My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic returns to Happy Meals in April 2014

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Crazy
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be making its way back into Happy Meals alongside Skylanders: Swap Force.
The toys will be available between March 28th and April 24th.

The My Little Pony set will include Princess Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, DJ Pon3/Vinyl Scratch, Princess Luna and Princess Celestia.

The Skylanders set will include Chompy, Eruptor, Free Ranger, Freeze Blade, Magna Charge, Prism Break, Rattle Shake, and Wash Buckler.

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Many Sailor Moon references in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Adam

This post was originally written for our sister site Sailor Moon News. Check out that site to keep up to date on all things Sailor Moon.

Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic

The latest issue of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Micro Series comic, issue #8 featuring Princess Celestia on the cover, includes a few familiar faces for Sailor Moon fans! Inside these pages are pony versions of Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune (pictured above), Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi Moon (pictured below) and Sailor Pluto (in the third photo).

Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi Moon in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book

The similar colours and hair styles aren’t the only similarity as these ponies also have very specific cutie marks which are the symbols of their respective planets and in Sailor Chibi Moon’s case a heart with moon in it which is similar but not identical to any single one of her transformation brooches.

Sailor Pluto in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book

In addition to these ponies we can also see the Moon Stick sitting on Princess Celestia’s night stand. The other item could be Sailor Neptune’s Deep Aqua Mirror but I’m unsure if this is an intentional reference or not.

The Deep Aqua Mirror and Moon Stick in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book

This issue’s artist, Amy Mebberson, is a Sailor Moon fan. Check out more of her work, including some Sailor Moon sketches, on her deviantART page, tumblr or Twitter. Also be sure to check out her web comic Pocket Princesses.

Below I’ve included the full panels which include these references for context. The comic hit store shelves this past Wednesday so if you’re interested in picking it up your local comic book store may still have it in stock.

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My Little Pony characters dress as Mounties for a Fan Expo exclusive comic variant cover

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Adam

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In just two weeks, August 22nd to the 25th, Fan Expo will be taking place in Toronto Canada. This Fan Expo Exclusive variant cover of the My Little Pony comic’s 10th issues features Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Spike dressed as Mounties, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. As a Canadian police force the Mounties are a symbol of Canada, which is where this convention is taking place. The choice of these three characters is not chance as Andrea Libman, the voice of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, Tara Strong, the voice of Twilight Sparkle, and Cathy Weseluck, the voice of Spike, will all be guests at Fan Expo this year!

The comic will cost $10 at the Fan Expo store. This cover art is done by Katie Cook. There will only be 1000 printings.

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My Little Pony Equestria Girls revealed

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Crazy

We’ve heard rumors about an Equestria Girls brand in the pipeline for some time now, but only now has an official statement been made. The New York Times got the scoop along with the trailer above. It looks like Equestria Girls will, in fact, be a movie that will have a limited release around the country. An eventual debut on The Hub is already assured. The movie will feature the Mane 6 ponies traveling to another realm/dimension where they take on human teenager forms and attend high school.

Plenty of merchandise and licensing deals have been made to support the movie including “toys, apparel, publishing and accessories. Multimedia components include an interactive Web site, content on YouTube and a partnership with Stardoll.com, a fashion Web site for girls” according to John A. Frascotti, Hasbro’s chief marketing officer. Megan MCarthy, head writer for MLP:FiM, is also the head writer for this feature. Not only that, but the voice actors are all back and the animation style is being kept as similar as possible to Friendship is Magic.

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 2 coming to DVD

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Crazy

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A press release has been sent out announcing Season Two of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be coming to DVD on May 14th. Sold exclusively through Amazon.com, the set will contain all 26 episodes. Retail price appears to be US$34.99. Bonus features are said to include, but is not limited to, sing-alongs and printable coloring sheets.

You can see the press release after the jump!

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MLP Comic Sales Data – February 2013

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Crazy

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ICv2 has released comic sales data for the top 300 comics released in February 2013.

ICv2 has released comic sales data on the top 300 comics from December 2012. We have provided a little analysis for the My Little Pony comic sales. Join us after the jump for statistics, analysis and charts!
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IDW Publishing Comic Solicitations for June 2013

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Crazy

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Here is a brief look at what IDW Publishing plans to ship in the month of June 2013. While the Micro-series and on-going books continue, we are being treated to a special edition “Color Me” book that not only makes a coloring book of the entire first issue but also includes all 48 covers from the first 4 issues of the on-going series!

Join us after the jump for the solicits and covers!
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The Mane6 are dead. Long Live the Mane6, now with added Lauren Faust

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Crazy
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We first reported on the Mane6 back in June of 2011. They had started work on an ambitious project called Fighting is Magic. It was a fighting game based around the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters and property. It gained such momentum and progress that it was even selected as one of the featured games at EVO, a very large fighting game conference.

To noone’s surprise, but everyone’s disappointment, Hasbro finally got around to sending the Mane6 a cease and desist letter, insisting that they stop using the My Little Pony intellectual property. Despite the Mane6’s best efforts, no compromises could be reached with Hasbro. Directly after the announcement there was a ray of light in the form of a tweet from Lauren Faust, the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic show creator.

Not much was heard about this, but clearly things were happening behind the scenes.

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Limited Edition My Little Pony themed Mimobot Flashdrives

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Crazy

Mimobot, makers of designer pop culture themed flash drives, have some very special new items up for sale.

Three My Little Pony themed drives have been posted. They include Twilight Sparkle, Rarity and Rainbow Dash.

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According to the site features include:
-Pre-loaded digital Mimory™
-Available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, & 128GB capacities
-Hi-speed USB 2.0
-Win/Mac compatible
-2.5” tall by 1” wide
-One-year limited warranty

USB 3.0 is said to be coming soon.

Some of the extras included on the drives include wallpapers, icons, avatars, comics and some audio clips that are clearly not the offical voice actors, but close facsimiles. You can hear Rainbow Dash below:

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MLP Comic Sales Data – January 2013

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Crazy
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ICv2 has released comic sales data on the top 300 comics from December 2012. We have provided a little analysis for the My Little Pony comic sales. Join us after the jump for statistics, analysis and charts!

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