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Does the bit about Kevin McReynolds and Carmelo Martinez being called the "M&M boys" really belong here? And didn't Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle have the same nickname? I figure if McReynolds and Martinez are notable for this, then Maris and Mantle definitely are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.197.19.242 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 7 June 2007‎

This page completely fails to address the rarity of red BEFORE the 1976 panic about amaranth dye (which was NOT used by Mars). Ask anyone who ate M&Ms before 1976 and they will tell you that red ones were scarce in each bag. Why? Was the color more expensive? Did Mars test the red ones in each batch and reject some that had their color "melt" even though the chocolate core was intact? And why were there no blue ones back then? The options for new colors presented in later consumer surveys were always few, obviously limited by technology and profitability. Martindo (talk) 13:28, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orange regular M&Ms did not replace red in 1976. Orange was an original color, and the elimination of red reduced the colors from 6 to 5 (orange, yellow, green, brown, tan.) Orange did replace red for the peanut M&Ms since there were only 4 peanut colors: red, green, yellow, and brown.

This ad from 1967 shows all 6 regular M&M colors. It is difficult to distinugish between tan and orange, but they are different. https://www.ebay.com/itm/313618499347 2600:4040:5D30:4800:2599:3174:89A9:AFB7 (talk) 00:58, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All instances of Ma&Ya's should be changed to M&M's. The change to Ma&Ya's seems like a marketing stunt. Shouldn't it be changed back to M&M's? Also I can't find the original image for this on their site or social media's: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma%26Ya%E2%80%99s_2023_logo.png It seems like an M&M's employee made these edits. Pranav Reddy 20:50, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

All this Maya Rudolph stuff seems to be a publicity stunt leading up to a Super Bowl ad where they go “you didn’t think we’d actually get rid of the spokescandies, did you?”, and honestly, while anything’s possible, I do think moving the page to Ma&Yas is pretty premature when this could just as easily be a marketing stunt. Remember the Baby Nut situation from a few years back? Crummymummy (talk) 03:16, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Even if this is a permanent change, the WP:COMMONNAME still quite obviously is M&Ms. Would support reverting this move as well as the multiple other similar changes on other articles by User:JacHarv. Cannolis (talk) 03:49, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I think this was done too soon. Several media outlets that have reported on the mascot drop haven't mentioned a name change. Bneu2013 (talk) 05:27, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the page back. Moving it to Ma&Ya's without discussion went way beyond beyond WP:BOLD, IMO. Dorsetonian (talk) 08:04, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, we should keep it M&Ms for now. This sounds like a corporate level shitpost, and here's why Maya Rudolph is a comedian. She makes jokes. This sounds like another joke from her. I mean, really? Ma&Yas? Every M&M now has her face on it? Her ending a promotional video with things like "I like eating my own face"? Plus, this was done in response to conservatives getting mad at the mascots, and this looks like a way of saying "Is this what you wanted? No more mascots?" RteeeeKed💬📖 20:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remove sentences referring to Maya Rudolph as the owner or CEO of M&M's, as sources state that she is only a "spokesperson".^[1]

"2023–present: Maya Rudolph ownership" -> "2023-present: Dropping spokescandies": Rudolph does not own the company or the brand.

"On January 23, 2023, Mars announced they were dropping their spokescandies in favor of comedian and now current CEO Maya Rudolph" -> "... in favor of comedian Maya Rudolph ...": Rudolph is not the CEO of M&M's or Mars.

"On January 26, 2023, Rudolph changed the name M&M's into Ma&Ya’s in favor of the rebrand." -> "... Mars changed the name M&M's ...": Rudolph did not make this decision; she does not own the company or the brand. Ouncenone (talk) 06:15, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Cannolis (talk) 08:17, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]