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I honestly don't see what's so bad about my little pony fakies. I know that, for hard-core collectors, it can get annoying seeing them everywhere, but it's not like they're hurting us, or Hasbro. (Hasbro is still the leading brand; the "Phony ponies" aren't changing that).
I grew up with lots of fakies, but it didn't change how I used my imagination. It may have even helped, since I could make up my own characters out of the nameless fakies (nothing against Hasbro; Their characters are fine). My point is, even though we're collectors, we have to remember that ponies are designed for children, who could care less whether a pony was made from a leading company or not. We should know more than anyone that my little ponies can be pretty expensive, whereas you can get some pretty well-made fakies for a much more reasonable price. Anyway, prefer both real MLPs and fakes, and I just think that we should stop all this fakie hate. No one's forcing us to buy them, and we know how to tell if a pony is fake or not, so these phonies aren't harming us at all.
Just wanted to put that out there.
I grew up with lots of fakies, but it didn't change how I used my imagination. It may have even helped, since I could make up my own characters out of the nameless fakies (nothing against Hasbro; Their characters are fine). My point is, even though we're collectors, we have to remember that ponies are designed for children, who could care less whether a pony was made from a leading company or not. We should know more than anyone that my little ponies can be pretty expensive, whereas you can get some pretty well-made fakies for a much more reasonable price. Anyway, prefer both real MLPs and fakes, and I just think that we should stop all this fakie hate. No one's forcing us to buy them, and we know how to tell if a pony is fake or not, so these phonies aren't harming us at all.
Just wanted to put that out there.