Books! Books everywhere!
Have some news while I go read books.
PK got an EQD OC pony
PK bribed me with a 3D Trixie, so now he has an OC pony. It doesn't even have obnoxious colors like mine. I'm almost disappointed.
Find his bio below:
Pre-reader/Author Page
Yay~ Lasershy
Glorious lasershy. He has a bunch more on his facebook page!
Pony Hair Guide #2!
So you want to fix your pony hair do you?! Hit up the guide above!
Or check out the Pinkie Pie specific onehere.
Epic Derpy Cake
Honestly this might be better off in a Custom Pony compilation!
Rainbow Dash Cake
It's so smooth. Some day I am going to master cake crafting.
Equestria Radio
Have some copy paste:
Equestria Radio's brand new live show, The Weekly Rotorcast with DJ Rotorhead will be having it's second live episode this Saturday at 8:00pm eastern standard time (5:00pm PST). Tune in for discussion on the newest episode of MLP, community stuff, live and requested music blocks, news, live chats, insane rambling, and more! Since the Rotorcast is just starting out, the format of the show is still being shaped, so be sure to tune in and voice your suggestions to help make the show into something everypony will enjoy! Also remember to join in the IRC chat on the "Chat" page on the website. Thank you everypony and we hope to be seeing you on saturday evening!
Successful Meetups
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Utah Meetup
No state is safe!
Copy Paste:
This is the second un-official meet-up of the Utah Bronies group. We originally met at the Jordan Landing Target at around 2 p.m. and continued from there. Many members got lost and confused getting there, but when everyone had finally arrived, we had 22 members in total show. Some had to leave early, and are included in the gallery. After we had a full head count, we went to the Wal-Mart. With our merch shopping out of the way (in total, four blankets, three brushables, and a pack of magic cards was purchased, set is unknown) we got a private room at San Sauce and had an early dinner. We also celebrated our 250th group member at the party. Fun fact: If a group exceeds 250 people, the chat shuts down. Which is why Utah Bronies is now setting up an IRC. On topic: We all ate, played magic, did pony things, then a small group continued to a member's house. We watched ponies (S2E4, S1E25, and S2E5) before watching Friendship is Witchcraft (all 4 eps). Some merchandise was traded and videos recorded. We all had a great time and think that it was a New Year's Eve well spent. Yes this happened five days ago, we just suck at punctuality.
Gallery
Video
Group Site
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Malaysian Meetup
No group shot this time, they do have a gallery though!
And a writeup.
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Colorado Meetup
The gallery link they sent me isn't working, but have a video instead!
And one more.
Groups/Meetups/Guilds Looking for More
Just a small heads up on meetups: Please include a location/date/ect in email. It helps everyone!
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Dutch Meetup
When: 4th of February
Website
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Seattle Meetup
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Date: Sunday
Website
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Austin Meetup
Website
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SWTOR Pony Guild
New Lunar Republic, Republic side on the server Kinrath Spider
Contact: Baxiepie
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Australian Facebook Group
Website
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Merch/Ebay Stuff
Trixie STOLE IT ALL
And then gave a Gilda plushie back!
64 comments:
Oh wow early roundup
ReplyDeleteNow's my chance!
ReplyDeleteflutter-yay!
Yes my favorite time of night
ReplyDeleteNightly roundup time already? Guess I should go to bed...
ReplyDeletelol nice
ReplyDeleteTRIXIE!
ReplyDeleteWHY?!
HOW WILL WE BUY PONIES NOW?!
Oh wow, first comment! My life is complete! And why did tricks steal all the stuff?! I wanted a fluttershy plushie. *cries*
ReplyDeleteSo many pony cakes!!!
ReplyDeleteHey look! I'm in the colorado meetup video! Although, I can't sing worth crap >.>
ReplyDeleteBooks? What are those?
ReplyDeleteAlso, really like today's banner but I can't help lol at the fact that Owlowicious made it but Spike didn't.
Colorado should do more meetups!
ReplyDelete>Trixie stole it all
ReplyDeleteLOL
Congratulations, PK!!! Now I need one.....
Colorado meetup?
ReplyDeleteCelestia banish me, I'm always out of the loop, and I don't remember any of the sites where this information gets posted.
Anypony wanna point me in the right direction? The first and only meetup I've been to was the best day of my life and I want to do it again.
My sister just got engaged...
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that fluttershy, was cheering like that throughout the proposal.
@Eeveexpert
ReplyDeleteI'm priestofra on deviantart, message me on there, i can give you some links.
and thus my dominion grows
ReplyDeletesoon it shall encompass ALL
THE WORLD SHALL TREMBLE AT MY FEET
i mean uh
It feels good to be a full-fledged member of the team!
those cakes r cool....TRIXIE! Y U STEAL ALL PONY MERCH.!!!
ReplyDeleteWasn't PK the intern that was tortu... er trapped in Phoe's closet by complete and total accident?
ReplyDeleteNice to see him still sticking around, can we force him to watch a marathon of the Brady Bunch... it's the most horrid show on the planet.
In any case Trixie had a reason to steal all of the Twilight paraphenalia, she's swapping it out with her own merchandise. (Though we know she doesn't throw away the Twilight Pony merchandise.)
Yay~ Colorado Bronies!
ReplyDelete@PK
ReplyDeleteEmbrace the power!!
no Portland, OR meetups anytime soon?
ReplyDelete@PK at last.....you make a comment.......
ReplyDeleteSo is this Trixie's revenge for Seth stealing her magic?
ReplyDeleteI wish I could go into Seattle and see some hipster ponies... Why can't there be a portal between Equestria and Earth!
ReplyDeleteno merch? :(
ReplyDeleteis there a new banner coming soon? the current one does not seem to be loading on either of my computers.
ReplyDeleteHuh, I ended up in a video for the Colorado bronies after all. Thought I got away with being anonymous.
ReplyDeleteI love that the Colorado meetup video made it to this roundup. While I wasn't at that meetup myself, it's still good to see that Colorado is acknowledged on EQ Daily.
ReplyDeleteI wanna go read books with Twilight. :D
ReplyDeleteHah, a laser of Fluttershy? Very awesome. Someone's got some nice lasers and laser programming software and equipment. Lucky. :P
Wow... that Derpy cake. One of the most stylized and sculpted ones yet. Looks great. It'd be hard to slice Derpy up and eat her though. D: The Dash cake under it however... lol
And nuuuuuuuu! Trixie is all up in our Nightly Roundup, stealin' our merchandise! Except for a Gilda apparently. Seems Trixie's isn't so fond of Gilda...
Oh my god, muffin cake!
ReplyDeletewhy yes i WILL watch a 9 minute video on styling pony dolls' hair; no regrets
ReplyDeleteYeah, the header for this roundup made me smile.
ReplyDeleteMostly because I went to book store earlier tonight and "Books! Books everywhere!" pretty much describes the most notable part of my day.
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ReplyDeleteSince Trixie stole all the fan merch, here's my review of the new Princess Celestia toy, and my difference comparisons to the two toys that came out prior:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/108032
http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/108033
http://www.ponibooru.org/post/view/108034
Well, I have all three of the major releases of the standard size Celestia toy. This is a detailed review of the differences between the three versions of the toys.
The oldest is the Friendship is Magic 5 Piece Gift Set (Right most toy). She has a solid color tiara with gold (yellow) color, a purple multifaceted gem, and a dark gold trim and back. It fits tightly against the forehead. The hair is 4 toned, and the wings are made of the same plastic as the main body. Head is fixed, and mane and tail are molded.
The middle image is the version of Celestia that came bundled with the 3" standard version Princess Luna toy. Her tiara is the same mold, but is now unpainted, and uses a translucent yellow plastic. The body is identical, and uses the same mold as the gift set version. Her hair is now only 3 tones of color however, eliminating pink. Her wings are now made of a translucent plastic... I'd call it magenta, or close to it.
Both of these versions of the toy featured molded manes and tails. The wings are individually set into recesses in the body, one for each wing. There is a "peg" that can't be seen on the rear left leg and the right side of the neck on both of these. There is also a deep "Y" shaped trench in the top of the head, and a deep hole in the back. These are all mounting/anchor points for the molded mane and tail.
Finally, we get to the newest version of the toy, seen on the left. This toy comes with a posed leg variant of Twilight Sparkle, with a tiara that ACTUALLY looks similar to the "Big Crown Thingy", aka her Element of Harmony. It even has the purple 6 pointed star on it. The set also comes with Spike... Same old Quadrupedal Spike the Dragon that has come in every Spike pack in. Props for finally releasing a posed leg variant of Twi. Another check mark off my "Gotta collect 'em all" Pony checklist... Yes, I carry a detailed checklist covering pony toys in my wallet. Twi would be so proud. :D
ReplyDeleteSadly, Twi would not be proud of the Princess Celestia toy that comes in this set. I honestly can't say everything about it is good.
The newest version of the Celestia toy is more of less defined by the fact that it has a brushable mane and tail. Due to these changes, there are no longer any "pegs" on the neck or legs for the molded hair to mount to. Fact is, the ENTIRE body and head mold are new. The head is noticeably larger, larger eye decals are used, and the horn was slightly bent out of the box. It's also angled more upward than forward. I will admit that the forward view of the face looks more natural on the new Celestia. The old toys looked derped a bit when looking at them head on. The brushable hair is fitted to a very large number of plugs... With the light blue colored hair being fitted three plugs wide in the forelock position. The purple strands are mounted 2 plugs wide. The hair only has 3 shades, with there being 2 shades of purple. Last head detail to point out... The head can be rotated. That's nice.
The tiara on the new toy is made from yellow plastic, and only has the purple gem painted, but the gem, and overall crown design is much simpler. The gem no longer has complex facets. One nice addition is the neck piece. It does NOT fit the older toys, unless you break the bond between the neck peg and the mane. Both the neck piece and the tiara are loose fitting, unfortunately. One new addition to the body is a hole in the bottom of the fore hoof. The old toys did not have this hole. This means the new toy can be pressed onto the pegs on many of the toy playsets now.
The wings have returned to the overall color of the body, but now feature a gradient shading from body color toward a very deep pink near the wing tips. They are notably thinner than the wings of the old toys, and are extraordinarily flexible. I was able to bend them all the way down to the legs, and did not fear they would break. I suspect these would be good for custom poses, by applying a little heat to make the deformation permanent. Sadly, the thinner wings come with a big negative. The body no longer has two individual slots for the wings to insert into, but instead has a massive rectangular pit on the back. One wing has a large "block" of plastic, and the other wing is thin. It leaves an ugly looking asymmetrical back with deep seams and is simply not as nice as the old wing plugs. It kinda reminds me of the plastic chunk on the back of the new Glimmerwing ponies.
ReplyDeleteThe most notable difference stood out to me the second I placed the toys side by side. The new Princess Celestia with brushable mane and tail is fatter... Yes... Celestia appears to have been partying too hard at Sugarcube corner with Pinkie Pie. All the well defined, trim features of our favorite sun raising, prank loving Princess... are gone. You can clearly make out the lines of old Celestia's legs as they meet her body. The old toy has her flanks clearly defined as an extension of her leg into her torso. No any longer... All leg definition ends the moment the leg meets the body. The new body is physically larger, filling in all those fine details, and the forelegs are spaced slightly wider apart at the point where they meet the body. In addition, other details, like the hoof shoes are less defined, and are overall, thinner and less defined. The seams between mold segments are in more visible spaces, and it certainly appears they sacrificed overall quality to simplify the overall mold structure. (I speak with a degree of experience on the subject, as I've worked with a friend who does injection molding for a fishing lure business).
Overall, I'd say that the new Celestia is probably cheaper to make than the other two Celestia toys (not considering the mane and tail... I'm uncertain whether molded is cheaper or costlier than brushables). Thinner wings, less complex molds, more obviously visible seams, fatter body with less detail, cheaper tiara and neck piece (though it's nice they added the neck piece), and overall... I feel the whole product is cheaper. It's still pink, though a SLIGHTLY lighter pink. I emphasize the slight part.
Also... Still pink...
Still Pink...
HASBROOOOOOOO!!!
@richfiles Quite a bit to say.
ReplyDeleteYay! Thank you for featuring my Derpy cake, I haven't eaten her, I have put her in the freezer so I can keep her. She was made totally of edible icing and her mane and tail are white chocolate - I never thought I would spend the morning of my biithday making my own cake topper, as it was actually plan C. I love her to bits though, thanks for the kind words about her! I am not an artist, I am actually working full time and studying part time for a science degree (physics) I wasn't organised enough for plan A design (A picture of Queen but with Rarity in her gown and crown as Freddie Mercury calling everyone Darling, Pinkie as Brian May with the Pinkie Special guitar, Rainbow with her sun shades on as Roger Taylor on drums and Twi on bass - perhaps someone else can do that one! I should have paid someone of Deviantart to do it, I am not that good at drawing!)
ReplyDeleteSo, where can we find the UNsuccessful meetups?
ReplyDeleteSad I missed the Colorado meetup because of work. :(
ReplyDeleteYes, quite a bit to say. And it was all nothing more than a long winded way to lead into the simple statement:
ReplyDeleteThe new Celestia toy is fat, more cheaply made, and also still very pink.
LOL!
I just found the changes in the mold process to be fascinating. I have been trying to "deconstruct" the mold structure following the seam lines. I was surprised, especially by the raised fore leg. There is a diagonal seam split that cuts through the leg twice passing above and below the knee, and another seam that cuts over the area around the flank and barrel, but only on one side. The old toys had the top body seams follow the contours of the wing edges. The new seams are obvious and very asymmetrical.
They are clearly using more plastic, but the mold process looks like it comes apart in possibly at least one fewer segment, which may be enough to offset cost differences. I still find some of the changes to be sadly detrimental to the overall appearance of the toy. It's like they just smoothed over all the fine details of the old toy with some modeling clay, made a new mold, and went from there.
I think the unsuccessful meetups are just self portraits of bronys holding their ponies up for the camera while wearing an obligatory Rainbow Dash t-shirt or pony ears.
ReplyDeleteI would like to start a Southern Illinois meet, but I have just a few problems...
ReplyDeleteI have no money for food, no way to promote, and wouldn't even have the slightest idea of where to go hang out, or transportation for that matter, if the group was over 10 plus.
Any help would be much appreciated, fellow SoIll Bronies.
Woah, PK enjoys.playing piano in his spare time. Woop woop!! Same here
ReplyDeleteLaser art? cool! With a higher-power CO2 or YAG laser, that dood could burn pony images into wood blocks.
ReplyDeleteLaserPon3 here.
ReplyDeleteJust noticed i've been mentioned here and currently my face have gone derp because of that.
/)^3^(\
Mike I have access to all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteBecause i'm the owner of a lasercompany and I approve bronyism!
Also I can do that with this laser too. it's powerfull enough, i turned it down 40 percent of it's total brightness :)
ReplyDeleteThis is in fact a high powered laser projector.
@richfiles
ReplyDeleteCalpain has that scheduled for tomorrow!
That Derpy cake looks delicious! Gz PK on your own OC pony :D
ReplyDeleteTRIXIE DROP THE MERCH SLOWLY
I was wondering when PK would get into the author page, and what an adorable pony he is too.
ReplyDeleteHow do I keep missing all the Utah meetups? I didn't even know they had one planned.
ReplyDeleteJoining the facebook page. Hope the pony picture updates aren't too common, I still browse facebook at work!
Laser Shy is best Shy. By the way, what is PK's cutie mark? Is that a stamp?
ReplyDeleteYay PK finally has an OC!
ReplyDeleteNow I can stop pretending that he doesn't exist.
@LezliDax
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if anyone would have the heart to eat Derpy. Nice work; thanks for sharing it!
@richfiles
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review, even if the end product is disappointing. Is the new Twilight Sparkle worth getting despite the less-than-stellar (ha!) Celestia?
I want my own pony now like PK :) LOL
ReplyDeleteomg that derpy cake... that is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteDo i see air brushing on the mane?!
WOW!
YAY!
ReplyDeleteFinally a meetup in Holland! i waited so long for this!
To bad it's in Haarlem and i live in Rottedam,that's too far away... :(
@Sethisto
ReplyDeleteSorry! It was 3:10 AM for me, I was not asleep (obviously), and I saw the Nightly roundup pop up and it seemed short! LOL. Blame it on my aspiring to be as sleepless as the Great and Powerful Sethisto!
@jodyjm13
The Twilight in the set is of the posed Leg variant, and has a tiara that more closely resembles her Elements of harmony "Big Crown Thingy" more than any toy to date.
It has regular brushable hair, which can be a good thing. The Target Canterlot Exclusives that were sold since August featured "tinsel" mixed with the nylon strands of hair. This toy does NOT have tinsel. For those who style manes, this is actually a very good thing, as the tinsel does not cooperate with traditional styling methods. In that sense, this toy is an improvement.
If you have seen any of the standard 3 inch toys with one fore leg raised, then you know what the Twilight Sparkle toy looks like. I've yet to come across a posed leg variant of Twilight, so this may be the first one I've seen that's been widely released.
On a side note, while I don't have photos, due to my camera having a shot battery, good for only 2-3 shots at a time. I can vouch for the fact that the Pony School Pals & Cheerilee set is quite nice.
They skip all the frivolous accessories (and I mean ALL of them, not even a brush is included) to actually include 4 ponies in this play set for $14.99. Considering individual ponies ring up at $5 a piece, this is an alright deal.
The set has yet another IDENTICAL Sweetie Belle, which is a shame (I now have 4, the others coming from Sweetie Belle's Ice Cream train Car, Fun at the Fair with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, and the other from the Pinkies Bakery play set). I see this as a missed opportunity to offer a posed leg variant of Sweetie Belle. Makes even less sense, since Applebloom IS a posed leg variant, and Earth/Unicorn ponies use the same body mold, but a different head mold. Cheerilee is also posed, which is nice. As I said, Sweetie Belle, and the new Scootaloo are standing straight legged. Hopefully they will make a posed variant of these two in the future.
As for Scootaloo... She is the prize of the new play set. Yeah, it's nice to have a posed leg variant of Applebloom and Cheerilee, but this is the FIRST G4 pegasus filly toy. Her hair is a pit too pink. Looks disturbingly close to Fluttershy's shade, though not quite. Hasbro needs to darken this toy's mane and tail to the Magenta thing Scootaloo has going on the cartoon, for future versions of the product. Lets just hope Scoot's mane didn't get hit by the Pinklestia canon.
What I can say, HOOVES DOWN, is The. Best. Possible. Thing. about this entire play set...
Scootaloo's tiny itty bitty widdle fiwwy wings are aDAAWWWWWWWWable! For size comparison, they are only about the size of a pony's eye... That's it... and it works. It just looks right. On her smaller body, it Just. Looks. Perfect!
One more thing to note...
The receipt that target printed made me laugh so hard. Both the Royal Castle Friends and the Pony School Pals & Cheerilee sets were listed under the following descriptors
TOYS-SPORTING GOODS
086020285
FOREVER
2 @ $14.99 ea
T $29.98
Yes...
Target has the new My Little Pony play sets entered into their system as "FOREVER". No other descriptor other than item SKU number and department.
FOREVER!!!
seattle and starbucks LOLOLOL the perfect combination!!
ReplyDeleteMy cutie mark is a laser warning logo <3
ReplyDeleteI will be at next bronycon, flying out especially from the Netherlands
ReplyDeleteCongrats PK... But who is this Calpain I keep hearing of?
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