Check out this completely fun My Little Pony Creator game here. I know you always wanted to make your very own my little pony!
Showing posts with label My Little Pony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Little Pony. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
If I Were A My Little Pony...
...I'd look something like this.
Check out this completely fun My Little Pony Creator game here. I know you always wanted to make your very own my little pony!
Check out this completely fun My Little Pony Creator game here. I know you always wanted to make your very own my little pony!
Monday, February 20, 2012
My Geeky Pony Monday
This was too beautiful not to share!
Last night at my bi-weekly D&D game, my fellow gamers brought this to my attention.
Do they know me or what?!
I think it was inspired that they chose Rainbow Dash to be the somewhat whiney-sounding guy in the background asking, "Where are the Cheetos?" and "If there are any girls there I wanna DO them!"
Nothing can bring the weekend to a close better than a My Little Pony, Dungeons & Dragons and Summoner mashup, wouldn't you agree?
Certainly the Summoner parody has always been a big favorite in my gaming circle.
Remember, it's not the meek who will inherit the earth, but the GEEK!
Last night at my bi-weekly D&D game, my fellow gamers brought this to my attention.
Do they know me or what?!
I think it was inspired that they chose Rainbow Dash to be the somewhat whiney-sounding guy in the background asking, "Where are the Cheetos?" and "If there are any girls there I wanna DO them!"
Nothing can bring the weekend to a close better than a My Little Pony, Dungeons & Dragons and Summoner mashup, wouldn't you agree?
Certainly the Summoner parody has always been a big favorite in my gaming circle.
Remember, it's not the meek who will inherit the earth, but the GEEK!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What is This Phenomenon They Call "Bronies"?
Looking for My Little Pony stuff on the web the other day, I came across something called "Bronies".
WTF?
Have you heard of this before?
Apparently, it's men (and women) who love the new My Little Pony cartoon.
And when I say love, it's like the kind of strangely fantastic love that inspires a legion of fan art, forums, videos and communities. The phenomenon is an apparently growing epidemic online and I can't believe I'm just stumbling onto it now.
I try to be open minded, I really do.
But, uh, Bronies? Just FYI, the BEST My Little Ponies are and always will be the FIRST GENERATION.
From the 80's baby, with realistic pony bodies and the best names, like Moondancer, Melody, Windwhistler and Firefly (yes there is a MLP named Firefly and she IS a Browncoat!).
Not that I can't get down with a name like Rainbow Dash, of course. Especially since according to Wikipedia, Rainbow Dash is based upon the original Firefly's personality, who was basically THE star of the original My Little Ponies.
Herds of Bronies online may disagree with the above statements. I'm not sure if they have watched the older cartoon since they were kids or if they would even want to, since the impetus of their devotion seems to be wrapped up in the show itself and is inexplicable, even to themselves.
However, after babysitting two little girls recently who think the best part of coming over is the gigantor bag of old school My Little Ponies they get to play with, I got the opportunity to watch one of the new episodes.
All too soon, the show was over.
At first, the animation style threw me off but gradually the surprising depth of plot for a children's show and the great voice acting sucked me in.
In a move that spoke to my fierce nostalgic heart while at the same time creating a bit of disappointment, the little girls said they wanted to watch my DVD of the original 80's TV show instead of another of the new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episodes.
I have a feeling I won't be waiting for the excuse of babysitting little girls before I watch the other episodes. And if I grow restless for more MLP magic, there's plenty of fan content on the web to keep a geek like me happy.
Enjoy! And if you become a Brony, be sure to tell me. I'm fascinated!
WTF?
Have you heard of this before?
Apparently, it's men (and women) who love the new My Little Pony cartoon.
And when I say love, it's like the kind of strangely fantastic love that inspires a legion of fan art, forums, videos and communities. The phenomenon is an apparently growing epidemic online and I can't believe I'm just stumbling onto it now.
I try to be open minded, I really do.
But, uh, Bronies? Just FYI, the BEST My Little Ponies are and always will be the FIRST GENERATION.
From the 80's baby, with realistic pony bodies and the best names, like Moondancer, Melody, Windwhistler and Firefly (yes there is a MLP named Firefly and she IS a Browncoat!).
Not that I can't get down with a name like Rainbow Dash, of course. Especially since according to Wikipedia, Rainbow Dash is based upon the original Firefly's personality, who was basically THE star of the original My Little Ponies.
Herds of Bronies online may disagree with the above statements. I'm not sure if they have watched the older cartoon since they were kids or if they would even want to, since the impetus of their devotion seems to be wrapped up in the show itself and is inexplicable, even to themselves.
However, after babysitting two little girls recently who think the best part of coming over is the gigantor bag of old school My Little Ponies they get to play with, I got the opportunity to watch one of the new episodes.
All too soon, the show was over.
At first, the animation style threw me off but gradually the surprising depth of plot for a children's show and the great voice acting sucked me in.
In a move that spoke to my fierce nostalgic heart while at the same time creating a bit of disappointment, the little girls said they wanted to watch my DVD of the original 80's TV show instead of another of the new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episodes.
I have a feeling I won't be waiting for the excuse of babysitting little girls before I watch the other episodes. And if I grow restless for more MLP magic, there's plenty of fan content on the web to keep a geek like me happy.
As I FINALLY watched Firefly and became a Browncoat,
I thought this would be appropriate.
Enjoy! And if you become a Brony, be sure to tell me. I'm fascinated!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wicked Fun with My Little Ponies
I don't know why I never thought of getting a My Little Pony as a tattoo. Seeing it in the flesh, so to speak, makes me consider it more seriously.
And if I wanted to be naughty I'd get one provocative like this:
If I wanted to be sweet, I'd get one like the seapony below.
If I wanted to be badass, I'd get one like this:
And if I wanted to be naughty I'd get one provocative like this:
This image is thanks to my Game Whore friend who found it
somewhere & sent it to my phone, where it has stayed
as its wallpaper ever since. And that was MONTHS ago!
Technically, the one & only tiny tattoo I already have is in the spot where my picture would be if I were a pony. So in a way, I kinda do already have pony-themed ink.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Fun Little Mashup
Thanks to Cal at Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool for bringing this to my attention!
Although I believe they took inpsiration from the newest verion of My Little Ponies rather than the classic Pony look, I'll forgive them for the sheer fun of the picture. I won't get into a rant of my hatred for the "funhouse-mirror-looking Ponies" they provide for today's youth, rest assured I could rant, oh yes.
Although I believe they took inpsiration from the newest verion of My Little Ponies rather than the classic Pony look, I'll forgive them for the sheer fun of the picture. I won't get into a rant of my hatred for the "funhouse-mirror-looking Ponies" they provide for today's youth, rest assured I could rant, oh yes.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
I Lure Them in with Promises of Ponies...
Monday night I was knee-deep in My Little Ponies.
My current Dungeon Master stopped by to hang out for a few hours, kids in tow. He has a pre-teen boy and a younger girl, both being raised in a geek-friendly household. The plan was for him to chill with us for a bit, eat dinner, and talk of inconsequential things. I knew I had plenty to entertain his daughter but was a little worried about the older boy (I shouldn't have; he got sucked into the video game vacuum with the Big B just fine).
The little girl moves at the speed of light, her words tumbling out just fast enough to stay un-muddled. I show her to our "office" aka the dumping grounds for anything and everything, and currently where my large bag of My Little Ponies is stored, along with a few pony buildings and some old cookie tins filled with brushes, clips, blankets, pillows, bottles, diapers and various other Pony accessories.
I can't keep up with the word-storm that is flying out of her mouth, but the gist is that she's excited about all the ponies, especially the kinds she hadn't seen before.
"BOY ponies? There are BOY ponies?"
"You can tell by the feet," I say, pointing out how the male ponies have big hairy feet like Budweiser Clydesdale horses in the commercials.
"Oooh! I like the skinny ponies! This one has sparkles in her hair!"
"These ones come with gems instead of regular eyes," I say while pointing to my favorite ponies. She is more entralled with the fuzzy ponies, however, and goes about systematically picking them all out of the pony-pile.
"There are cats, dogs, birds, a giraffe and a lion pony too," I offer helpfully.
*super-sonic squeal*
"I just LOVE animals! Animals of all kinds. How about we both play all the animal ponies, which one do you want to be, I want to be the lion, no wait, I want to be this purple cat...."
I let her extreme enthusiasm wash over me, remembering how excited I used to get over ponies.
"Which one do you want to be?" I grab Wizard, a pink flying pegasus pony with sparkly dark purple gems in place of painted eyes.
"She was my favorite when I was your age." She nods sagely, understanding how much favorites mean to girls. She shows me her own pony collection she brought with. The ponies are from more recently, but thankfully they are not the fun-house-mirror looking ponies I've seen in the toy aisles at Target. All of her ponies are sporting mohawks, courtesy of a "make over" session with her BFF.
"This one lost it's tail when I gave it a buzz cut," and she displays a tail-less pony proudly. I point out the few ponies that received haircuts from me years ago, but tell her that makeovers are good for one evening of fun, but whereas real hair grows back for more cutting fun, ponies are sadly limited in their ability to grow new hair.
Kids say the darndest things.
We are in the spare bedroom, where I grab the first season of My Little Pony on DVD.
"What's that?" and her eyes shine even more excitedly, if that's possible.
"This is the cartoon, do you want to watch? We can learn how the My Little Ponies came to be," I tell her.
"You mean we can be playing ponies at the same time we watch them on TV?" I nod.
"That's like Live Action Role Playing! I think it's called LARPing."
I should have known better, but I am tickled just the same. How many 9-year olds do you know that would know what LARPing is?
I put the pilot episode in the DVD player and let the familiar tunes wash over me. When it comes time for the sea pony musical number, we grab all the sea ponies I own and I find myself waving them in the air as if they were swimming, the little girl and I making our very own school of brightly-colored sea ponies.
I feel self-conscious at first, thinking how silly it is to be waving plastic seahorses in the air for no apparent purpose, but then I see how bright and shining her eyes are that we are playing together, and I can only smile and remember how much cooler it was when the grown-ups played too.
Unfortunately it is a week night, and her Dad comes to collect her to head home eventually. She puts up a bit of fuss but she's a good kid and starts tossing ponies back into the bag from which they came.
"Dad, can we come back sometime? Could we do a sleepover? I wanna do a sleepover."
I tell her I'd love to have a sleepover, winking at Dad and telling him sotto voce "Next time you need a sitter on the weekend or I have vacation during the week, I'd love to."
"How about this Wednesday?" She looks at me. "What are you doing Wednesday?"
Ah, the siren call of My Little Ponies. I knew the lure would work well!
I giggle and her dad says that we'll work it out for the future. He takes out his phone to take a picture of her pony-land creation just before we start to pick up, all the ponies painstakingly set upright in their dwellings with others hanging by their chubby little legs from the drawer handles of my craft-station.She makes a goofy face and demands a picture with our cat Gizmo, the scary monster for the ponies and by her proclamation the "coolest cat in the world" (I showed her how he plays fetch, and I'm sure his recent haircut was a big factor in this decision as well).
They leave and bed calls...
...but this morning the strains of "Shoo-be-doo, shoo-shoo-be-doo" are running through my head as I shower and I can't help but allow the big grin to surface, thinking how much fun it would be to have a sea pony with me, smiling at me with her horsey-smile and twinkling eyes.
My current Dungeon Master stopped by to hang out for a few hours, kids in tow. He has a pre-teen boy and a younger girl, both being raised in a geek-friendly household. The plan was for him to chill with us for a bit, eat dinner, and talk of inconsequential things. I knew I had plenty to entertain his daughter but was a little worried about the older boy (I shouldn't have; he got sucked into the video game vacuum with the Big B just fine).
The little girl moves at the speed of light, her words tumbling out just fast enough to stay un-muddled. I show her to our "office" aka the dumping grounds for anything and everything, and currently where my large bag of My Little Ponies is stored, along with a few pony buildings and some old cookie tins filled with brushes, clips, blankets, pillows, bottles, diapers and various other Pony accessories.
I can't keep up with the word-storm that is flying out of her mouth, but the gist is that she's excited about all the ponies, especially the kinds she hadn't seen before.
"BOY ponies? There are BOY ponies?"
"You can tell by the feet," I say, pointing out how the male ponies have big hairy feet like Budweiser Clydesdale horses in the commercials.
"Oooh! I like the skinny ponies! This one has sparkles in her hair!"
"These ones come with gems instead of regular eyes," I say while pointing to my favorite ponies. She is more entralled with the fuzzy ponies, however, and goes about systematically picking them all out of the pony-pile.
"There are cats, dogs, birds, a giraffe and a lion pony too," I offer helpfully.
*super-sonic squeal*
"I just LOVE animals! Animals of all kinds. How about we both play all the animal ponies, which one do you want to be, I want to be the lion, no wait, I want to be this purple cat...."
I let her extreme enthusiasm wash over me, remembering how excited I used to get over ponies.
"Which one do you want to be?" I grab Wizard, a pink flying pegasus pony with sparkly dark purple gems in place of painted eyes.
"She was my favorite when I was your age." She nods sagely, understanding how much favorites mean to girls. She shows me her own pony collection she brought with. The ponies are from more recently, but thankfully they are not the fun-house-mirror looking ponies I've seen in the toy aisles at Target. All of her ponies are sporting mohawks, courtesy of a "make over" session with her BFF.
"This one lost it's tail when I gave it a buzz cut," and she displays a tail-less pony proudly. I point out the few ponies that received haircuts from me years ago, but tell her that makeovers are good for one evening of fun, but whereas real hair grows back for more cutting fun, ponies are sadly limited in their ability to grow new hair.
Kids say the darndest things.
We are in the spare bedroom, where I grab the first season of My Little Pony on DVD.
"What's that?" and her eyes shine even more excitedly, if that's possible.
"This is the cartoon, do you want to watch? We can learn how the My Little Ponies came to be," I tell her.
"You mean we can be playing ponies at the same time we watch them on TV?" I nod.
"That's like Live Action Role Playing! I think it's called LARPing."
I should have known better, but I am tickled just the same. How many 9-year olds do you know that would know what LARPing is?
I put the pilot episode in the DVD player and let the familiar tunes wash over me. When it comes time for the sea pony musical number, we grab all the sea ponies I own and I find myself waving them in the air as if they were swimming, the little girl and I making our very own school of brightly-colored sea ponies.
I feel self-conscious at first, thinking how silly it is to be waving plastic seahorses in the air for no apparent purpose, but then I see how bright and shining her eyes are that we are playing together, and I can only smile and remember how much cooler it was when the grown-ups played too.
I apologize if you get this tune stuck in your head...it's insidiously sticky like that.
I think that's why it's invariably the favorite of any little who I've shown it to.
Unfortunately it is a week night, and her Dad comes to collect her to head home eventually. She puts up a bit of fuss but she's a good kid and starts tossing ponies back into the bag from which they came.
"Dad, can we come back sometime? Could we do a sleepover? I wanna do a sleepover."
I tell her I'd love to have a sleepover, winking at Dad and telling him sotto voce "Next time you need a sitter on the weekend or I have vacation during the week, I'd love to."
"How about this Wednesday?" She looks at me. "What are you doing Wednesday?"
Ah, the siren call of My Little Ponies. I knew the lure would work well!
I giggle and her dad says that we'll work it out for the future. He takes out his phone to take a picture of her pony-land creation just before we start to pick up, all the ponies painstakingly set upright in their dwellings with others hanging by their chubby little legs from the drawer handles of my craft-station.She makes a goofy face and demands a picture with our cat Gizmo, the scary monster for the ponies and by her proclamation the "coolest cat in the world" (I showed her how he plays fetch, and I'm sure his recent haircut was a big factor in this decision as well).
They leave and bed calls...
...but this morning the strains of "Shoo-be-doo, shoo-shoo-be-doo" are running through my head as I shower and I can't help but allow the big grin to surface, thinking how much fun it would be to have a sea pony with me, smiling at me with her horsey-smile and twinkling eyes.
Monday, February 21, 2011
A Few of My Favorite Things...Pop Culture Combined with My Little Ponies!
A co-worker clued me into an artist who uses My Little Ponies as the foundation for sculpture art.
Mari Kasurinen is from Finland and I might be a little bit in love with her after seeing these.
While inside I shudder a bit to think of the desecration of all those Ponies, I think this she is incredibly talented and inspired to see the possibilities from each Pony body shape and transform her vision into reality.
Here are some of my favorites. What a concept and medium to work with! It's like a dream come true, having these embodiments of fond childhood memories remade into favorite geekery of other types.
For some of them I can see the pony shape and guess which Pony the character started off as. For others the sculpture completely disguises the underlying My Little Pony.
My absolute favorite?
The time and effort this must take! My mind boggles.
I appreciate her dedication to the details of making each character turn out just so, with the end result so recognizable. Someday I'd like to buy or even commission one of these from her.
Maybe I'd even give up one of my precious Ponies for the cause. Then again, maybe I wouldn't.
Mari Kasurinen is from Finland and I might be a little bit in love with her after seeing these.
While inside I shudder a bit to think of the desecration of all those Ponies, I think this she is incredibly talented and inspired to see the possibilities from each Pony body shape and transform her vision into reality.
Here are some of my favorites. What a concept and medium to work with! It's like a dream come true, having these embodiments of fond childhood memories remade into favorite geekery of other types.
For some of them I can see the pony shape and guess which Pony the character started off as. For others the sculpture completely disguises the underlying My Little Pony.
My absolute favorite?
The time and effort this must take! My mind boggles.
I appreciate her dedication to the details of making each character turn out just so, with the end result so recognizable. Someday I'd like to buy or even commission one of these from her.
Maybe I'd even give up one of my precious Ponies for the cause. Then again, maybe I wouldn't.
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