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Pony Corral / Re: Let’s discuss: the Pillars of Harmony
« on: October 14, 2020, 06:24:49 PM »
tbh they felt like a plot device, I didn't understand them since there wasn't much lore or explanation. A lot of details got glossed over then they were forgotten when that whole school thing came along

It could've worked better with good world building

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Pony Corral / Re: Has Friendship is Magic impacted you in any way?
« on: October 13, 2020, 11:54:00 AM »
Yet the last time I went to a popular comic convention a few years back, and asked about G1, as they had advertised MLP on the booth, I was laughed out of the space by the men running it.  Men who were eager to sell other bronies G4 merch.  "Who would want that?" they snidely said, "Go to a yard sale and ask Grandma." 


Can I just say how incredibly stupid this is from a business stand point. Like you refuse to sell a profitable item that is from a line you already carry because it's "not for cool dudes"  :facepalm:

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Pony Corral / Re: Has Friendship is Magic impacted you in any way?
« on: October 13, 2020, 09:35:23 AM »
To be honest it's neither positive nor negative for me

I have collected ponies since 2000 and the nostalgia of G1 is what got me started. I was excited when I hear about FiM (it was when they had the first set of pony toys at McDonald's, I drove all over completing the set in a night, I brought Princess Celestia to Japan and took photos of her on the streets) and it was fairly fun. I got up every Saturday morning to watch it for the first few years and made sure to dig through the pony brushables to get every new character.

Luckily I don't have the horrific stories of harrasment, doxxing, bullying as I purposefully avoided anything brony. Perhaps being my age, mid 20s when it started, I wasn't on the ground level when fim fandom coalesced into bronydom so by the time I was fully aware of bronies they already had their aggressive perverted reputation out there.

The show really tapered off in quality with all the brony injokes, nonsense friendship morals, lack of narrative direction etc so I just kinda stopped caring. The toys were just repeats anyway. It was like 2015 and I remember my mom saying "oh should I turn on the ponies, do you want to watch it?" And I just said "no I don't really care". Ive tried to watch the last couple of seasons but I just find the writing and dialog so blah. Same thing happened to me with Steven Universe (another toxic fandom I had to avoid)

So overall it equals out to zero for me

Oh and to circle back to the point of friendships, marriages, jobs coming from FiM. I don't think that really is a big deal because if it wasn't this animated show it would've been another cartoon. The same thing can be said of Adventure Time but overall I think it has a much less toxic fandom?

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Pony Corral / Re: 35 Anniversary Collectors ponies - Thread 3!
« on: October 12, 2020, 12:34:55 PM »
I also found the UniPeg set at Menards! They were 9.99$

Sadly every Gusty (they had 4) had some kind of stain or head mismatch and she is the one I wanted the most. They had one Surprise and one Heartthrob and four Sparklers

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Pony Corral / Re: POTD 9/29/2020 Autumn Skye
« on: September 29, 2020, 10:53:39 AM »
Love her, the soft gray blue color!

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Introductions / Re: Hey
« on: September 27, 2020, 08:25:56 AM »
Welcome!

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Introductions / Re: ♡ hello all !!
« on: September 27, 2020, 08:25:45 AM »
welcome!

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Introductions / Re: Intro
« on: September 17, 2020, 08:49:00 AM »
welcome!

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Pony Corral / Re: POTD 9/16/2020 Baby Princess Sparkle
« on: September 16, 2020, 07:56:28 AM »
I have two of her but I think they are the same version. Funny enough I just bought her buggy complete this weekend

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Pony Corral / Re: POTD 9/15/2020 Napper mail order
« on: September 15, 2020, 10:11:18 AM »
I got her for a nice price here on the arena. I love both versions, I had the store version as a child, but the green hair is especially striking

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Off Topic / Re: The Healthy Pony Contest! NOW to NOV 1st
« on: September 14, 2020, 09:34:57 PM »
I hope it's not too late to sign up. I'm a health coach so I never sign up because I know what to do but my issue is I'm not motivated/at the action stage of change


What are your goals?
   To lose 10-14 lbs by Nov 1St
   To reach 145 by Oct 1st
   To buy myself a pair of jeans when I reach 145 lbs

What is you plan to reach the goals?
   To track 7 days per week
   To stick to 1300-1400 calories per day (rather low but I have a really slow metabolism and won't be able to exercise much) everyday
   To continue walking 45 minutes per day 6 days per week
   To eat 3-5 servings of vegetables  and 1 fruit per day 6 days a week
   To meal prep and portion on Sunday evening for 1 hour each week
   To eat 3 full meals per day
   To get 90% of my food intake from food without added sugars

What will be accomplished by Nov 1st?
   10-14 lb weight loss, and establishment of eating veggies again (I fell off with my current job that really ruins my eating schedule, there's usually no time to eat lunch or dinner so just stress eat high sugar snacks)

I will begin tomorrow and do weekly check ins on Tuesdays to stay accountable to my goals, reassess my weekly goals and adjust if needed.

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Pony Corral / Re: Retro pony Funkos?
« on: September 14, 2020, 08:19:31 AM »
Meh, I don't like pops and I don't like how the fim pops looked so I'm sure these will basically look the same. However I will get a minty.

The year 1 ponies get put on everything (it's not that Firefly twilight and Applejack get absolute zero it's that they get much less compared to the first year set) They are not my favorites by a long shot so I'd love to see some other well known ponies get used as often

but I want to give some of my money to it so Hasbro will continue licensing out G1 ponies for more merch. This has come up in other threads how fans of other franchises will support releases so they can get more whereas we G1 collectors often turn away if it's not something that suits our taste

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Off Topic / Re: Is anyone into Lolita fashion?
« on: September 12, 2020, 11:37:28 AM »
I was a gyaru in 2010-2013 and really active in the jfashion community so I'm friends with lots of lolitas.I haven't dressed up for a couple of years because of weight gain but before that I was doing Larme kei

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The Dollhouse / Re: Hasbro discontinues controversial Trolls doll
« on: August 14, 2020, 08:43:02 AM »
If it's meant to be triggered by sitting why does it shriek or say oops? Like it's not usual to shriek when you sit down

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Pony Corral / Re: Least fave pony friend?
« on: July 21, 2020, 12:08:54 PM »
I picked zig zag because of the round ears and kinda stumpy appearence, which doesn't makes sense to me

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