Hasbro anounces comic con 2012 pony Design Contest!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Not surprising the contest is USA-only... there are strict rules about sweepstakes and prizes legally.    However, there are Hasbro offices in most major countries that have their own contests and involvement with fans.  After all, Hasbro Italy regularly contacts a member here to display his ponies, and I believe that Hasbro UK is working with the UK Fair...

Can't wait to see the design!  I hope it's G3, as I can't stand the G4 ear style.

[Malicieuse]

Not surprising the contest is USA-only... there are strict rules about sweepstakes and prizes legally.    However, there are Hasbro offices in most major countries that have their own contests and involvement with fans.  After all, Hasbro Italy regularly contacts a member here to display his ponies, and I believe that Hasbro UK is working with the UK Fair...

Can't wait to see the design!  I hope it's G3, as I can't stand the G4 ear style.

Competitions are never that cool though and in my small country there is pretty much nothing going on. >.< Our site even had the g3.5 art up long after g4 was fully introduced. So yeah, i wish they had found a way to let everyone enter.

[Aflame]

hey thats not fair !!!!!

[okiegurl1981]

I'm excited for this!   You can bet your boots I'll be submitting an original design!

[CapnChan]

canon = what the show says what happened
fanon = what the (mostly) dumbass fans add to it, believing it (should have) happened.


E.g. grimdark Celestia/Luna civilwar in ye olde times, Pony being "retarded" (which the production team then made canon) and so on.
In this amusing fanfiction world of memes, lesbian orgies and bloodshed, they have the super-awesomest of characters running around, doing the most awesomest of things, showing the actual characters how stuff is done.
And one of those characters happens to be the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon.

*edit*
Sorry if I'm overly negative/hateful. I just really happen to be disgusted by what the "truest of true fans" do to the show sometimes.

Amen, high five, I like you ect.

Thanks for pointing out the difference as well, I was getting a tad confused. I've been trying to avoid the brony fandom in regards to "fanon" lately.

Further proof that Hasbro seems to have no good ideas left when it comes to the G4 toys. 
I should submit a pink unicorn with pink hair.  I'd win for sure!

And THIS, basically. It's nice that our designs might actually be taken into consideration though, even if it's just for the adult only collected CC ponies.

I can only hope it's going to be a G3 mold like the previous years and that Hasbro is only doing this in the efforts of getting more creative fans to participate and be active. I was expecting something like this to happen, ya know...years ago but hey I am super glad it's here now! I look forward to submitting a design and seeing the winner!

[CITLASTAR]

Hi hope they can Select the best desing , cause I don't like the last models (egyptian & purple and dark) . It's only my personal opinion , I just think they can do so much better ! , like more creative, artist,funny , beatiful !

[Wardah]

I don' think the winner will see mass production especially in time for ComicCon. They might have something else already planned for the actual pony.

[mayanbutterfly]

Exciting!

[Sakuyamon]

Huh... On the facebook page it says "*The 18" My Little Pony model will remain the sole property of Hasbro, Inc."...
Dont that mean that the winner dont even get to keep the pony?

[Opalescence]

You get to keep the glory, aswell as all the envy and tears of your competitors you can carry.

[CapnChan]

Huh... On the facebook page it says "*The 18" My Little Pony model will remain the sole property of Hasbro, Inc."...
Dont that mean that the winner dont even get to keep the pony?

Being that they will only produce a single 18 inch version, they keep it for display at events. It's unfortunate and really makes no sense, why not simply make two? Surely the contest winner deserves to own one. 

[aellos]

I entered my Red Pepper. I even tried to make her description sound like the stuff you read on the back of the boxes.

I'm one of those G4 people who likes some of the (sane) fannon stuff. Ditzy Doo having a child, some of the fluffier ships, some of the fanfiction (I do like Past Sins and definately Fallout Equestria...the only grimdark I could stand). But personally it's only headcannon and if it's not true I don't freak out.

Besides, me liking Past Sins still doesn't make it a good idea to have Nyx win. Bleh, she still is a mary sue and boring.

I hope someone with a really great design wins. I would love to win, even if it was a non G4 base. Actually, I would rather have it be a G3 base. I already made her in G4 form.

[StarSwirl05]

Huh... On the facebook page it says "*The 18" My Little Pony model will remain the sole property of Hasbro, Inc."...
Dont that mean that the winner dont even get to keep the pony?

Kinda defeats the purpose of entering in the first place. I would've at least had a normal-sized version given to the winner.

[okiegurl1981]

So is this a G4 or G3 contest? :/  It really doesn't specify.

[Foxtale]

So is this a G4 or G3 contest? :/  It really doesn't specify.

I was wondering that too. I kept trying to look. I'm guessing its G3 since they say 18" pony, and the Pony projects are G3. I feel like they might mass produce the winner...if they like the design enough lol

Aren't the 18" ponies all handpainted? Isn't that why they are only making one?