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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: WaterDraw on July 03, 2018, 12:52:26 PM
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Hey everyone! As much as we love our ponies, I feel we need to shed some light on a certain purple dragon. Yes, I am talking about Spike! In G1, Spike was one of my favorite characters and I feel that no one talks about him that much. So here is a thread all about your thoughts on Spike! Thoughts on both G1 and G4 Spike is allowed...and I guess thoughts on G3 Spike is allowed too...even though I don't care for him much (but maybe one of you likes him and you can tell me why!)
G4 Spike is kind of meh for me. It's mostly his voice that gets to me, but other than that he's pretty okay. Much better than G3 Spike, lol.
So what are your opinions on Spike and which generation has your favorite Spike? Also how do you feel about the Spike toys that have been released in both G1 and G4? (I'm not counting the dragon from G2 because I don't think that counts as Spike) I like the G1 toy better because I feel it is more accurate to Spike (specifically the mail order one with the "cartoon eyes"). In G4 you either have Spike on all fours, or Spike on his hind legs BUT he has a tie on.
So what are your guy's opinions on Spike and his toys? Did you like him, did you hate him, do you even know who he is?
Also what do you guy's think about the G1 Princess attendants? Do you wish they could make a comeback in FiM, even as just a cameo? Do you like them better than Spike? I absolutely adore them, even if I get their personalities mixed up a couple times, and I wish they could make a little cameo appearance.
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I wish the US princesses had come with dragons. My sister found g1 Spike at a flea market when she was maybe 5 at the oldest and it's one of few MLP toys she isn't purging. He was adorable but I didn't care for his voice. G3 Spike wasn't too bad imo. I'd probably get a toy of him if they made one and it was common. I like g4 Spike just as much as the next guy. Hopefully I'll come across either gen Spike toy at a yard sale or flea market.
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I wish the US princesses had come with dragons. My sister found g1 Spike at a flea market when she was maybe 5 at the oldest and it's one of few MLP toys she isn't purging. He was adorable but I didn't care for his voice. G3 Spike wasn't too bad imo. I'd probably get a toy of him if they made one and it was common. I like g4 Spike just as much as the next guy. Hopefully I'll come across either gen Spike toy at a yard sale or flea market.
Yeah I agree with the US Princesses coming with dragons. I get that they had the bushwoolies because of the cartoon, but I feel like it would've been just cheaper for them to make the dragons anyways because they already had the spike mold made. They had to make a whole new mold for the bushwoolies! But I still like the bushwoolies, even if they aren't as cool as the dragons
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I wish the US princesses had come with dragons.
If that meant giving up bushwoolie figures, then no. I'm glad they made bushwoolies. If only Moochick had gotten one as well. And Danny! He would have been the perfect human companion for one of the adventure boys.
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I wish the US princesses had come with dragons.
If that meant giving up bushwoolie figures, then no. I'm glad they made bushwoolies. If only Moochick had gotten one as well. And Danny! He would have been the perfect human companion for one of the adventure boys.
A special boy pack with Danny, Spike, and a Big Brother Pony or a younger boy like Clipper or Lucky, or even a specially made pony for the pack?
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I like G1 Spike. G3 Spike doesn't bother me, even though he looks like he'd fit in with Dragon Tails then MLP. G4 Spike is pitiable because they treat him badly.
Post Merge: July 03, 2018, 01:37:58 PM
I wish the US princesses had come with dragons.
If that meant giving up bushwoolie figures, then no. I'm glad they made bushwoolies. If only Moochick had gotten one as well. And Danny! He would have been the perfect human companion for one of the adventure boys.
Why would it have meant that? We could have had the Dragons with the second set and every country that got the dragons with the first set could have gotten the bushwoolies with the second set.
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I wish the US princesses had come with dragons.
If that meant giving up bushwoolie figures, then no. I'm glad they made bushwoolies. If only Moochick had gotten one as well. And Danny! He would have been the perfect human companion for one of the adventure boys.
A special boy pack with Danny, Spike, and a Big Brother Pony or a younger boy like Clipper or Lucky, or even a specially made pony for the pack?
That would have been cool!
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I LOVE G1 SPIKE! LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love his voice in the cartoon and EVEN WHEN HE SINGS! YES I love him singing =P
ALSO I got to have his voice actor sign my tv show production sheet and gave him a copy of Spike's character sheet from the Writer's Guide! I hope he really kept it XD I'd show pictures on here but I don't have them on my photobucket account X.x but I have pictures on my Instagram of it =D
Anyway I try to get as much merch with him on it like I do Danny and Surprise, because in my head cannon they are a trio! Best friends forever! I LOVE the G1 Spike's Search and I try to sing the song like him and Weston when I watch the episode.... Then I started thinking of the four of them hanging out (Danny, Surprise, Spike and Weston) and I COULD GO ON AND ON but I won't ^.~
I have a small Spike army as well and even the Bushwoolies...
but yes G1 SPIKE ALL THE WAY!
I'm not sure about G3 Spike because I haven't watched that movie with him in it D=
And I'm not too keen on G4 Spike, I still collect G4 Spike stuff, because how can I not, it's SPIKE, but other than that I only love the old Spike XD
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Generation 1 Spike will always be my favourite, don't care about G3 (we only had one or two episodes here in the U.K on TV, but it was taken off air because it wasn't popular). G4 Spike meh, like the voice actor but hate the character.
As for toys, I'm hoping to find a lit if G1 Spikes so I can do the dragon companions of the Princess Ponies; because they're too expensive on eBay.uk
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I wasn't aware of G3 being aired anywhere. I only saw G3 as bonus videos with toys and straight-to-DVD movies.
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I loooove G1 Spike :heart: He's such a cutie. I like his voice, too. Haven't seen a lot of G3 (yet.. I keep meaning to) so I don't really have an opinion on G3 Spike as I've only seen about 2 minutes of him XDD G4 Spike.. I find his voice irritating. Can't say I'm a fan.
The princess dragons are just precious, I wish they weren't so rare. I prefer the MO Spike eyes to the other version, too.
ALSO I got to have his voice actor sign my tv show production sheet and gave him a copy of Spike's character sheet from the Writer's Guide! I hope he really kept it XD I'd show pictures on here but I don't have them on my photobucket account X.x but I have pictures on my Instagram of it =D
omg lucky!! :O I'm jealous!
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I LOVE G1 SPIKE! LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love his voice in the cartoon and EVEN WHEN HE SINGS! YES I love him singing =P
ALSO I got to have his voice actor sign my tv show production sheet and gave him a copy of Spike's character sheet from the Writer's Guide! I hope he really kept it XD I'd show pictures on here but I don't have them on my photobucket account X.x but I have pictures on my Instagram of it =D
Anyway I try to get as much merch with him on it like I do Danny and Surprise, because in my head cannon they are a trio! Best friends forever! I LOVE the G1 Spike's Search and I try to sing the song like him and Weston when I watch the episode.... Then I started thinking of the four of them hanging out (Danny, Surprise, Spike and Weston) and I COULD GO ON AND ON but I won't ^.~
I have a small Spike army as well and even the Bushwoolies...
but yes G1 SPIKE ALL THE WAY!
I'm not sure about G3 Spike because I haven't watched that movie with him in it D=
And I'm not too keen on G4 Spike, I still collect G4 Spike stuff, because how can I not, it's SPIKE, but other than that I only love the old Spike XD
Are you serious? That's awesome!
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I like G1 Spike. G3 Spike doesn't bother me, even though he looks like he'd fit in with Dragon Tails then MLP. G4 Spike is pitiable because they treat him badly.
Post Merge: July 03, 2018, 01:37:58 PM
I wish the US princesses had come with dragons.
If that meant giving up bushwoolie figures, then no. I'm glad they made bushwoolies. If only Moochick had gotten one as well. And Danny! He would have been the perfect human companion for one of the adventure boys.
Why would it have meant that? We could have had the Dragons with the second set and every country that got the dragons with the first set could have gotten the bushwoolies with the second set.
Except we didn't get the second set :/ We just got the first set for 2 years.
We did get a few Bushwoolies in the weird variant princess releases though that doesn't really count.
If I had to choose, though, I'd take dragons - but only because the comic characterised them so beautifully. The Bushwoolies are really cute but I had much less connection to the show. I think the only episode I had as a kid was the treasure hunt one. They are very sweet in that, but I think it a shame they didn't have distinct personalities. I think the same about the princesses in the US cartoon, though, so I guess it fitted...
In terms of Spike, I quite liked him in the comic, constantly getting up to mischief with his best friend Baby Lucky, who constantly used magic by accident and got them both into trouble. He was also instrumental in the Paws & Claws club I think.
I am not really bothered about him in the cartoon, again I think because the only ep I remember seeing as a kid which had him in was the wouldbe dragonslayer and I didn't like it. I was a kid who went to Wales every holiday and loved the Welsh dragon on the flag. I also hated that the English patron saint was a dragon-slayer, so yeah, not a fan of the episode and thus didn't get much chance to review Spike till later.
I find G3 Spike weird.
I have only seen odd episodes from G4 but aside from seeing Spike as a very advanced fax machine, there is one aspect I do like - there's that one episode where he gets really greedy and grows and becomes a pretty bad dragon. It was kind of a nice character touch that as a baby dragon, he was more than just Twilight's doormat.
But I will always like the Princess dragons best.
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I love Spike in all forms. I didn't even know there was a G3 Spike until just now... and I went to see on Youtube...and he is also quite charming. I love characters that transcend the eras. G1 Spike was so level-headed and likeable.
G4 Spike is a great character in contrast to the mane 6 and I really loved the episode where he has to go back home and do the dragon challenge. I think that the dragons are one of the only non-pony species in G4 I actually like.
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I love Spike in all forms. I didn't even know there was a G3 Spike until just now... and I went to see on Youtube...and he is also quite charming. I love characters that transcend the eras. G1 Spike was so level-headed and likeable.
G4 Spike is a great character in contrast to the mane 6 and I really loved the episode where he has to go back home and do the dragon challenge. I think that the dragons are one of the only non-pony species in G4 I actually like.
Yeah I agree most with what you said about G4 Spike, I just really wish they'd treat him better. Fluttershy gets 10,000,000 episodes about her learning not to be a doormat over and over again and Spike doesn't even get one. Yeah Yeah, I know it's comedic but it just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I'm glad they don't do it much anymore and I wish he'd just stay in the Crystal Empire since they treat him better there anyway...
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what's wrong with g4 Spike's voice? I think it sounds the most normal out of all of them. g1's is too nasally, and g3's is too stuck up/ stuffy British accent imitation.
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I like both G1 and G4 Spike. G3 Spike . . . I'm not so fond of. He just seems more bland to me, and pretty annoying.
People seem to complain about G4 Spike a lot, or feel he gets mistreated. Personally I don't feel that way. I like him and I think he's typically treated like the little brother he basically is. He's also a great homage to G1 Spike, and I like some aspects of his design even more than G1 (like his scales going up his belly to his mouth, I really dig that look.
Character-wise . . . he's basically the exact same character in both gens except G4 Spike tends to be a bit more sarcastic.
As a kid what I remember most about Spike is that he came with Dream Castle. Since I wanted Dream Castle, of course I wanted Spike! I don't have a lot of clear memories of the G1 cartoon so I didn't really have any impression of him from that.
Having finally gotten the toy, as an adult, all I can say is the mold is adorable but I MUCH prefer his mail order version with the 'cartoon' eyes over the version that actually came with Dream Castle.
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what's wrong with g4 Spike's voice? I think it sounds the most normal out of all of them. g1's is too nasally, and g3's is too stuck up/ stuffy British accent imitation.
In my opinion, his voice is too annoying. It's hard so describe it. Maybe it's because it sounds too much like a girl (and I know he's played by a girl but I still feel he should be played by a boy if the girl still sounds like a girl), or maybe it's just the tone he has. It's hard to exactly place my finger on it.
Another thing is I don't feel like it's distinct enough from the other ponies. In G1, you know that his voice could never belong to a pony (even a Big Brother pony), it was just so different from the pony voices who had just normal voices. In G4 it feels like his voice could belong to a pony, so it takes a bit out of it for me. But that's just me being picky.
I don't care for G3 Spike's voice either.
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what's wrong with g4 Spike's voice? I think it sounds the most normal out of all of them. g1's is too nasally, and g3's is too stuck up/ stuffy British accent imitation.
As a British person I have to object to this.
G3 Spike doesn't sound remotely like even an imitation of anything British. His voice is overenuniciated American, that's all. You can tell that by how he pronounces his consonants.
I've heard a lot of bad attempts in cartoons at "British", all of which sound horrible, but this isn't one of those times.
I also want to (again) smash the stereotype that there is a collective British accent and that it is any way stuck up/posh/whatever. Aside the fact that the accents from Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland are distinct, each country also has many regional dialects/accents as well.
It really annoys me when people assume that something is a 'British' accent, but even more when they assume it's 'British' because it sounds posh.
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what's wrong with g4 Spike's voice? I think it sounds the most normal out of all of them. g1's is too nasally, and g3's is too stuck up/ stuffy British accent imitation.
G1 Spike is essentially proto Buster Bunny. Nothing wrong with it. I like Spike and Buster. If you want Charles Adler nasally, then listen to Tech Rat.
G3 sounds the most normal to me. Pleasant, mild, warm.
G4's sounds like a little girl who is congested.
Post Merge: July 04, 2018, 06:26:47 AM
I like both G1 and G4 Spike. G3 Spike . . . I'm not so fond of. He just seems more bland to me, and pretty annoying.
People seem to complain about G4 Spike a lot, or feel he gets mistreated. Personally I don't feel that way. I like him and I think he's typically treated like the little brother he basically is. He's also a great homage to G1 Spike, and I like some aspects of his design even more than G1 (like his scales going up his belly to his mouth, I really dig that look.
Character-wise . . . he's basically the exact same character in both gens except G4 Spike tends to be a bit more sarcastic.
As a kid what I remember most about Spike is that he came with Dream Castle. Since I wanted Dream Castle, of course I wanted Spike! I don't have a lot of clear memories of the G1 cartoon so I didn't really have any impression of him from that.
Having finally gotten the toy, as an adult, all I can say is the mold is adorable but I MUCH prefer his mail order version with the 'cartoon' eyes over the version that actually came with Dream Castle.
I didn't know there was a variation of Spike?
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Yeah, there's the Dream Castle version of him which has slit eyes and then a rarer mail order version that has rounded eyes. The UK Princess ponies' dragons have the same cartoon eyes as mail order Spike.
Regular Dream Castle Spike:
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Edit: Technically there are two Dream Castle versions of Spike, one that came with pink Dream Castle and a darker purple one that came with lavender Dream Castle. I think the one pictured above came with lavender Dream Castle. Pink Dream Castle version had a body color similar to the mail order--a paler and duskier purple.
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G3 Spike sounds like how a lot of Americans on tv sounded in the 50s and 60s, especially business people.
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Oh he's cute!
Post Merge: July 04, 2018, 10:11:35 AM
G3 Spike sounds like how a lot of Americans on tv sounded in the 50s and 60s, especially business people.
Trans-Atlantic?
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Yeah, there's the Dream Castle version of him which has slit eyes and then a rarer mail order version that has rounded eyes. The UK Princess ponies' dragons have the same cartoon eyes as mail order Spike.
Regular Dream Castle Spike:
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Mail order version:
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Edit: Technically there are two Dream Castle versions of Spike, one that came with pink Dream Castle and a darker purple one that came with lavender Dream Castle. I think the one pictured above came with lavender Dream Castle. Pink Dream Castle version had a body color similar to the mail order--a paler and duskier purple.
And yet, in both versions neither has show-accurate eye color :P
But I don't mind much, green eyes look better on him anyway, and ponies had different colors from their toy selves all the time...*cough* Whizzer with red in her hair *cough*
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G3 Spike sounds like how a lot of Americans on tv sounded in the 50s and 60s, especially business people.
Really? Interesting. Whatever he sounds like, it's not British. Not even trying to be. Not even close.
I never knew the difference between the purple castle Spike and the MO one as I have only seen one of them once at ponycon, I've never had one or tried to get one. Interesting :) One of those extras that I decided not to pursue because yeesh, expensive. Princess dragons all turned up at carboot sales for 5 or 10p or with princess ponies/accessories, but the price of large eyed spike on ebay is hugely prohibitive for this English girl.
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If anyone is looking for the G3 specials featuring Spike. Netflix has some of them (Princess Promanade, Runaway Rainbow etc)
I think my favorite out of all the Spikes is G1 Spike. I think his voice suits his character and he’s sometimes the only one that can see the logical/illogical side of the situation, like that scene when Megan suggests that singing when they’re dying of thirst in the jewel desert will help them feel better and after the song Spike says “Now we’re tired and thirsty!” :lol:
while everyone else just keeps going.
I also like that when we first see him in at Rescue from Midnight Castle it’s easy to assume that he is going to be a villain but we soon see that he and Scorpan don’t like Tirac’s tactics and Scorpan does what he can to try to protect Spike from Tirac’s anger. I also like that Spike is the only creature besides Baby Ember that wasn’t tranformed in someway by the Rainbow of Darkness. Was Spike too small to be useful or was Tirac keeping Spike as he was to make sure Scorpan followed his orders?
G3 Spike is my least favorite Spike. I think Hasbro was trying to make G3 Spike a character with vast knowledge that the poines could come to when they had trouble figuring out something (like when G3 Rarity showed up suddenly) but for some reason it feels a little off. Maybe because we don’t see Spike interacting with the poines as much?
I like G4 Spike but not as much as G1 I agree with LadyMoondancer that the poines treat G4 Spike like a baby brother. I love when Spike puts his reputation on the line to stand up for Thorax. And when Luna is ruling the kingdom and he says Princess Celestia should be the ruler. I think he’s closest to Twilight since he’s been with her since he hatched but he really cares for all the ponies.
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I think G1 Spike's voice suited him very well, but on the whole I do prefer G4 Spike's voice.
G1 Spike's voice is . . . Well, I like it when I like it, but some days I'm like, "Listen Charlie Adler, I love you but please go voice some Transformers now." (Partly depends how much screentime Spike is getting in an episode.)
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I loved Midnight Castle Spike, so sweet and innocent. G1 cartoon series Spike, though basically the same, had some personality traits I found annoying. I like that G4 Spike's colors are a nod to his G1 beginnings. Wasn't that G3 thing blue?
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The thing that's always bothered me about G4 Spike is (correct me if I'm wrong here, it's been years since I watched FiM) he's gifted as an egg/newly hatched baby to a young Twilight. Presumably despite knowing that he'll grow up into a sentient creature? He's not a pet; where are the other dragons and why did Ponies come into possession of him as an egg? Did they really think giving him to a young pony to raise was the best outcome? o_O;
At least G1 Spike (presumably) chose to stay with the Ponies because they treated him better than Tirac, though you'd think he'd have gone with his buddy Scorpan instead...
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Duuuude, it gets worse if you read this one FIM comic (which I want to say was a Humble Bundle exclusive) where it was like "Hey guys, here's an explanation for why Twilight Sparkle couldn't make any friends at school: too busy taking care of an infant dragon while trying to also keep up with her schoolwork!"
I'm normally a big fan of the G4 comics, but this one I was like "Oh my God. You realize this makes Princess Celestia, Twilight's parents, and basically every adult she comes across seem horrible, right?"
I don't remember how this is addressed in the show, or if it is. The show does have slightly different canon than the comics.
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Duuuude, it gets worse if you read this one FIM comic (which I want to say was a Humble Bundle exclusive) where it was like "Hey guys, here's an explanation for why Twilight Sparkle couldn't make any friends at school: too busy taking care of an infant dragon while trying to also keep up with her schoolwork!"
I'm normally a big fan of the G4 comics, but this one I was like "Oh my God. You realize this makes Princess Celestia, Twilight's parents, and basically every adult she comes across seem horrible, right?"
I don't remember how this is addressed in the show, or if it is. The show does have slightly different canon than the comics.
Wow. I haven’t read a lot of the FIM comics but making it sound like Twilight is being forced to take care of an infant Spike with no help from her parents or Princess Celestia ...come to think of it isn’t there a newborn Spike plush?
I’m under the impression in the show that dragons mature at a different rate than ponies so although Spike is younger than Twilight he’s far enough advanced in dragon years to be able to be her companion and assistant. I was happy to see him grow up a little in a recent episode.
At least G1 Spike (presumably) chose to stay with the Ponies because they treated him better than Tirac, though you'd think he'd have gone with his buddy Scorpan instead...
I like to think that Scorpan left Spike with the ponies while he rebuilt his kingdom but it took longer than Scorpan thought it would to restore the kingdom so that’s why Spike stayed so long. However, he and Scorpan remained friends and they visited each other from time to time.
When Rescue at Midnight Castle was being scripted/produced I don't think Hasbro was thinking of making another My Little Pony special at the time which is why we're left with unanswered questions regarding Scorpan.
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I also like that Spike is the only creature besides Baby Ember that wasn’t tranformed in someway by the Rainbow of Darkness. Was Spike too small to be useful or was Tirac keeping Spike as he was to make sure Scorpan followed his orders?
ooooh, I like this idea. Tirac definitely strikes me as the kind of person that'd use Spike to keep Scorpan "in line". That's a really interesting idea, dang.
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Tirac strikes me that way too and what better way to keep Scorpan under his control than to make sure Spike's well being was at stake if Scorpan didn't obey Tirac?
We see a little of that when Tirac threatens to behead Spike if Scorpan doesn’t bring him a 4th pony by midnight but I think it's possible that Tirac often threanted Scorpan with Spike.
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G1 Spike was okay. Not a big fan of the voice, but some of his child-like demeanor can be charming.
G3 Spike was interesting, and I like his design. I do wish we got more of him.
G4 Spike has a rather mixed portrayal. I really like him, but I wonder if a lot of that is just out of pity. I feel like he gets the short end of the stick a few too many times.
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For anyone asking about how the whole infant Spike thing was addressed in the G4 show, it goes like this.
Twilight had to pass an exam to get into Celestia's school for gifted unicorns. Her task was to hatch the dragon egg (spike). Twilight eventually hatched it thanks to the sonic rainboom and thus Spike was hatched...and then Twilight couldn't control her magic and hijinks happen until Celestia calms her down.
According to the show, she couldn't make friends because she was way too focused on her studies. It says nothing about the whole nursing Spike thing and doing her studies. The comics are second cannon meaning they're cannon unless the show writes over it. That's why there's a Moondancer in the comic and a Moondancer in the show who are both obviously different.
However, this does have some negative implications. Where did they get Spike's egg? Did they just steal it from his parents being like "oh yeah she probably won't pass so we can give you your son back" or was Spike an orphan? What would've happened if Twilight couldn't have opened Spike's egg? If she opened it too early would she have risked Spike not being fully developed?
With every set of answers a new set of questions arises.
and yes, I know dragons don't care about their hatchlings at a certain age, but I'm sure they'd still care when their son was still in his egg.
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I like G3 Spike best! :cool:
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He's ok not really a fan though
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
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In the movie where Spike and Baby Lickety-Split are singing makes me hesitant to be really into G1 Spike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX6tGMNTCHk
The bad decision brigade right there.
Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
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Meanwhile Minty's Performer's under that giant pony head muttering to herself 'I went to Julliard, how is this my life"?
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@Flutterscotch, LMAO!! I'll be honest, if I could become a performing pony ... I'd apply to Julliard!! XD
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
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Well, I can't argue with that evidence :lol:
In the movie where Spike and Baby Lickety-Split are singing makes me hesitant to be really into G1 Spike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX6tGMNTCHk
The bad decision brigade right there.
Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
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Meanwhile Minty's Performer's under that giant pony head muttering to herself 'I went to Julliard, how is this my life"?
Yeah G1 Spike isn't the best singer in the universe, but honestly if you pitch the song down it sounds a lot better. They even harmonize at the end! I mean at least the song shows Spike cares about Baby Lickety and doesn't want her to get lost or hurt...even if Baby Lickety was being a diva. :P
I wouldn't judge G1Spike as a character by his singing. ^.^
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Oh well, he could always have a rap career like DJ Spike in the G3 My Little Pony Live show XD
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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Let the rap battle commence!
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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Let the rap battle commence!
Would Shady provide a beat for each spike?
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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I cannot even... I just... *inhales coffee*
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
Yep, believe so. Sometimes the other lives of voice artists makes connections between characters amusing.
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
Yep, believe so. Sometimes the other lives of voice artists makes connections between characters amusing.
I didn’t know that Charlie Adler is also the voice of Eric Raymond. It’s kind of funny picturing Eric Raymond and G1 Spike together. :lol:
I like how G1 Spike often points out the obvious (like telling Baby Lickety Split she can’t fly.) :)
Ponyfan
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
Yep, believe so. Sometimes the other lives of voice artists makes connections between characters amusing.
I didn’t know that Charlie Adler is also the voice of Eric Raymond. It’s kind of funny picturing Eric Raymond and G1 Spike together. :lol:
I like how G1 Spike often points out the obvious (like telling Baby Lickety Split she can’t fly.) :)
Ponyfan
What is it with earth ponies leaping off cliffs?
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I like all the Spikes. G1 Spike is my favorite and I think G4 Spike is cute too. I don't care for G4's backstory though or that dragons normally act like bullies. It seems sad. I would have liked him to have a happy reunion with his loving parents.
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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FUNKY FRESH!! I can't handle his jams, they're too ... tubular? :lmao:
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
Yep, believe so. Sometimes the other lives of voice artists makes connections between characters amusing.
I didn’t know that Charlie Adler is also the voice of Eric Raymond. It’s kind of funny picturing Eric Raymond and G1 Spike together. :lol:
I like how G1 Spike often points out the obvious (like telling Baby Lickety Split she can’t fly.) :)
Ponyfan
What is it with earth ponies leaping off cliffs?
Maybe baby Earth ponies don't realize there won't always be an adult Pegasus nearby to catch them? :lol: Bowtie also leaps off cliffs but she can jump really far.
Ponyfan
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The Jem fan in me finds the conversation about Spike singing to be hilarious, given that in Jem Charlie Adler voices the Misfits' manager, Eric - and the idea of him singing anything...well, let's just say he'd probably need to be considerably inebriated even to consider it...
Charlie Adler is also Eric Raymond? I didn't know that.
Yep, believe so. Sometimes the other lives of voice artists makes connections between characters amusing.
I didn’t know that Charlie Adler is also the voice of Eric Raymond. It’s kind of funny picturing Eric Raymond and G1 Spike together. :lol:
I like how G1 Spike often points out the obvious (like telling Baby Lickety Split she can’t fly.) :)
Ponyfan
What is it with earth ponies leaping off cliffs?
I can only imagine they had a premonition of the future Mane 6 clone army.
As for Eric and Spike, even more amusing is to imagine them swapping worlds. If Spike were to manage the Misfits...(if Eric were to find himself in Ponyland...)
Could he be that businessman in New York selling rainbow hair? Is that what he did before he met Emmet Benton and started working for Starlight Music in LA? We'll never know...
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Eric Raymond: "Why aren't people buying my beautiful magical rainbow hair wigs? I must find that portal again to the land of ponies."
Spike suddenly finds himself in a large room with three women looking at him.
"Where's Eric?" one of them asks
"I don't know" Spike replies trying to figure out where he is.
"Well, I guess you'll have to be the manager now" the same woman says "What did you think of our song?"
:lol: :biggrin:
I wish we'd found out a little more about G1 Spike and Scorpan's relationship.
Ponyfan
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Eric Raymond: "Why aren't people buying my beautiful magical rainbow hair wigs? I must find that portal again to the land of ponies."
Spike suddenly finds himself in a large room with three women looking at him.
"Where's Eric?" one of them asks
"I don't know" Spike replies trying to figure out where he is.
"Well, I guess you'll have to be the manager now" the same woman says "What did you think of our song?"
:lol: :biggrin:
I wish we'd found out a little more about G1 Spike and Scorpan's relationship.
Ponyfan
Ponyfan
XD
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I could have done without Spike in any of the generations. I mean, yes, baby dragon, adorable, but... if you didn't have Dream Castle, you didn't have Spike. If you had never seen the RAMC movie, you didn't care about Spike.
I am envious of the UK Princesses who got dragons - they were SO CUTE.
Dragon playset, why isn't there one? LOL I want the ponies to find the land of baby dragons.
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I could have done without Spike in any of the generations. I mean, yes, baby dragon, adorable, but... if you didn't have Dream Castle, you didn't have Spike. If you had never seen the RAMC movie, you didn't care about Spike.
I am envious of the UK Princesses who got dragons - they were SO CUTE.
Dragon playset, why isn't there one? LOL I want the ponies to find the land of baby dragons.
Imagine a dragon playset that came with a bunch of baby dragons and one big dragon for all the babies to ride on. The baby ponies could also fit on it too. For some reason I see it as like he'd be sitting down on all fours (similar to a dog) and his wings would be flared up, acting like a siding so the baby dragons wouldn't fall off. Perhaps Megan or Molly could've rode on him too....
If only it existed :drool:
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I could have done without Spike in any of the generations. I mean, yes, baby dragon, adorable, but... if you didn't have Dream Castle, you didn't have Spike. If you had never seen the RAMC movie, you didn't care about Spike.
I am envious of the UK Princesses who got dragons - they were SO CUTE.
Dragon playset, why isn't there one? LOL I want the ponies to find the land of baby dragons.
Imagine a dragon playset that came with a bunch of baby dragons and one big dragon for all the babies to ride on. The baby ponies could also fit on it too. For some reason I see it as like he'd be sitting down on all fours (similar to a dog) and his wings would be flared up, acting like a siding so the baby dragons wouldn't fall off. Perhaps Megan or Molly could've rode on him too....
If only it existed :drool:
That would be amazing!
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Eric Raymond as the man selling rainbow-colored wigs in New York . . . Headcanon accepted. :lol:
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I could have done without Spike in any of the generations. I mean, yes, baby dragon, adorable, but... if you didn't have Dream Castle, you didn't have Spike. If you had never seen the RAMC movie, you didn't care about Spike.
I am envious of the UK Princesses who got dragons - they were SO CUTE.
Dragon playset, why isn't there one? LOL I want the ponies to find the land of baby dragons.
Imagine a dragon playset that came with a bunch of baby dragons and one big dragon for all the babies to ride on. The baby ponies could also fit on it too. For some reason I see it as like he'd be sitting down on all fours (similar to a dog) and his wings would be flared up, acting like a siding so the baby dragons wouldn't fall off. Perhaps Megan or Molly could've rode on him too....
If only it existed :drool:
Bring me a soft and fluffy Falcor playset anytime... though that is Neverending Story LOL
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I could have done without Spike in any of the generations. I mean, yes, baby dragon, adorable, but... if you didn't have Dream Castle, you didn't have Spike. If you had never seen the RAMC movie, you didn't care about Spike.
I am envious of the UK Princesses who got dragons - they were SO CUTE.
Dragon playset, why isn't there one? LOL I want the ponies to find the land of baby dragons.
Imagine a dragon playset that came with a bunch of baby dragons and one big dragon for all the babies to ride on. The baby ponies could also fit on it too. For some reason I see it as like he'd be sitting down on all fours (similar to a dog) and his wings would be flared up, acting like a siding so the baby dragons wouldn't fall off. Perhaps Megan or Molly could've rode on him too....
If only it existed :drool:
Bring me a soft and fluffy Falcor playset anytime... though that is Neverending Story LOL
I love Falcor.
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Eric Raymond as the man selling rainbow-colored wigs in New York . . . Headcanon accepted. :lol:
:D
I am actually glad they didn't make a dragon playset. But I guess I feel like the princesses had dragons and that made them special. Only royal ponies had dragons, so a dragon playset kind of undermines that.
But I do get why there'd be enthusiasm for it across the pond. I know I'm speaking with dragon privelege here - I just like that they only belong with the princesses and Majesty.
Unless you mean for a different gen of course :)
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I love G1 Spike! His voice is adorable.
I also adore G4 Spike! I feel like he gets the short end of the stick both from the ponies and from the writers. But I love his voice as well and think he is so great! In fact I plan on cosplaying him eventually!
I don't know enough about G3 Spike to have an opinion but I'm sure I love him too.
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Eric Raymond as the man selling rainbow-colored wigs in New York . . . Headcanon accepted. :lol:
:D
I am actually glad they didn't make a dragon playset. But I guess I feel like the princesses had dragons and that made them special. Only royal ponies had dragons, so a dragon playset kind of undermines that.
But I do get why there'd be enthusiasm for it across the pond. I know I'm speaking with dragon privelege here - I just like that they only belong with the princesses and Majesty.
Unless you mean for a different gen of course :)
I think a dragon playset would've helped grab in some more boy audience, and of course a wider audience means more green ;)
But I think if they made a bit more varied molds that would be cool. Then the princess/queen (I believe Majesty was a queen) would have their special dragons and then their would just be other types of dragons. They wouldn't have to go with any pony but in case you wanted to pretend one of your ponies was a princess but the only dragon available in your country was Spike :P
Of course in a perfect world, the dragons would've been sold everywhere, so then there wouldn't be such a dragon craving over here.
Also for some reason, the idea of the MLP line branching out into a bit more of a dragon line makes me think of possibilities for dragon wear for some reason.
I feel like it'd also be good for some girls because a lot of the dragons at the time were aimed at boys so they weren't as cute. The closest thing I can think of to fit the cute dragon role is Pocket Dragons, and I'm not sure they were exactly the most durable toys (although correct me if I'm wrong).
Now I'm getting way too many ideas for dragons! An MLP dragon spin-off line would've been fun, but I get how you feel the dragons should be special to only the princess ponies.
But my mind keeps going back to my weird big dragon idea...and then to dragon wear...and then to a whole abundance of different dragon body types...
The dragons keep sucking me in I think XD
And now I've thought of brush and grow dragons. Finally, a dragon with a mullet!
Okay I think I need to stop for now. But one day maybe a different generation can carry out my weird dragon ideas :lookround: even a dragon mullet
EDIT: I think Pocket Dragons actually came out around late 90's. Soooo yeeeah kind of a long wait for some dragons but if you really wanted them I think someone could wait long enough
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I think you're right about Pocket dragons. I have one...I think it came from a carboot sale with a bunch of other stuff, so that would've been some time in the mid-late 1990s probably. They were cute.
I totally get how you dragon deprived people feel about this. I am not sure in the eighties Hasbro cared about snaring the male audience for MLP, though - they already had their ideas about how to market their toys and even if boys did like MLP and girls did like Transformers, the MLP Mummy commercials kind of forced the "girly girly girl toy" issue (even if I don't really believe MLP is that girly in contrast to other toys at the time).
I just like the dragons how they are. And I do think it sucks that you guys missed out on them, but I think the reality is Hasbro UK did that for cheapness, because it meant they could just reuse the Spike mould rather than dealing with the Bushwoolie one. So ironically I think it was corner cutting in the first instance. But they were a hit and the comics made so much of them, I kind of can't imagine having other dragons.
Of course, maybe I'm too cynical. There are a lot of stories about dragons in UK tradition, especially Welsh of course, given the dragon on the flag...so maybe dragons resonated more? I am not sure. We didn't really have a push on the animation but if it had been bushwoolies, the comic could have written them in so it wouldn't have been a problem.
And to put it in balance, you guys had two sets of Princess ponies. We only had one. ;)
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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I can see it now, an epic clash of generations brought forth by a time travel accident. The Spikes face off, each one of them bringing their own pony DJ. The pony DJs compliment each other's shades while the dragons dish out the disses.
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-shrug- Why should the princesses (and Majesty) have all the fun? Dragons for everyone, I say! I think a dragon playset sounds lovely ^_^ I wish they'd done something like that.
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A dragon playset sounds like a great idea! There can be tons of dragons and--
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Nevermind.
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Well now I believe there is an Arena member who re-casts the dragons in resin. So now we all can have all that we want! :-p
and EGADS that knockoff Spike is terrifying.
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Unpopular opinion: My Little Pony Live Spike is the best Spike
Evidence: https://youtu.be/zc8wLVYnWsg?t=28m4s
:lmao:
Haha! I was about to post this but forgot. That's why G3 Spike has no competition. He's too fresh.
Doesn't he, though?
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Let the rap battle commence!
I can see it now, an epic clash of generations brought forth by a time travel accident. The Spikes face off, each one of them bringing their own pony DJ. The pony DJs compliment each other's shades while the dragons dish out the disses.
Love it! :iconclap:
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Well now I believe there is an Arena member who re-casts the dragons in resin. So now we all can have all that we want! :-p
and EGADS that knockoff Spike is terrifying.
HQG1C make dragons now as well, I believe - glittery ones but I guess they can be painted?
I just think if you overcook something it then loses its lustre. Too many dragons cheapens the whole dragon thing. There's only so much you can do with the same theme...
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Well now I believe there is an Arena member who re-casts the dragons in resin. So now we all can have all that we want! :-p
and EGADS that knockoff Spike is terrifying.
HQG1C make dragons now as well, I believe - glittery ones but I guess they can be painted?
I just think if you overcook something it then loses its lustre. Too many dragons cheapens the whole dragon thing. There's only so much you can do with the same theme...
Only because of your dragon privilege. :razz:
I want the hqg1c dragons! :choc:
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A dragon playset sounds like a great idea! There can be tons of dragons and--
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Nevermind.
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A dragon playset sounds like a great idea! There can be tons of dragons and--
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Nevermind.
The real reason the concerned pony knock off is concerned?
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:lmao:
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I saw the second Spike there as a keychain at the county fair.
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WTF is that ? where did it come from, why was it made? Is that a mutant puffer fish? :what: