What Happened to My Littlest Pet Shop

The toy sensation from Hasbro, the same company that brought you My Little Pony and (sort of) Magic: the Gathering, made a series of toys that went insane with children. My Littlest Pet Shop. But what happened to it after all these year? And is it coming back?

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#hasbro #mylittlestpetshop #mlp #petshop #toys #animation #cartoon #nostalgia

[NegativeLegend]

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[honestutopia]

This channel should be renamed “wanna feel nostalgic?”

[beetlbrite]

I remember the day they redesigned the lps brand to fit the style of the show and I literally stopped buying their toys and went home crying 💀💀💀

[naeberries]

I feel like the main reason why LPSes “flopped” had a lot to do with the redesign of the LPSes around 2013-2014. I remembered the OUTRAGE the LPS community had when Hasbro changed the look of the LPSes. Of course now the pets look so much better than in 2013 (in my opinion at least) but its just not the same as before.

[jabby]

i know it's been _years_ and there's no way the old LPS designs are coming back, but i still miss them so much. they were cute, easy to play with, and memorable. i feel the new ones lack the creativity and effort the old ones had

[Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

Blythe is based on another franchise. Look up Blythe dolls. They were a Kenner toy from the 1970’s, and their eyes could change color. This was actually a pretty brilliant way to bring back an old toy line that had been largely forgotten except by avid fans of the dolls.

[marymohr]

The most heartbreaking moment of my childhood was asking for a bunch of Littlest Petshop toys on my 6th birthday so I could be just like my friend, only for her to give hers to me because she had "grown out of it" (she was at most seven). That was crushing.

[mesousagaby]

Surprised you didn't mention how in LPS2012, Blythe literally changes clothes every single episode, and literally only her.

[LPSRosyYT]

It’s crazy, but the fake LPS are selling more than actual LPS that Hasbro makes now.

[piretiris]

All jokes aside, is literally nobody questioning the fact that some guy in the LPS animated series universe has a PANDA as a pet!?

[Sunnydaz_]

As a kid who grew up a LPS fan with over a hundred pets to this day still i'd like to provide a little insight on what happened with the 2012 show. A lot of fans HATED the new pet designs and the show that went with it, i recall a few boycotts and even videos about these kids yelling at hasbro for the change in the models of toys. I also recall that i was one of the kids disappointed with the new look. I hadn't thought they looked as good anymore and even thought they were cheap compared to the previous models. I think the fandom reaction probably had some influence on killing the franchise to be honest. Even I stopped buying the new pets and instead turned to buying the old ones from second hand sources like ebay and amazon.

[blackbluesette]

Literally every show where the main girl has a single dad:
Dad, I have super weird strange rare psychic abilities.
I KNOW. YOU HAVE THOSE ABILITIES JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER.

[c.w.r.]

I remember in 2008-2014 all of these Littlest Pet Shop videos that were versions of Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz, that looked like they were filmed on a potato, but got at most 4, 000 views. To me, that was considered going viral. I miss those times.

[oomay]

LPStube was a huge catalyst of LPS popularity. I binge watched so many LPS series on YouTube and would play with my toys to create similar stories, even made my own videos when I was a kid with my dad's camcorder lol

[pinkbunnygirl]

16:58 Yay customized LPS! That’s what I do :)

[m.h.]

I’m surprised LPStube wasn’t mentioned in the video. There’s several YouTube channels that would use the toys to tell stories and make series. The decline in toy sales might have been linked to this community of content creators because they used the LPS toys that came out before the 2012 show. The show changed the style of the toys which most people inside and outside LPStube didn’t like (mostly because it didn’t match the older style). This led to less people buying the toys. The LPS’ fan base (from my understanding) was more about what people did with the toys (making videos, creating custom designs, etc) rather than focusing on the show.

[Danc]

The hub was weird. In between girl talking to animals and talking ponies having life lessons, you had robots fighting to the death, sometimes including zombie and giant dragon robots.

[SavannaPlays]

Can we all agree we watched Strawberry Shortcake and thought the theme song was a BOP. The 3D version.

[poweroffriendship.]

6:41 *Eminem has been real quiet since the butler drops the beat while riding on a limo.*

[hope-cat]

It's sad you don't really see them in stores anymore. I have over hundreds of them. They were the perfect toy for me. They were small enough, but not too small to lose and had really creative playsets. Now it feels like they barely care. I had the diary, toys, nintendo game, and all the other stuff you mentioned.

Edit: Funny enough, I actually preferred that the pets had no definitive personalities so I could come up with my own ideas.