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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 3, 2023 20:58:45 GMT

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Post by mishachu on Jul 3, 2023 20:58:45 GMT

I didn't know about this until quite recently (aka today) but it was announced that Hasbro made a licensing agreement with Basic Fun (you may know them for their care bears and g1 mlp reproductions) to relaunch Littlest Pet Shop starting next year. you can read about it here

there hasn't been a whole lot of news beyond this article being copy pasted across other news websites, but with the international toy fair coming up around end of September/ beginning of October we might be seeing some more promotional material and possibly a glimpse as to what the new lps is gonna look like?

I feel sorta.. cautiously hopeful about the revival. In all honesty, I'm not really a big fan of Basic Fun's new design interpretation for care bears (they just look ugly to me... >.> but if you like them then that's good! It's just not for me unfortunately) and im afraid they might go in the same direction with lps... yet I feel there's no way they could possibly screw it up? Or maybe they might go a secret third route and go with the kenner toys from the 90s lol

So yeah... Lps is coming back next year. I will try and update this thread as best as I can when any news drops
Thoughts and feelings on this?

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 4, 2023 15:32:35 GMT mishachu likes this

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Post by »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« on Jul 4, 2023 15:32:35 GMT

i'm really excited, i wasn't able to buy a lot of the classic lps when they were around, i'm hoping they look similar to the old lps–but maybe the new design will surprise me and i'll like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i haven't seen their designs for the care bears before, i'm not sure how to feel about them–they remind me a little bit of the old care bears show that used to air on the hub network, but more modernized. looking at basic fun's other works makes me a little more nervous XD idk why but when i first heard the news i thought they were just rereleasing the classic lps? idk why i thought that xd

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 4, 2023 17:23:25 GMT »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« likes this

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Jul 4, 2023 15:32:35 GMT »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« said:

i'm really excited, i wasn't able to buy a lot of the classic lps when they were around, i'm hoping they look similar to the old lps–but maybe the new design will surprise me and i'll like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i haven't seen their designs for the care bears before, i'm not sure how to feel about them–they remind me a little bit of the old care bears show that used to air on the hub network, but more modernized. looking at basic fun's other works makes me a little more nervous XD idk why but when i first heard the news i thought they were just rereleasing the classic lps? idk why i thought that xd

Yeah when I look at the new Care Bears design all I can think of is “Calarts style” …I don’t really like that terminology, especially when it comes to describing the style of modern cartoons but when I look at them that’s the only way I can describe it!

”Relaunch” is a very vague term as it is… im kind of interpreting it as “re-releasing old figures” or “releasing new designs that use the old molds”… whatever it may turn out to be I just really hope they don’t go with a design that’s similar to the 2012 reboot >.>

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 4, 2023 19:26:37 GMT mishachu and »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« like this

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Post by PONY on Jul 4, 2023 19:26:37 GMT

Jul 4, 2023 17:23:25 GMT mishachu said:

Jul 4, 2023 15:32:35 GMT »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« said:

i'm really excited, i wasn't able to buy a lot of the classic lps when they were around, i'm hoping they look similar to the old lps–but maybe the new design will surprise me and i'll like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i haven't seen their designs for the care bears before, i'm not sure how to feel about them–they remind me a little bit of the old care bears show that used to air on the hub network, but more modernized. looking at basic fun's other works makes me a little more nervous XD idk why but when i first heard the news i thought they were just rereleasing the classic lps? idk why i thought that xd

Yeah when I look at the new Care Bears design all I can think of is “Calarts style” …I don’t really like that terminology, especially when it comes to describing the style of modern cartoons but when I look at them that’s the only way I can describe it!

”Relaunch” is a very vague term as it is… im kind of interpreting it as “re-releasing old figures” or “releasing new designs that use the old molds”… whatever it may turn out to be I just really hope they don’t go with a design that’s similar to the 2012 reboot >.>

This exactly!! I think the modern Care Bear designs are cute, but they don't have the same cosy, nostalgic, kitschy vibes as older versions and I feel like that really lets them down (IMO ofcourse, no hate to anyone who thinks otherwise!). There's this massive shift to everything being designed to be pretty minimalist which is like.... meh :/ I feel like basic fun had the right idea with their MLP stuff tho when it came to kitschy nostalgia!

I'm excited to see what they come up with, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. If they do it right tho I'm gonna be spending

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 12, 2023 22:31:45 GMT mishachu likes this

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Post by sparklecats2009 on Jul 12, 2023 22:31:45 GMT

I'm hopeful I will like it nonetheless.. clearly LPS has a huge fanbase and I am hopeful more toys will keep the prices down for people who are trying to get the toys new OR old..
I think the new carebears are adorable and bright. I think they did a great job making them more modern. I can see how they made the animation totally doable (simple shapes that can be tweened in toonboom, for example) and also made them more appealing to kids. I think "Calarts style" is total outrage bait and discredits the hard work animators put in. I do think if they had stuck with the digital 2004 look it would probably sell toys / plushies just fine though. But really, it's clearly just to cut costs on animation.

I wonder if LPS will get some more movies or a show...!!

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 13, 2023 3:32:07 GMT

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Post by Risk on Jul 13, 2023 3:32:07 GMT

I’m wishing I could get into the collecting game with the revival LPS. I’ve considered LittlestBrainRot, a shop selling LPS and related merchandise from the brand and from the youtuber who runs it’s channel when I get enough money to buy a few of the ones I want. I’m considering waiting until I can make more space for a shelf for displaying a collection, or 3 years, when I am legally able to move out of my home and into a home I can deck out with collections I want to start.

I am still sort of hopeful with the reboot, despite the news about the factory painted designs instead of hand painted. It also makes me hopeful that rejects will be more common, meaning more customs can be made with authentically made LPS instead of off brands. Off brands are nice, but 90% of the time they look much odder than an reject.

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2024 Basic Fun revival Jul 30, 2023 23:54:57 GMT

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Post by mishachu on Jul 30, 2023 23:54:57 GMT

omg they're sticking with the 2000s design... and making new animals in the same style like dinos and axolotls??? Basic fun you have not only my heart, but my entire bank account too asdfgh

EDIT: also I had no clue an LPS con even existed! I wanna go so badly now... T__T

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2024 Basic Fun revival Aug 2, 2023 7:04:13 GMT mishachu likes this

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Post by glow on Aug 2, 2023 7:04:13 GMT

man, these new designs for the lps revival are looking sooo so cute!! i've been pretty happy with basic fun's mlp line, and this panda alone has me putting a ton of faith in their future designs with talks about more insects and exotic/rare/EXTINCT pets being in the lineup. i don't know how to feel about them not re-releasing older lps pets as they were instead of using recolors, but it's also pretty understandable and i'm still excited to see if that means we'll be getting any sparkledog adjacent and actual non-standard-colored revamps of classics too.

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2024 Basic Fun revival Sept 10, 2023 22:05:48 GMT THE CATERWAUL QUEEN, ghostie, and 1 more like this

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Post by mishachu on Sept 10, 2023 22:05:48 GMT

just a small update: It's confirmed Basic Fun will have a booth at the NYC toy fair! The toy fair website itself does mention the lps relaunch, so we might get a sneak preview of the toys themselves at the end of the month!

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2024 Basic Fun revival Oct 1, 2023 0:40:50 GMT

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Post by mishachu on Oct 1, 2023 0:40:50 GMT

pic of NYC Toy fair booth! Putting in a spoiler out of courtesy for others :>

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Personally not the biggest fan of how the axolotl's looking but that's really my only biggest gripe. Seeing a lot of old g2 molds but I think basic fun did sneak in a few newer molds. Packaging is super cute too, I like that the little boxes look like those cardboard adoption crates and people on reddit are saying the box packing look a lot like the display windows of a pet store.. but man they're gonna slap that panda anywhere and everywhere huh lol

And I guess lps is gonna be doing a collaboration with roblox as well?? I'm a bit too old for that game myself, but I know roblox is pretty popular with kids so from a marketing standpoint I can definitely understand why they chose that route

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Post by mishachu on Jul 3, 2023 20:58:45 GMT

Post by »☆ 𝐂𝐑𝟒𝐘𝟎𝐋𝟒 ☆« on Jul 4, 2023 15:32:35 GMT

Post by mishachu on Jul 4, 2023 17:23:25 GMT

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