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(?) · by **Throbulator** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:20 pm

I ordered a couple of ponies on taobao earlier this month. They arrived in the mail today. :awesomedash:

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:17 pm

So my friends birthday is coming up, and they're a pretty big Twilight Sparkle fan. I want to get them something Twilight Sparkle related, but I'm almost positive they'd own most Twilight Sparkle-related merch.

Any ideas?

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:26 pm

Question for people more familiar with old pony than I am: I got a surprise gift of a pony from my mum, who found it on the road. Here it is next to my blindbag Rarity for size comparison.

(earth pony, cutie mark is a silver star with two purple trails)
Apparently pretty recent due to still having sticky tape on the mane and tail when Mum found it, but it looks a hell of a lot like a G1 to me... but I didn't know they made G1s that small, or they made smaller ones with the brushie manes that weren't McDonalds related. :pinkieshrug:

Can anyone ID her, and how old she actually is?

EDIT: Seems to be Glory, but as an earth pony rather than a unicorn (no indication that the horn was ever there, so I'm assuming production mistake). Still unsure about the size or recent issue though.

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With the news in that collectors article that Fashion Style Derpy is going to be at UK PonyCon, maybe I'll have a chance of snagging one from their website after it's over. Or maybe they'll sell out in five seconds to eBay scalpers. :-/

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Crow wrote:So my friends birthday is coming up, and they're a pretty big Twilight Sparkle fan. I want to get them something Twilight Sparkle related, but I'm almost positive they'd own most Twilight Sparkle-related merch.

Any ideas?

If you think they'd own most of the released merch, you could maybe commission or make something for them? :-I

Or buy them a huge book and stick a Twilight Sparkle bookmark in there. :v:

(?) · by **Pineapple** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:49 pm

Were there brushable Dolly Mix ponies? That's about the right size and they did a run of G1 characters in the last few years.

Edit: Yes, that's exactly what she is. Dolly Mix Glory. Neat find, they're pretty rare.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:56 pm

Venusy wrote:If you think they'd own most of the released merch, you could maybe commission or make something for them?

Or buy them a huge book and stick a Twilight Sparkle bookmark in there.

That's...actually a really good idea. Now to decide if plushy, statue thingy, or artwork.

(?) · by **Wildfire** (?) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:46 pm

Pineapple wrote:Were there brushable Dolly Mix ponies? That's about the right size and they did a run of G1 characters in the last few years.

Edit: Yes, that's exactly what she is. Dolly Mix Glory. Neat find, they're pretty rare.

Here's the info about them: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Dolly_Mix
They were actually blind bag ponies themselves.

What I find interesting is the G1 versions came out in 2010, including Firefly and Medley. So Hasbro was able to release them 2 years ago, yet they can't now or use them in the show?

(?) · by **Bag of Magic Food** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:24 am

Maybe they just didn't think Firefly & Medley would be as big of moneymakers now as reusing MORE PINKIE PIE AND RAINBOW DASH! ? :pinkieshrug:

Wildfire wrote:Here's the info about them: http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Dolly_Mix
They were actually blind bag ponies themselves.

Oh right, and here's where more G1/G3 confusion comes from, since these are G1 characters rendered in G3 toy molds and packaging artwork even! Those G1s, think they can just cross over into any other style...

Edit: And I just read that a batch of Dolly Mix Glory was made in an earth pony mold by mistake, which is kind of funny after seeing this story.

(?) · by **The Doctor** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:00 am

Octavia is now cannon, and Time Turner is really the best name they could have done without a call from the BBC.

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:09 am

Time Turner is good and the description on the back of the TT & Mayor Mare card is good also:

(?) · by **The Doctor** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:14 am

Timey-Wimey. They said it (well, wrote it)! :gotcha:

(?) · by **blasmeister** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:53 am

RIP Viola Bowhoof :fluttersmith:

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:11 am

Whoever's responsible for these cards is officially awesome. Makes me wonder if other characters would have different names if they had been in charge of things sooner.

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:14 am

"All things timey-wimey". :gotcha:

Glad to see they threw a reference in there. Also good to see that WhomeverThisIs/Viola Bowhoof finally got her good name.

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:52 pm

Hmm.

I guess this proves that Hasbro doesn't have the right to use Bon-Bon's name anymore, after all. Otherwise why wouldn't she be in this one instead of Golden Harvest?

(?) · by **Kronos** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:34 pm

That IS odd, considering everything attributed to Carrot Top is more or less exactly what Bon-Bon does with Lyra in the show (right down to the rooftop bouncing), and there's even a joke about the duplicity in every single crowd scene at the start that Bon-Bon would be much better for use with (since I count her more in every crowd instead of Carrot).

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:39 pm

drunkill wrote:Time Turner is good and the description on the back of the TT & Mayor Mare card is good also:

Time-wimey is literally the best thing.

(?) · by **Colton, M.D.** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:29 pm

I wish whoever was in charge of the trading cards worked on the SDCC Motivational Posters.

(?) · by **Mysteryman** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:56 pm

The Doctor wrote:

Octavia is now cannon, and Time Turner is really the best name they could have done without a call from the BBC.

Mayor Mare is now canon too. Shes never been called by that name on the show, though it's about the only fan name she's had.

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:22 am

These cards are definitely the most keyed-into-the-fandom thing they've done, and they're really hitting as many notes as they can. And doing it well. :yay:

(?) · by **Kronos** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:58 am

Does anybody have a site where all the cards are compiled for everybody to see the full set of released cards?

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:16 am

They're definitely conveying what makes the world and the characters so interesting. Sure it's mostly about Twilight and her friends, but there's a fairly large rollicking cast of side characters who aren't just set dressing but have lives all their own, and begs your imagination to fill them out, thus making FiM fun for all ages. :yay:

Kronos wrote:Does anybody have a site where all the cards are compiled for everybody to see the full set of released cards?

The cards were premiered at the con yesterday, and won't see wide release for a few weeks. Hold your horses.

Typing this at 2AM in my hotel room - when I get tired, fighting against it only makes it worse later.

(?) · by **cheerilee1980** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:17 am

Time Turner is really the best name they could have done without a call from the BBC.
Mayor Mare is now canon too. Shes never been called by that name on the show, though it's about the only fan name she's had.

But I want it now.

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:52 am

My favourite small detail on the trading cards is the trademark symbol. I can see someone at Hasbro thinking "welp, we've got all of these background/secondary ponies trademarked now, may as well make toys of every single one". :gotcha:

(The other small details are great too. :awesomedash:

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(?) · by **Malleus** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:42 pm

Hasbro seems to be making some cool moves with the toys/accessories as of lately, but I'm still waiting for those good looking official plushies before I hurl ridiculous amounts of money at them.

(?) · by **Poppit** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:58 pm

For people getting ponys off Taobao, how are you going about that? It's always sounded kinda complicated and intimidating. A quick rundown of the process would be amazing.

(?) · by **Pineapple** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:56 pm

Poppit wrote:For people getting ponys off Taobao, how are you going about that? It's always sounded kinda complicated and intimidating. A quick rundown of the process would be amazing.

You can either wait for a group buy on MLP Arena (easiest) or go through a taobao broker. Obook seems to be most reputable, you email them what items you want and they get you a quote back and you go from there. there's also buyfromtaobao.com which is more automated but i don't know how reliable they are.

(?) · by **Perrydotto** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:01 pm

I hope the fact that you guys get Zecora at Toy R Us means that Germany will get her too. I'm trying not to be too optimistic here but it would be amazing!

(?) · by **Wayoshi** (?) » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:09 pm

Back of DJ & Octavia:

I will be reposting this in speculation now for... speculation.

(?) · by **Bag of Magic Food** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:31 am

I feel like I should warn everyone that, due to limitations of the printing process, Zecora's rings and stripes don't go all the way around her legs, but just stop at certain points around the outside.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:47 am

"#27 or 84"

That's a lot of cards.

(?) · by **Kronos** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:19 am

Bag of Magic Food wrote:I feel like I should warn everyone that, due to limitations of the printing process, Zecora's rings and stripes don't go all the way around her legs, but just stop at certain points around the outside.

But does she have Zebra stripes on both sides? The normal ponies may be able to get away with having the cutie mark on only one side, but Zecora can't simply be striped on one side.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:37 am

I took a picture of the ponies everyone sees when they walk into my room.

Not pictured: The Rarity that Electric_Pony gifted me, which is still my favorite :yay:

(?) · by **Gnot Syndrome** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:29 am

I finally had $50 to spare and blew it on the 30-pack card box.

Ponies are draining all of my spare cash, but I couldn't help it. It's been a long time since I've felt that excitement of opening a booster pack. :modesty:

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:29 pm

I just realized that Time Turner is named after the time-traveling device in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

:awesomedash:

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:57 pm

Yeah, I wondered about that. Avoiding one trademark dispute by provoking another? :iamapony:

(Everybody on the way back from Bronycon, check your SkyMall catalog for Time Turner collectibles! ...Oh wait, that's the wrong page...)

(?) · by **Applepie** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:10 pm

As requested.

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:08 am

Non-final design for trading card binder:

It'd be kind of weird having a character on the front who isn't represented in the trading cards... :smirk:

(this is going to go disastrously wrong again, isn't it :nnngh:

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(?) · by **Grue** (?) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:27 am

Rainbow Dash doesn't look happy at all.

"I don't like other ponies touching my hooves. Or touching me with their hooves. Eww, gross!" :rainbert:

(?) · by **Perrydotto** (?) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:38 am

I'm definitely not going to collect the cards because I KNOW I will get horribly addicted to them until I have every single one, but my friend Steve gifted me the Discord card at Bronycon and I love it. The fact that the text on the back of the card is actually printed upside down amuses me way more than it should.

(?) · by **WhitemageofDOOM** (?) » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:19 am

So i must ask a question, and this is the most relevant thread.

Was it absolutely necessary for five people to go "Woomod look at this trixie toy, also come back" every time a trixie toy came out? :-/

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