History ExecutiveMeddling / Toys

** The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' cartoon premiered on December 26th, 2007, with regular episodes starting in January. However, Hasbro executives decided against releasing the related toyline on the same date and instead released them in June, since the toyline of [[Film/{{Transformers}} the 2007 film]] was still selling strong.

** The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' cartoon premiered on December 26th, 2007, with regular episodes starting in January. However, Hasbro executives decided against releasing the related toyline on the same date and instead released them in June, since the toyline of [[Film/{{Transformers}} the 2007 film]] was still selling strong. [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/cartoonnetwork This]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}!'' strip (and [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/scalpers this one]] too) comments on the delay.

** The reason why the toys for Princess Celestia were initially pink while the character on [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the cartoon series]] is white is because [[PinkMeansFeminine a pink toy would appeal more to young girls]]; apparently a ''white'' WingedUnicorn princess with rainbow hair wasn't girly enough. This is presumably why the season 2 finale introduced Princess Cadence as a new pink winged unicorn character, since from that point on the Celestia toys were accurately white (with some hints of pink on the wings of some releases).
** And, on that note, this is why Celestia's a [[PrincessesRule princess]] and not a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen]]. Creator/LaurenFaust originally wanted Celestia to be a queen but Hasbro felt that a princess would be more appealing to the young girl audience. That said, if it's a country where two people share leadership duties equally [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they're not queens anyway.]] (Some have said that it was actually because they thought Disney had "tainted" the term "Queen" to represent someone evil.)

** In [[Toys/Bionicle2015 the 2015 reboot]], Lewa was originally supposed to possess the element of Air, like in the original line; but due to LEGO having received many questions as to why [[WindIsGreen green toys represented air]], they changed his element to Jungle.

** In [[Toys/{{Bionicle2015}} the 2015 reboot]], Lewa was originally supposed to possess the element of Air, like in the original line; but due to LEGO having received many questions as to why [[WindIsGreen green toys represented air]], they changed his element to Jungle.

* Over in ''[[ExecutiveMeddling/{{Anime}} Executive Meddling/Anime]]'', it's mentioned that the DubNameChange of ''Gundam'' units such as the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam God Gundam and Devil Gundam]] was mandated by Sunrise/Bandai. The reason for it was because of the ''toys''. You see, when the initial sets of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' figurines came out, they had left the names alone. When UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} stores got shipments of the figures, they were appalled at one of the figures - Gundam Deathscythe ''Hell''. Being a family-friendly store, Walmart ordered every last Deathscythe Hell figure returned to Bandai. Bandai fixed this by renaming it "Deathscythe H".

* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' gets some of this. The manufactures have to make things that the stores are willing to stock, and the stores want the girl toys to look as girly as possible, thus sometimes limiting the pony designs to little more than a TastesLikeDiabetes checklist:

* The Toys/{{Bratz}} line of dolls was eventually reduced to either Cloe & Yasmin (or [[FanNickname Closmin]]) or clones of Cloe and Yasmin with the occasional different girl after every 7-9 lines because Cloe and Yasmin were the best selling dolls.

** In the ''Mistika'' figure line, the three sets out of the six that represented three of the initial ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' line's main characters were vastly different from their original forms: the muscle-bound hunchback Onua became a tall and lean fighter whose mask wouldn't look out of place on a villain; Gali, the female of the group received a hunched posture, long bunny-ears and a (as fans call it) "waffle" eye; while the leader of the group, Tahu... fared relatively well, though his lost his classic fire sword in exchange for a spinning shield, and had something of a samurai theme going on with his mask. In-story explanations made it clear that these were just temporary forms.
** The ''BIONICLE Stars'' line was an example of the creators managing to come to an agreement with the execs -- LEGO originally wanted to end ''Bionicle'' abruptly and without giving the story a satisfying end. Instead, they agreed to give the toy-line another half year and allow the writer to tie up at least some of the main plot-lines. Even so, ''Stars'' was hit by some meddling -- instead of the normal-sized "Canister" sets, they were only "Impulse-sized" small sets with limited articulation and out of scale with the rest of the series.
** 2005 was this in its entirety. Originally, the Metru Nui WholeEpisodeFlashback saga would have lasted for only one year, but designing the setting cost so much that LEGO pushed it further, even though the story had already been wrapped up in '04.

** The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' cartoon premiered on December 26th, 2007, with regular episodes starting in January. However, Hasbro executives decided against releasing the related toyline on the same date and instead released them in June, since the toyline of [[Film/{{Transformers}} the 2007 film]] was still selling strong. [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=564 This]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}!'' strip (and [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=671 this one]] too) comments on the delay.

** The Binaltech and Alternators line were notorious for Executive Meddling in the form of the car companies whose car models they tried acquiring the rights to make figures out of, as a good deal of these demanded that the guns that came with the figures were either modified or completely removed, or just flat out refused to hand over the rights period, in order to prevent them from being associated with "war toys". That doesn't mean that there wasn't plenty of in-company Meddling, though; in one memorable instance, Takara demanded that a new Dodge Ram figure Hasbro was making be turned into Optimus Prime, so they could sell it more readily in Japan. Since Takara was needed to front part of the cost, Hasbro agreed... only for Takara to market the figure as ''[[Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce Masterforce]]'''s [[CostumeCopycat Ginrai]], not Optimus. Then the figure was delayed for a number of months, prompting rumors that it had been canceled. The rumors turned out to be partially true; the Ginrai figure was canceled, but it got a release as Optimus Prime in the Binaltech line's Kiss Play sub-line, as well as a black repaint release as Black Convoy. The figure was ultimately released in the main BT line, as Optimus like planned, as the final figure.

** And, on that note, this is why Celestia's a [[PrincessRule princess]] and not a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen]]. Creator/LaurenFaust originally wanted Celestia to be a queen but Hasbro felt that a princess would be more appealing to the young girl audience. That said, if it's a country where two people share leadership duties equally [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they're not queens anyway.]] (Some have said that it was actually because they thought Disney had "tainted" the term "Queen" to represent someone evil.)

** And, on that note, this is why Celestia's a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] and not a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen]]. Creator/LaurenFaust originally wanted Celestia to be a queen but Hasbro felt that a princess would be more appealing to the young girl audience. That said, if it's a country where two people share leadership duties equally [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they're not queens anyway.]] (Some have said that it was actually because they thought Disney had "tainted" the term "Queen" to represent someone evil.)

* The Toys/{{Bratz}} line of dolls was eventually reduced to either Cloe & Yasmin (Or [[FanNickname Closmin]]) or clones of Cloe and Yasmin with the occasional different girl after every 7-9 lines because Cloe and Yasmin were the best selling dolls.