Tuesday, February 7, 2012

title pic How Hasbro is handling the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic parodies and copyright

Posted by Hillary on August 25, 2011

Not one but two articles for you on how Hasbro is handling the wealth of fan parodies surrounding FiM: Cyberclinic: Copyright sharks don’t need to bite the parodies Brands Slowly Learning Not To Freak Out When Someone Creates A Parody? 

title pic Happy Birthday, MLP! Hasbro’s My Little Pony was born on August 2nd, 1983

Posted by Hillary on August 2, 2011

Did you know that August 2nd, 1983 is the official birthday of My Little Pony? That’s the day they filed the patent for this popular toy. About.com has a great overview of how Hasbro filed the patent on this popular toy. Here’s the original patent: Share your birthday wishes for MLP below!

title pic Seth Green had a meeting with Hasbro about producing My Little Pony Apocalypse Pony figures from Robot Chicken

Posted by Hillary on July 23, 2011

Wait, what? Collider has the scoop direct from Comic Con. Here’s their paraphrase: Other than the fact that the Seth Green apparently actually had a meeting with Hasbro about making a real line of My Little Pony Apocalypse action figures (it ain’t happening in this lifetime), there was no real information in this panel. I [...]

title pic Behind the scenes of the My Little Pony Cute Overload calendar picture

Posted by Hillary on July 22, 2011

A few weeks ago, we had a contest that centered around identifying the ponies in this page from the 2010 Cute Overload Page-A-Day calendar. Well, in one of those, the internet is wonderful moments, I was contacted by the culprit behind the cute that you see above! Turns out, the photo above was taken by [...]

title pic My Little Pony Facebook page unveils a San Diego Comic Con exclusive Friendship is Magic poster

Posted by Hillary on July 20, 2011

Collectors and fans, get ready to drool! In addition to the convention exclusive pony, the Hasbro booth at the SDCC will also have this limited edition poster: (click it to make it bigger) I have a feeling these are going to be pretty pricey on eBay after the event… As an added bonus, it makes [...]