The real fans in my opinion

@Background Pony #73AE  
Plenty of parents complained about the lame dialogue on the Pink Celestia doll, or complained about their daughter complaining about it. Check the product reviews on amazon.
 
I agree with the rest of your post.

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Probably a troll or a butthurt tumblr user, who’s mad those men folk won’t give her special attention and respect just for being a woman.

@Background Pony #73AE  
I can guarantee you it’s not the “intended audience” making those complaints.
 
For me though I wouldn’t bother complaining about that, for one it wouldn’t change anything. There’s plenty of places to buy good/show accurate stuff anyway, just not from Hasbro.

@Techy Pony  
The same bronies who complain endlessly about how the toys aren’t show-accurate or how the ponies should have molded manes or how unappealing the “So Soft” toys are or how lame the dialog in the talking toys is? (Though that last one really is a problem.)

@Beau Skunky  
Truth is we really don’t know, but being far more enamored with the show, it’s easy to see that it’s possible bronies are the bigger (financial) part of the viewers.
 
I’ve never understood how some people (whether old or young) have difficulty identifying gender in mlp, they’re just so obvious, even the ones that don’t follow all the norms.

@Techy Pony  
I undestand that, but I still don’t think bronies are the bigger audience, they just seem like that sense they’re more outspoken about their fandom while little girls/kids are more casual.
 
Funny thing is, my 5 year old nephew actually likes to watch the show with his sister, and likes Rainbow Dash, because he thinks she’s a boy.

@Beau Skunky  
The problem with that is it’s perfectly true if you switch “kids” and “brony”.
 
My point was not every kid buys the merch’, and while some do, there’s plenty of brony’s that do, as well.

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
My point was not every brony buys the merch’, and while some do, there’s plenty of kids that do, as well.

@Ping_chan “It’s for your school supplies, honey! That’s what this must be intended for!”

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
Other toy pics? “Mommy! My pony doll has a really cool pocket in her butt!”

@Beau Skunky Well, that must just be your little circle then. Who else is taking pictures of all the toys that we have? (Not to mention…those… other toy pics)

Little Girls/boys are still the majority of the viewers of the show.
 
Also, a bit unrelated, for some reasons, the imagines under the tag “Target Demographic”, makes me feel fuzzy inside. Don’t ask me why because I don’t know.

Pretty sure the target demographic gets their share of love :) Some of the last year’s official merchandise, not specifically targetted at bronies, is pretty nice - I personally love the big Funrise plushies.

@Techy Pony  
You obviously haven’t seen the shadowbolts Rainbow Dash figure then.

@Techy Pony  
I beg to differ, it only seems that way ‘cause you’ve only been mostly exposed to bronies who are passionate about the show, while little girls are a li’l less outspoken about it, but still love it, and the toys. (Even if they aren’t 100% show accurate.) The IDW comic artist even said at comic book signings, and stuff they mostly see little kids come up to them, believe it, or not. Even ones in “Derpy” T-shirts, and such, as well.
 
Most bronies I know barely ever buy the merch’, or toys personally. So I doubt they go around buying say the dollar-store puzzles, coloring books, and stuff like my niece does.  
My niece knows almost everything about the show, and likes explaining things to me about it, and such.
 
Funny thing is, though she did complain at the store that the Applejack toy doesn’t have her hat like in the show. So maybe it wouldn’t hurt for Hasbro to at least give her the hat.

@Beau Skunky  
I haven’t bought any of those either, though I would be perfectly fine buying the IDW comics. But those are comics, like the show on paper, they’re not crappy toys that look good from one angle if you’re lucky.
 
The FUNKO figures are pretty good, it’s sad though that Hasbro themselves can’t make anything that good themselves. (Toy wise)
 
Though considering my original point, given those things are fairly expensive, and probably mostly bought by bronies and not little girls, and plenty of bronies do buy brushables, build-a-bear plushies etc. it’s very possible most of the mlp franchise is indeed supported by bronies rather than little girls.

@Techy Pony  
Yes, but official merch’ like the FUNKO figurines/collectables, and IDW comic series, and such are still licensed, and approved by Hasbro, even if they didn’t make them.

I still haven’t bought one MLP thing other than the S1 DVD yet. I’d like to have something like this though:
 

 
Come to think of it that would be nice as a finish on a Mosrite copy guitar, Since I like Mosrite guitars…
 

@Battle GT  
Well, DUH.

@F  
I thought about that after I types it. I’ve not bought a single crappy mlp toy they’ve made. Any merch I’ve bought was not made by Hasbro.

Forgotten by the fandom, but not by Hasbro.

They hardly seem forgotten, considering that the widespread popularity of the products they are holding is the reason why Build-a-Bear made those products.

@Techy Pony  
You really need to sit down and play Monopoly.