Posted by Hillary on April 21, 2012
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Back in the early days of My Little Pony, Hasbro gave us all those brides and wedding dresses… you better believe we had some weddings. Summer did a great post tracing weddings, brides and wedding dresses throughout the history of MLP here.
In honor of the Wedding of the Century on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic today, I wanted to ask: When you were little, which ponies did you couple off? Which of your ponies were married to each other or coupled off?
If you got into MLP as an adult, tell us who you ship these days.
When I was little, my favorite pony couple was Moondancer (that I made male) and Glory. Their kids were Baby Moondancer (who, oddly enough, was still female and just totally Daddy’s little girl) and Baby Glory. (Pearlized Baby Glory and Moondancer were their freaky cousins from an alternate dimension. Obviously.)
I also had Special Edition Firefly married to original Firefly. Someone on Twitter told me this was weird and like marrying her to her clone which I never really thought about before. I think I renamed special edition Firefly something like Lighting so it wasn’t weird that they had the same name. That said, I have two friends in real life named Jamie (one male, one female) who are married so it’s not that weird. 
My weirdest family was Wigwam who was married to Peppermint Crunch and lived in the Show Stable with their three kids: Little Racer, Frilly Flower, and Baby Wiggles. I keep meaning to commission a fan artist to draw me this because I definitely need a picture of this little family hanging in my office somewhere.
Lemon Drop moved into a Collector’s Case (which, let’s face it, are basically pony condos) with Peachy after Peachy sold the Pretty Parlor to Twilight and Sunbeam and their Teeny Tiny pony twins, Sniffles and Snookums (they waited a long time to have kids, clearly).
Tux ‘n Tails also left Satin ‘n Lace and ran off with Bow Tie. It was a huge scandal.
Anyway, that’s some of my childhood couplings. How about you?
Did anyone couple ponies from different generations?
Posted by Summer on April 20, 2012
- My Brony Vocabulary Lesson… I’ve Been Schooled!
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I consider myself well versed in My Little Pony. Show me a pony and in most cases I can tell you their name, country of origin, known variations, year of release, and rough current market value. Show me some of the prattle on the Brony message boards and occasionally I get stumped and have to resort to a Google search (which more often than not leads to some questionable material.)
I’ve been a My Little Pony collector for ages and over the years, we collectors have developed our own language when it involves ponies. We use SS when we are talking about So Soft Ponies, TAF to abbreviate Twice As Fancy, TE to describe Twinkle Eyed Ponies and so on (For a complete list of My Little Pony acronyms and definitions check out this helpful post on the old Arena.)
I’ve taken for granted how confusing it must be for someone new to collecting who reads a sales listing like this one:
“Deflocked SS Truly has rubs to NDS symbol. This is not the Nirvana NSS version of this MLP. “
I think the above statements are very easy to read and understand, but to a collecting newbie I may as well be speaking in another language.
Now that the shoe is on the other foot and I find myself muddling through the newly established Brony subculture and terminology, I find myself frequently scratching my head as I try to decode their secret Brony language.
So far I’ve learned the following terms:
PMVs- Pony Music Videos made by fans
Fimfic- Friendship is Magic fan fiction
Pony shipping (and I don’t mean the kind that involves bubble wrap and a mailer… I’m quite familiar with that kind)- derived from the word “relationship”, is a general term for fans’ emotional and/or intellectual involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction (This is totally copy and pasted from Wikipedia!)
Clop- I’m just gonna say I would have been better off not knowing about this one… at all…ever.
Is my life somehow richer with this new found knowledge? Probably not, but at least I know what Bronys are chatting about so I can either check it out or avoid it like the plague. Sure, I could stick to my own Pony corner of the web that I’ve happily inhabited for the past decade, but then I’d miss out on the interesting new perspective that Bronys bring to the table. They are rabid fans and I don’t blame them. My Little Pony is amazingly mind-blowingly awesome. I’ve just had twenty years to let it sink in.
- Further Reading… Pony Style!
If you are like me, you can’t get enough My Little Pony news, trivia, and information. I have a huge list of pony related websites saved in my “favorites” and I always love to discover new ones so I’m challenging myself to blog a different pony website found on my favorites list each week.
This week I’d like to give a shout out to www.mylittleponycollecting.com ! With fun fan trivia, links to current My Little Pony products, collecting polls and discussions (not to mention they have my My Little Pony guides and run my blog posts.) Am I a bit biased by listing them as my first ”Further Reading” recommendation? Probably, but it is good reading, good people, and caters to all generations (G1-G4).
If you have a My Little Pony website that you’d like me to check out, feel free to email me the link. I’m always happy to hear from you!
Posted by triviamaven on April 17, 2012
Here’s today’s question:
What playful pizza place partnered with Hasbo in the 80s and 90s with an exclusive pony?
Think you know the answer? Go ahead and post it below.
The answer will post next Tuesday so watch this space! 
Also... which would win in a fight to the death? ;-)
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Posted by Summer on April 13, 2012
- Maryland Pony Meet 2012
The deadline for registration for the 2012 Maryland Pony Meet (held April 28th) is April 21st. If you are thinking of joining other pony collectors for a day full of pony fun (and scooter races!) in the Baltimore area, head on over to MustBeJewel’s website to check out all the details.
I’ve attended this event several times and always have a great time. Plus, Jewel is an awesome hostess and has a giant Sweetheart Sister in her pony room. I think that alone is worth the trip (in case you needed another reason to attend). I’ll be there with a stack of books to sign and a few giveaway items at my table so stop by and say hello!
- We Love Fine Design Contest Rating Time!
If you haven’t already rated your favorite fan submitted pony t-shirts on www.welovefine.com head on over and rate away. You must register on the site to be allowed to rate the entries, but they send you a 10% code for registering. You might as well order some pony gear while you are there.
In honor of the My Little Pony wedding, which of your ponies were married to each other?
