane 2012-02-28 08:31 am UTC (link)
	That sounds cute, actually. In my case, my sister didn't really do buzz-cuts or mohawks, just random cutting. Looked very uneven. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nursewretched 2012-02-29 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, all of mine started out as an uneven mess. It was my attempts to even everything out that lead to the buzz-cuts and mohawks. One of my Barbies did end up with a cute bob haircut instead, but that was a happy accident and I was never able to recreate it no matter how many times I tried. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hafl 2012-02-27 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	On the facebook, I saw some saying that they* were actually the primary audience that should be catered to.* Damn, I watch a show for girls, because I like that it's different from the 64764764764 things aimed at twenty-something-old men. Why they want everything to be the same? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ekaterinv 2012-02-28 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Why they want everything to be the same? Because if it's not, their dicks will fall off. (Reply to this)(Parent)

phosfate
2012-02-27 03:23 pm UTC (link)

I remember an action figure collector claiming that a character from one of the bazillion Hulk lines, Chainsaw, was not an action figure because she happened to have a small, rooted ponytail.

She had chainsaws for hands.

(Hasbro, BTW, invented the term 'action figure' for GI Joe, because boys would not play with dolls. You know, GI Joe. The doll. THEY'RE ALL GODDAMN DOLLS YOU SAPS.)

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	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Some days I could use chainsaws for hands. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	roachspit 2012-02-27 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	And then you would have an itch and it would all end in a horrible, self-inflicted bloodbath. Maybe stick with just one chainsaw hand? Then you could quote Bruce Campbell at will. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-27 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Given how often I poke myself in the eye with my regular fingers, that's pretty likely. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	taktuk 2012-02-28 12:43 am UTC (link)
	B-but without real hair you can't have brushie brushie brushie, and what's the point? This whole blowup makes me sad to be a fan of the show. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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