Summer Hayes’ MLP Corner

Posted by Summer on December 28, 2012

Happy Holidays!
I realize that I’m a little late with my holiday well wishes, but I suppose it is better late than never. I hope you and your families had a wonderful Christmas (or Hanukkah) and that you have a terrific time ringing in 2013.

We had a lovely Christmas at our home (which included several new Ponies) and I’m now frantically trying to finish up all the party planning for L’s second birthday party this Sunday. We’re going with a Mickey Mouse theme this year and while I don’t get to decorate with colorful ponies (boo!), I’ve been having fun planning and making all the decorations and favors.

My husband gifted me a Cricut machine for scrapbooking this Christmas and I’m looking forward to putting it to use for for future pony events and creating fun design elements for my Pony Event Scrapbook. I don’t think it has been updated since 2009 and it is in serious need of some attention. I have loads of photos from the past three (eek!) years that I need to add. They really should make a My Little Pony Cricut cartridge. I’d be first in line to buy and it would get some serious use at my house.

Until next time, happy Pony collecting!

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Summer Hayes’ MLP Corner

Posted by Summer on November 30, 2012

Black Friday Pony-Style!
Like much of the country, I set out yesterday to shop the Black Friday deals. It was a little crazy, but isn’t that part of the fun? There wasn’t anything I felt like I had to have so the day was spent wandering from store to store people watching and finding unexpected things I never knew I “needed” before, such as the first four seasons on Mad Men for $8 and multiple $5 fleece pull-overs from Old Navy.

In addition to random buys, I also purchased this adorable My Little Pony bubble bath set and a Pinkie Pie hand soap dispenser from Wal-Mart. I haven’t been too big on buying up the FIM merchandise, but these were just too cute to pass up. They are seriously my favorite bits of merchandise yet (well, besides the Pinkie Pie bubble blower.)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I know I did! I’ll be sharing some exciting MY LITTLE PONY Fair updates next week so get your calendars ready!

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Summer Hayes’ MLP Corner

Posted by Summer on November 16, 2012

Pony Season 3 and updates!
Are you excited about season 3 of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic? I am!

I’ve been a little light on the updates, due mostly to getting a ton of things done behind the scenes of MY LITTLE PONY Fair 2013 and my soon to be released newest pony guide, The My Little Pony 2009-2012 Collector’s Inventory. Exciting stuff! I’ll have some announcements regarding both in the next few weeks and can’t wait to share.

It is looking like the 2013 Fair is going to have some awesome additions to our schedule of events as well as some fun surprises for our attendees!

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Summer Hayes’ MLP Corner

Posted by Summer on November 2, 2012

Exclusive Rainbow Dash Hug Me Backpack from We Love Fine!

Super cute new My Little Pony Rainbow Dash backpack launched today on the We Love Fine website.

Here’s what they have to say about their product:

“At WeLoveFine, we are exceptionally proud of our relationship with the My Little Pony fan community, who have not only been incredibly supportive of us but so creative and enthusiastic about their love of the show and the characters; their excitement is infectious! It’s in part out of inspiration from the MLP fans’ spirit that we decided to create a product brand new to our site. It is not only fun, but fashionable and indeed 20% (or more!) cooler. We are delighted to release it as buzz is reaching a peak for the upcoming debut of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 3 on November 10th!

Introducing the Rainbow Dash Hug Me Backpack! This bright, cuddly limited edition Rainbow Dash backpack is exclusive toWeLoveFine.com and features a zippered 5×5″ pocket (enough for your phone, keys and wallet), adjustable straps that extend to 35″ and will fit comfortably on a ladies’ small through a mens’ 3XL! For ages 13 and up, it retails for $50.”

Personally, I love the fact that they sent this promo image of a guy wearing the backpack along as well as the above images.

I want to see this guy walking around downtown with Rainbow Dash slung over his shoulders. Bronies are obviously a proud people.

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Summer Hayes’ MLP Corner

Posted by Summer on October 12, 2012

New Ponies and Merchandise
It has been ages since I made a post dedicated to what official products have been recently spotted, but I’m having a bit of trouble keeping tabs on things myself so this post is for my reference as well.

Shirts:
This G1 My Little Pony shirt was spotted for sale in the men’s section at Target (reported by Derbygirl on the Arena). I’ve got to say I LOVE it and will be buying this.

There has been an uproar within the Brony community about this shirt found at Wal-Mart. They are up in arms demanding that it be pulled from shelves due to it showing G1 ponies and not G4 ponies. If you are easily offended by anti G1 commentary, I’d avoid the comments section on EQD. They are pretty harsh. Personally, I think the shirt is pretty clever. Mixing the G1s in a Brony reference, whether intentional or not, is a bit of a statement. Looks like G1s are loving and tolerating the Bronies. I won’t be purchasing this one as I’ve said my piece on message tees, but I can still appreciate it.

New Vinyl Ponies look to be on the Horizon for collectors from FUNKO. This Rainbow Dash was recently spotted on Ebay along with some other prototype figures online. I’m just hoping they will be the same scale as the regular Hasbro released ponies with brushable manes. I’d love to display them with their accessories and playsets.

A talking storyteller Princess Cadance is shown on Target.com, but isn’t available to order at the moment. I recently opened my Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie Storytellers and they are actually really neat.

If you need more Pony ornaments to deck your Christmas Tree, Toys R Us will be offering a FIM set.

I am still waiting for these to turn up in the States. If they don’t show up soon, I will most likely resort to having them imported.

There are tons of other My Little Pony products available at your local retailer and www.HasbroToyshop.com has stocked the most recent wave of pony singles (including Luna and Trixie) so if you haven’t found them in your area you can snag them online. Plus, I’ve heard that this wave is showing up at Big Lots stores as well.

Happy Pony hunting!