Viewing last 25 versions of comment by Tetragrammapony on image #1578083

"[@Background Pony #83B3":](/1578083#comment_6655274
)  
Changing mane color/voice would put the creators out of harm's way, most likely.


 
I get what you're saying, but look at this from the corporate sales view: if this gets traction and little girls start nagging their parents to buy this "Sweetie Botelle moving doll", how many parents would actually be able to tell the difference? In the scope of the total MLP:FIM viewerbase Sweetie Bot is still a niche injoke.


 
And Hasbro has legal presence in Russia. As someone who worked for global corporations with Russian subsidiaries, I assure you it's quite easy to put pressure via local teams.


 
I don't want this to suffer the same fate as Fighting Is Magic, but the ice they're walking on is rather thin.

"@Background Pony #83B3":/1578083#comment_6655274
Changing mane color/voice would put the creators out of harm's way, most likely.

I get what you're saying, but look at this from the corporate sales view: if this gets traction and little girls start nagging their parents to buy this "Sweetie Bot moving doll", how many parents would actually be able to tell the difference? In the scope of the total MLP:FIM viewerbase Sweetie Bot is still a niche injoke.

And Hasbro has legal presence in Russia. As someone who worked for global corporations with Russian subsidiaries, I assure you it's quite easy to put pressure via local teams.

I don't want this to suffer the same fate as Fighting Is Magic, but the ice they're walking on is rather thin.