Saturday, May 25, 2013

title pic Princess Sparkle, The O. C.’s only My Little Pony special guest star

Posted by Hillary on August 14, 2012

While there have been jokes about My Little Pony on a variety of shows, there’s been no MLP cameo more prominent than Princess Sparkle‘s turn on the television show The O. C. Featured in three episodes over seasons 1 and 2, Princess Sparkle was not just seen in the background but was a plot point [...]

title pic 2012 Convention & SDCC Exculsive My Little Pony is (gasp) NOT named Derpy

Posted by Hillary on July 31, 2012

My Little Pony fans, especially fans of Friendship is Magic, went wild when they saw 2012′s convention exclusive pony. Attendees of the My Little Pony Fair Collector’s Convention and the San Diego Comic Convention (also referred to as SDCC or just Comic Con), got an exclusive chance to snag this pony: The wonky eyes. The [...]

title pic My Little Pony’s Pinkie Pie made her feature film debut in Transformers (2007)

Posted by Hillary on July 17, 2012

There hasn’t been a My Little Pony feature film since 1986′s creatively titled My Little Pony: The Movie, but one popular pink pony managed to sneak her way into the multiplexes since then in a brief cameo in 2007′s Transformers. In the Micheal Bay blockbuster, a little girl carrying a Pinkie Pie plushie mistakes the [...]

title pic How My Little Pony toys are named & how Hasbro snuck the name Waterfire in under the radar

Posted by Hillary on July 3, 2012

At the 2008 My Little Pony Fair, some of the MLP team were kind enough to talk to us about some of the details that go into making any MLP toy a reality. At the time, collectors were concerned why some G3 ponies had changed names between waves of the toys and the discussion of [...]

title pic Cabbage Patch Ponies aren’t part of My Little Pony even though they’re made by Hasbro

Posted by Hillary on May 22, 2012

If there was an award for Most Commonly Mistaken for My Little Pony, the Cabbage Patch Kids Ponies would win it, hooves down. You can’t blame people for getting confused! After all, they ARE ponies (albeit, larger ponies then a standard My Little Pony) and the ARE branded as being made by Hasbro. CPK Ponies [...]