Sweet, adorable Aurora pony plushies just went up for sale on the Hot Topic website! And as an international customer, I simply must have one. ...And maybe some other things while I'm at it. Hey, 50% off international shipping, right?

I was going to use my $15 off $30 voucher from the last time I ordered, but it apparently expires today (go figure) and they won't recognise it. I was wondering if anybody here might happen to have one that they won't be needing any time soon; I could really make good use of it. If you could PM me the code- I'd be forever grateful!

Hello all! I've had a few adventures recently which I've been wanting to share, so here they are, in three parts:

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I live in Tasmania, which has a reputation for being cold but doesn't actually see as much snow as we think it does. Fortunately, we got our snow for the year recently! It was like someone had dumped a bag of icing sugar all over Mt Wellington! Here's a picture one of my friends took.


So I went on a drive with my family up to some other, more remote mountains for a day in the snow. I wore my pyjamas under my clothes and snow gear to stay warm and toasty, and packed some gingerbread men I made with my sister, some good books and pony friends! When we got to the snow, however, it was pure chaos. The road up the mountain wasn't wide enough for two lanes of traffic, so cars were attempting to pull over to let others through and getting stuck, and then cars that tried to tow them out were getting stuck too, and all the while it was absolutely freezing. There were times when we had to drive in reverse for a good ten minutes or so, and there was one occasion where we literally had to get out and push a car to spin it around so it could drive in the opposite direction.

We finally made it to a place where we could stop and get out, though, and I took my ponies out exploring with me! Here are pictures:



Nobody else wanted to get out and play in the snow with me, by the point I started on the snow tiger. We'd only been stopped for 10 minutes or so and all they wanted to do was huddle in the car and eat lunch and go back home If I'd had more time, I would have definitely put stripes on the tiger and perhaps taken some more pictures.

I fell asleep in the car on the way home. It felt good to be a kid again.

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The second thing that happened to me, just this weekend gone, was the MLP:CCG fiasco. Our local comic book store decided to hold a tabletop gaming convention over the weekend, featuring board games, collectible card games, roleplaying games and such. The MLP card game was one of these games! In fact, they were going to hold the Regional Championships there!

I was super excited, since I knew there were some pretty sweet prizes up for grabs. I spent the entire week leading up to the event reading up on the comprehensive rules and popular strategies, buying a ton of boosters (probably around 15 total), and trying to build the perfect deck with the cards I had available. I posted about the event in my local brony group, but didn't really yell it out from the rooftops because I was worried that there might be lots of other people better than me there- oh, if only I'd known.

The Saturday rolls up and I'm super excited and ready to go! I head out with a friend.

"Where's the hotel the convention's being held at, again?" I ask.
"...I don't know! Here, I'll ask this app on my phone and it'll give us directions straight to it," he replied.

Long story short, his phone led us in the wrong direction for half an hour and when I found out what had happened, I was really stressed and frustrated and just about ready to kick something. We found it in the end, though. I make my way to the counter, ...only to find that the event, is on, tomorrow.


The next day! My friend has gone back home, but my housemate offered to go with me instead. We leave earlier this time, and get to the hotel a whole hour early, giving us ample time to check out the other games and grab a bowl of tasty wedges. 20 minutes before the event is due to start, I go to put my name down and pay my entrance fee. I walk over to the table, sit down, unroll my playmat, open my card tin and realise with sinking horror that I've left my deck at home!

I race over to the judge and pant in terror: "I've left my deck at home! Is there any chance I can go and get it?"
Judge says: "Well, it doesn't look like we've got many people turned up, so- where do you live? Oh, sure!"

Housemate and I proceed to leg it out of the hotel and into town to catch a taxi. The taxi takes us all the way home, where I turn the house upside down for a good solid five minutes, until I finally spot my deck under the couch- and takes us back to the hotel. Total fare: $66. I give my card to my housemate to pay on my behalf and DASH INSIDE and the judge greets me casually and I find out -

nobody else had turned up to play.

All that stress for nothing!

I hang out at a table on my own, with my housemate friend for company, and shuffle my deck. Nobody turns up. I shuffle some more. Nobody turns up. The judge comes over to tell us that if nobody appears in half an hour, then I may very well win by default. Another hour passes. Nobody turns up.

I raise my eyes to spot the judge moving through the crowd with an armful of stuff, wearing this ridiculous grin on my face, and I can't help but share it as I catch on to what's about to happen.

"Hello there! Thanks for competing in Tasmania's MLP CCG Regional Championships! Since you entered, here's [prize #1]. Since you finished in the top 8, here's [3 more of prize #1]. Since you finished in the top 4, here's [prize #2]. Since you came second or better, here's [prize #3.] And since you came first, here's [prize #4], plus your awesome framed certificate!"

I was honestly too shocked and delighted to pay much attention to what he was saying. I mean, wouldn't you be too if you were just handed ALL THIS LOOT?!


So that happened! I did eventually get a game in with somebody (won 2-0), though, so that was fun.


Here's a picture of all my promo loot so far (including prerelease events). I had all this valued at around $500!


I do feel kind of half-troubled about winning all this stuff without winning it- but it did serve some secondary good, since now there's a Facebook group for Tasmanian MLP:CCG players, and our local comic book/game store has promised to hold some learn-to-play events. So hopefully, more people to play and trade with~

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This isn't so much a tell as it is a show, but I got my very first art commission this evening! I asked a mutual friend of my boyfriend and I if she wouldn't mind drawing a picture of our ponysonas snuggling, and I'm very happy with the result. I think I'm going to commission some more artists and build a small collection. Here's her Facebook page.

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And that's it! Thanks for reading!

[Edited source links to display artist names and titles - many thanks! Griffin]

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Mine contains a selection of cheap funky combs (I'm always losing them!), chopped straws, bobby pins, and teeny tiny hair elastics in all the colours of the rainbow. I also find good quality paper towel incredibly useful

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Brushables:
These are the last rare brushables I'm looking to welcome into my herd that have eluded me thus far!

- Shine Bright Princess Luna Thanks Ariana!
- Honeybuzz
- Minty Prototype A

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Blind bags:
Loose preferred. No neon/glitter variants, please

- Cake Family Babysitting Set
- Doctor Whooves
- Snips and Snails
- Granny Smith
- Tealove
- Trixie
- Princess Cadance (Celestia mold)
- Shining Armor
- Queen Chrysalis
- Minty
- Princess Luna (new mold)

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G1 ponies:
Must be in lovely condition~

- So Soft Crumpet
- Baby Moondancer
- Sparkler Thanks, Lady Stardancer!
- Applejack
- High Tide

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Customs:
Please send me a PM to negotiate details and pricing!

- Glow in the dark rehair/symbol accent of Night Glider for ~$80 AUD
- Show-accurate rehair and careful removal of excess symbols for Octavia for ~$30 AUD
- De-rainbowification and joints added to Octavia's Equestria Girls Doll for ~$60 AUD

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MLP CCG:
Avid collector of the MLP card game. I'll happily snap up anything that catches my interest

- GenCon demo decks ($225 AUD for both shipped in good condition)
- "Hugs" or "Compass" binders
- Most cool cards featuring Fluttershy, Vinyl Scratch, Princess Luna or Nightmare Moon
- All alt-foil decks or mane character cards from Hot Topic except Applejack and Rarity

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These things continue to puzzle me. I think I understand what they are and what they do, but I was wondering if someone with a decent camera might be able to disassemble one and show me some additional photos from different angles, just to be sure?

Thanks in advance!

Found these little fellas on eBay. Is this their base colour under the paint, or something else?

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