A few days ago, someone here mentioned that they had Pony socks over at Dollar General. After looking at a couple of stores, I was able to find some today. For anyone curious, they're in a bin with socks with other licensed characters, but a separate one from the children's socks. Just look for the MLP logo.

visitors can't see pics , please register or login


As you might be able to tell by the designs, they're aimed at an older audience than the ones you might see at other stores like Target. And they definitely fit adults (as a matter of fact, I'm wearing the Pinkie ones now). They're a little thin, but they are quite comfortable.  Another plus is that they only go up to the ankle, so if you want to wear something with ponies on it, but want to be discreet about it, no one will be the wiser unless you take your shoes off.

And, finally, they're just a dollar a pair. If they had something like this at Hot Topic, they'd probably charge you four times as much, so this is probably the best deal on pony socks that adults can actually wear. I do wish I could get some Twilight ones though...

I don't mind it that much, since it's somewhat closer to her S1 design, which I prefer to her current look, not to mention the toys are really cute. I guess it's for the same reason Celestia was made pink, to get her in a girlier color so kids would buy them. Still, there'll probably be a much more accurate Luna figure for older MLP fans, due to her overwhelming popularity in the fandom. I'll bet the first Princess (besides Twilight) Funko releases will be Luna, so at least you have that.

I've actually met a lot of new people thanks to this fandom.  I don't really have much contact with my old high school friends (although I have seen my best friend from high school recently for the first time in years), and there aren't too many people my age in any of my classes, so I didn't really have many ways to meet new people.

When there was a big meetup group map featured on EqD, I saw two within driving distance of me, one in Charleston and one in Charlotte. Since the one in Charlotte was closer, I joined their Facebook group and went to my first meetup last April.

I remember it pretty well. It wasn't actually as eventful as some of the others I went to, but when me and a couple of other people were in my car going from the mall to a park, I turned on my iPod, and I asked them "Do you like Heavy Metal? Because that's pretty much all that's on here." and they said "Oh, yeah."  Then, on the way over, there was this Megadeth song that came on, and the guy in the passenger seat started singing along, and I even joined in later on.  Basically, when the day was over, I had a feeling that I was going to be good friends with these people.

Now, I know part of that has to do with a common taste in music, but I still never would have met these guys if it wasn't for MLP. 

The biggest one for me is not being able to find any of the old Mane 6 Fashion Styles anywhere.  There are still a couple of the Celestia and Luna ones around, the former of which I want to get soon, but nothing older than that.  I do wish I had bought them when I had the chance, but then I didn't really want Fashion Styles (with the exception of the Pinkie Pie's Boutique one), due to the price and the size.

Yes, I have the white plastic version on sale at my Shapeways shop. The full color version is not, since I'd like to make some changes to the design.

Out of all the stuff they showed at the NY Toy Fair, I am looking forward to this the most. Primarily because it's the closest thing I'll get (in terms of official merchandise, at least) to Heavy Metal Ponies. Sure, the designs for some don't work as well as others, but RD, Celestia, and Pinkie I'm really liking.

I remember hearing from the cashier at Build a Bear when I got Sweetie Belle that Zecora was next. Looks like she was right. They all look absolutely adorable, AJ in particular. Guess this gives me more reason to start working on some shelves.

It looks really great! I was super tempted by it on ebay, I do wish the wheels turned though 

I decided against making it with rolling wheels early on.  If the wheels move, it makes it more of a pain to keep it still, and I wouldn't want one of these rolling off of a shelf. Plus, designing a setup for rolling wheels within the constraints of the material would have been a huge pain.