My Little Pony Website Drops a Bunch of Awesome Screenshots From the Movie!

The main My Little Pony website has uploaded a ton of screenshots from the movie. Some are from the trailer, others are brand new. Most of these focus on specific character highlights. We even got some Luna. I know I'm not the only one that likes her~

Go get it all below! 

Music: TPressleyJ - Polar Opposition [Hybrid Trap]

Some heavy Daybreaker-themed music from a new guy! Making good use of vocal samples from the show, there's also some cool sound design signature to the hybrid trap genre and the amount of switch-ups through the track helps to keep things fresh, with the second half of the track being my favourite. Check it out below the break!

Nightly Discussion #1155

Holy cow! This is one incredibly detailed piece of traditional artwork. I highly recommend clicking the pic above and seeing it at the source for more detail. Amazing job!

Evening my friends, ready to chat?

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Story Updates - July 31

Updatin stories! Get three new ones below.

Target adds More Stuff! Friendship is Magic Collection Castle and Mix-And-Match Sets

The Friendship is Magic collection Canterlot Castle set has appeared at Target's website for order, along with "mix and match" sets for Twilight Sparkle and Rarity. Expect a lot more as the days go on, but for now, get these below the break! 

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #2337

I wonder who would win a mane 6 poll these days? I'm leaning Flutters myself.

Get a bunch of art below!

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Flutter in the sky! by FidzFox

Twilight Day on August 6th!

With the ATG here and others things going on in my life I almost forgot Twilight Day was coming up and even sooner than I thought! Checking on the date for Friendship Day it appears to be on August 6th and not the 7th like our calendar says.

So you know what that means my friends: it's that time of year again to celebrate the Princess of Friendship herself, our dear Twilight Sparkle. If she never left Canterlot we wouldn't be on this wild ride.

As with all of these events that means we need your help so send in any Twilight related material to [email protected] with the subject header reading Twilight Day followed by whatever it is you're sending in.

Example: Twilight Day - Comic

We look forward to seeing all of the comics, music, animations, stories and more that you all send our way!

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(Twilight is best pony)

'Questria -Two

Looks like we are a little late on this one!

The second episode of 'Questria has dropped for all of you following the shenanigans of the analysis community. If you missed the first one, you can watch it over here. The second can be found below the break.

Hong Kong Gets Pony Figures at McDonalds, and a Ridiculous Commercial

The McDonalds pony figures have migrated over to Hong Kong for this month with their usual Transformers counterparts. It looks like they got Rarity, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Twilight for their run.

With that, comes a commercial. You can find it below.

Comic: Recall 249 / Arrival 12 / Reality 58 / AoS 1:24 / Cyan 25 / Only One 10 / Song

Oh crap! This fake Twilight sure isn't going down without a fight. This comic is really starting to get me on pins and needles now.

Comics my friends, get them all after the break!

Equestria Girls Mini Movie Theater Playset Now on Toys R' Us Website

The Equestria Girls Mini set first shown at Toy Fair this year starring Juniper Montage has finally popped up on the Toys R' Us website. They even made her a really cute pony version for the box art.

You can order it over here for $30.

Thanks to Nick for the heads up.

Rainbow Dash's Swashbuckler Pirate Airship Appearing at Walmart

Walmart's exclusive set of pirate pony merchandise has started popping up in stores. So far we have one in Kingsman, Arizona, and one from an undisclosed location. Having checked a store over in Glendale, AZ earlier yesterday, I can confirm that this seems to only be certain stores so far as they didn't have any pirate ponies on the shelves yet. Either that or one of you came in and scooped em all up!

To catch up on all the new Guardians of Harmony toys, be sure to check out our main page for that.  They are about to flood stores, and a lot of these are awesome.

Thanks to Ian and  Dustin for the heads up.

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Songbird Serenade, Magic of Everypony Pack, and More Target Exclusives Now Buyable Online

Target's Exclusives have been a hard find for some people scanning swords, but luckily they now have online listings for all three! This includes the Songbird Serenade brushable that sings, as seen above.

Go get all of them below.

Newbie Artist Training Grounds VII: Day 3

Another day means another day of the ATG my friends! Over the past 24 hours I tasked you all with a prompt for some locomotive ponies and you all delivered marvelously. As of this writing we have 241 ponies to add to our new running total, bringing us up to 469 ponies altogether!

Now that we've gotten our ponies to stretch their legs a bit we can start easing into more complex prompts that will give you chances to try out more postures, expressions, and settings! That's why for today our prompt will be: Draw a pony warming up / Draw a pony stretching its limits.

Best of luck guys! You can find the uploader for today here.

Remember, our compiler is up a few hours even after this post goes up so feel free to submit your submission even though this post is up!

Check on after the break for our full gallery!

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Morning Discussion #932

Sunset is looking quite bold this morning! I wonder what she has planned for this new day?

Morning everyone! Hope you're tackling whatever it is you have planned today as boldly as Sunset here.

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Bonus Music #72

I'm going to need some EPIC ORCHESTRAL for this EPIC WAR with Rainbow Dash. We have some bonus music for you too. Go get it below.

Equestria Girls Summertime Shorts Are Out! Stream Links

As promised, the Summertime Shorts from Equestria Girls have officially aired on Discovery Family. These are completely different from the Movie Magic series that played last month, only appearing once in Russia. This is our English version.

Right now it's apparently making it's way to Dailymotion, but a Russian streaming site has a version up already. Head on down below for that, it seems to work well.

Nightly Discussion #1154

Nothing like getting lost, right? I guess if you keep up an upbeat attitude you can think of it as an adventure of sorts!

Evening guys, ready to chat?

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Music: Daniel Ingram - This Day Aria (Endigo Cover) [Operatic Pop]

A quirky Youtuber by the name of Endigo has done a pretty cool cover of This Day Aria! There's some terrific use of different costuming and stylistic vocals for each part, with Chrysalis' part being a lot more dark and operatic, compared to the high and bright part from Cadance. Check it out below!

Hasbro Releases New Videos in Celebration of Friendship Day!

In honor of International Friendship Day, Hasbro—in collaboration with SoulPancake and Grey New York—has released not on but two, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" themed videos which focus on real friendships from around the world.

You can check out both videos, and a Hasbro Press Release after the break!

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #2336

My favorite thing in the comics so far! Pony needs more SPHINX!

Get a bunch of art below.

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Egypt trouble by DiscordTheGE

Livestream Sundays and Drawfriend

Another month has come and gone! Pretty soon we'll be wrapping up 2017 and onto 2018 my friends. As we enjoy the last weekend of July how about we enjoy some streams as well?

We always need more streamers for the Sunday streams so feel free to sign up! Any sort of art that can be streamed is welcome whether it be crafts, animation, digital art or more feel free to send in your application today!

As always with this event, if you want to partake in the madness make sure to send an email to me at [email protected] with your name, the type of art you'll be doing, a gallery link (optional) a link to your livestream and a banner (also optional). Make sure that your stream follows our content guidelines as laid out under our submit tab and also make sure to that you can be ready to stream at our standard time of 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm PST on Sunday. Also, if you participated in this week's stream event please send me the art you made so I can include it in next week's Livestream Drawfriend.

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Animatronic Twilight Sparkle's Lines - Including Sea Pony Song And Other Movie Stuff

The Animatronic Twilight Sparkle toy has started flooding stores, and with it comes a bunch of Youtube channels grabbing her to record the lines and review. Apparently she's not too careful with spoilers on the upcoming movie, as she says quite a bit about Storm King, Tempest Shadow, and a few others.

Along with that, she does a song she learned from the Sea Ponies, or at least part of the song.

Head on down below to check it out.

(Rumor) Tempest Shadow Heading to Build-A-Bear

We've had a few people now report from their ventures over to Build-A-Bear that employees are saying Tempest Shadow will be one of the next new ones you can have made. With how much they seem to be pushing her and Songbird across the various merchandise lines, it really isn't too surprising.

Unfortunately we can't seem to get any real confirmation on this yet, but keep an ear out if you do make the trip to one of the stores.

Thanks to Zenith, BraveryTheBrony, and Rezi for the heads up.

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Comic: Nerd Dash / Fire! / Only One 9 / Sable 41 / December 2 / Trial / Recall 248 / Make It Out / Chaos 99

Nerd dash is actually kind of cute. It's a fun take on the sporty Dash we usually see.

Comics guys, get them all after the break!

Discovery Family Asks: Who do you think Twilight Sparkle’s BFF is?

A Friendship Fridays poll is up over on Discovery Family's Website, and they have a battle going on between Starlight Glimmer and Celestia. The winner, or Twilight Sparkle's fan-voted BFF in this case will have back-to-back episodes this upcoming Friday.

You can vote over here.

 Thanks to Jeffrey for the heads up.

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SEAPonyCon Theme Song - See You At SEAPonyCon! [Pop Rock]

SEAPonyCon over in Thailand is happening in less than a month, on August 19-20, and with the date drawing closer they've released an official theme song! Meelz has done an awesome job on the instrumental, whilst the vocals from St. Pinkie give an upbeat feel to the song as the message is all about joy and inclusiveness. Check it out below!

Newbie Artist Training Grounds VII: Day 2

Crazy to think our first day has already drawn to a close! As always I am impressed with the range of creativity you guys are able to express from simple poses, bipedal poses, and ponies striking posing models you guys still impress! Today we managed to rack up a total of 228 ponies, which isn't too bad for announcing the ATG on such short notice. (I'll be adding more as they come in)

Now that you've dusted off your pen and paper (or tablet as one artist mentioned) we're going to dive right into our next prompt: Draw a pony in motion / Draw a pony in need of direction. Let's get our ponies moving a bit!

Find the uploader for today's prompt here.

Remember, our compiler is up a few hours even after this post goes up so feel free to submit your submission even though this post is up!

Check on after the break for our full gallery!

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Morning Discussion #931

Standing up to a beast that can just as easily blast you with a magic laser as step on you takes some serious guts.

Morning guys! Ready to chat?

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Polish Magazine Shows Off Preview of One of the EqG Summer Shorts

Looks like Poland is once again giving us a bit of a preview on things as a magazine reveals what looks like quite a few scenes from one of the summer shorts! Looks like it'll be pretty fun.

Take a look at the sneak peek after the break and thanks to Robert for sending it in!

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Nightly Roundup #1431

Super awesome Applejack time? Super awesome Applejack time.

News is here my friends! Get it all after the break.

Mystical Luna Dubstep Music: Exiark - Dark Ascension

Exiark's works are almost always incredible feats of sound design and mixing, with this latest being no different! Starting out with some strong ambience and subtle arabian-style composition with strong use of vocal elements, if steadily morphs into some powerful and clean dubstep that is arranged brilliantly. Check it out below the break!

Comic: Episode 14 / December 1 / Winging It / AoS 1:23 / Super 2:1 / Sable 40 / Lonely 2:74 / Recall 247 / Once

Isn't it fun when we get episode titles and synopses? The predictions that come out of the fandom are almost as fun as the episodes themselves!

Comics guys, get them all after the break!

Some spoilers in the top comic.

Jayson Thiessen Tweets Out That My Little Pony Movie is Done!

Looks like the movie is proceeding on schedule as Jayson Thiessen announces they might just have a finished movie on their hands (hooves)!

Congrats to the team for getting this wrapped up. I guess we all that is left is the hype train as we wait the last two months till the movie releases.

Thanks to Mutton Bash and Jason for sending it in!

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Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #2335

I always like that white and red combination. It looks so good.

Go get a bunch of art below!

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by starshinebeast

Nightly Discussion #1153

As, no need to blush, Lyra! You're adorable and you should be proud of it.

Evening guys, ready to chat?

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Discovery Family Airing Equestria Girls Specials, Plus Bonus Music Video Tomorrow

An announcement sent over the Discovery Family Twitter has revealed a "Summer Shorts" event tomorrow night after Garfield Airs. The Equestria Girls shorts are going to play, followed by a "never before seen music video". I don't know if that will be including a new song, or if it's just a PMV, but it's notable and we will keep an eye out for it!

Get the announcement video below.

Note: Since some are confused, this is apparently completely NEW, not the dance/movie/etc magic series!

Flashy: Despacito, Nobody Home, Desperado, Starlight, Ready for Weekend

We have a bunch of these super flashy PMVs in the folder for you all today, so lets do a big ol' compilation of them. Expect tons of effects, blinding animations, and more!

Go get them below.

Fluttershy Sings... All Star

The meme that keeps on givin apparently. I remember first seeing it spawn on reddit too. Strange times.

If you have no idea what that means, the "All Star" song has been getting remixed to death by various singers and music makers, and now Fluttershy is on board. Go get it down below.

Music: GhostXb - They Mustn't See Me Cry (feat. BriLizy T) [Orchestral Hip Hop]

GhostXb is really getting good at this hip hop-influenced orchestral style, and this is certainly his best track of that nature yet! Featuring gorgeous emotional Sunset Shimmer vocals from BriLizy T, the hip hop percussion combines brilliantly with light orchestral strings and some nice subtle guitar too. The song tells the tale of Sunset struggling with her emotions whilst transitioning from foe to friend to the Mane 6. Check it out below!

Livestream Saturdays and Drawfriend

Ready for some livestream fun for today guys? Sit back, relax and enjoy a small group of artists for today's stream post. Thanks again for all of you who joined my charity stream! Love ya all~

If you or know someone who would like to stream, sign up by sending your info into [email protected]! We take more than just art, so if you're streaming your music, crafting or anything else feel free to participate!

Note: Livestream Sundays are back on track, send in your info if you can participate!

As always with this event, if you want to partake in the madness make sure to send an email to me at [email protected] with your name, the type of art you'll be doing (general art, requests, videos, animation, ect), a gallery link (optional) a link to your livestream and a banner (also optional). Make sure that your stream follows our content guidelines as laid out under our submit tab and also make sure to that you can be ready to stream at our standard time of 4pm EST / 1pm PST on Saturday. Also, if you participated in this week's stream event please send me the art you made so I can include it in next week's Livestream Drawfriend.

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My Little Pony Movie Special Popcorn Bags Appear in Germany

For those of you outside the US who were worried if you'd be getting any promotional theater material, it appears that over in Germany they have some special MLP Movie themed popcorn bags! It might not be a cup where you can drink Pinkie's sugary brains, but it is nice to see promotional material in theaters outside the US!

Thanks to Tricky Fox for sending it in!

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Hasbro Running Global International Friendship Day Events on the 30th of July

July 30th marks the official holiday of International Friendship Day, and as usual Hasbro will be running a bunch of events around the world to celebrate the occasion. Some takeaways from the presser:

• A week long mane 6 snapchat filter with sounds and effects, including an Equestria background when the camera is flipped and the rear lense is used
• Friendship day events in United States are at Mall of America
• Italy, Singapore, and Taiwan get friendship runs
• Brazil has a friendship bus and will celebrate Dia Da Amizade
• United Kingdom will have buy one give one promotions in partnership with local charity and BFF accessories.
• Russia and Mexico are listed, but don't have details 
• The toy line officially releases on this day

You can read the full presser down below!

Parts of Sia's Song from Songbird Toy Posted on Twitter

Not long ago we posted about the massive influx of movie toys hitting stores, one of them being the Songbird Serenade toy that could sing. Since then someone has found one of these toys and has gotten a chance to try it out in the store.

It appears to be that the toy sings parts of what I can only assume to be the song Songbird will sing during the movie! It's a little hard to hear and not the best quality as it is coming from a toy, but it's a first look at what to possibly expect from Sia's song in the movie.

Thanks to Mutton Bash for letting us know. Get the video after the break!

Tempest Shadow Plushie up for Pre-order on Entertainment Earth

Tempest Shadow has now been listed over on Entertainment Earth for pre-order. They list the release date as August 2017, so hopefully that means she's out with the rest of the toys dropping next week.

You can pick her up over here for 12 bucks.

Thanks to Jake, Ryan, and Lyra for the heads up.

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Storm King Now on Sale on Amazon

For anyone out there looking to pick up the new Storm King Guardians of Harmony figure, it looks like he's finally listed on Amazon to purchase. Unfortunately it looks like all the cheap ones are gone, but a scalper still has it available for the crazy price of 88 bucks.

Hopefully this means stock will return, so keep an eye out! We will get an update if it does.

Check out the listing over here. 

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Newbie Artist Training Grounds VII: Day 1

Here we are once again my friends! It's time for another Newbie Artist Training Grounds and I hope you all are as excited as I am about tackling a whole month filled with challenges and awesome artwork. The training grounds have helped many different people from around the fandom discover their love of art or at the very least shown them that with a little practice and effort they too can draw!

As in past years of the ATG, this event is about fun, learning, and pushing yourself to try and do something you didn't think you could before! Being involved in so many of these I know that those who participate (even if only for a few days) will find something they can take away from this event and I believe in every one of you who decides to draw with us over these next 30 days.

So are you guys excited and ready to get started? Well, first off, if you're still new to the training grounds or need a small refresher, please check our post from earlier this week containing details on what the ATG is all about. You can find it here.

For those of you who are ready to get started, here we go! For your very first assignment we have a classic we've opened every single ATG with, with the usual slight variation: Draw a pony standing / Draw a pony striking a pose.

The submission page itself can be found here! If you want some tips on how to draw check out our tutorial page which you can find here.

You can submit up to three pieces of artwork per prompt! Prompts end in roughly 24 hours so submissions will close between 12am-3am July 30th for this prompt.

People of all skills levels are welcome!

As to how to submit your piece of artwork, please check after the break for a full tutorial on how to submit!

Morning Discussion #930

With some of the hot days we've been having I think I would welcome a cold snowy day at this point. In the depths of winter though I'm quite sure my feelings will change.

Morning guys, ready to chat?

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