Shady Vox's OC spotted in Manehatten!

Just finished watching Rarity Takes Manehatten and one of the comments on the video mentioned Shady Vox's OC, Neon Lights at the 02:23 mark. I didn't believe it at first but on closer inspection damn it is true! I didn't expect to see this anytime soon. I know MandoPony got in the comics, but then he is dating a story board artist after all. I have to say, Neon Lights certainly suits the city that never sleeps! What's next, an entire episode with brony OC's? That'd either be amazing or horrifying, can't decide. Which OC's from the fandom would you guys love to see in the show?

Trixie is looking rather Punk!

So Walmart released some pictures of a new Trixie doll in the Equestria Girls range. She looks goth punk as hell. If the dolls weren't so flimsy i'd consider buying more of them, only got the Twi and Sunset shimmer set myself. Where as MLP toys tend to be a little 'hardy' and sort of have that unbreakable feel to them, the Equestria Girls dolls feel like they'd snap in two if you played with them too hard. Shame really because some of them looks dead stylish!

Check out the pic after the break!

Is the Everfree Forest dying?

Evidently there is a theory going around that since the Tree of Harmony got the elements back that it's sort of "purifying" the Everfree forest.

Now lets take this theory back to it's roots, no no, that's not a pun I swear. Now if you guys know about the history of The Everfree Forest, which you should, you'll know that sometime after the Elements of Harmony were taken from the Tree of Harmony the forest became overgrown, sort of went out of control and destroyed the sister's castle. Now I do recall something about the emotions and darkness of NMM aiding in the creation of this, but I can't quite remember what source that is from.
All we know is that the area became abounded, weather acted on it's own and magic ran haywire. Everything does link these events to the elements being taken.

Now they've been put back what does this mean? Will The Everfree Forest recede into it's self? The mane six are fixing the castle up currently, so obviously the Princesses intend to use it again for something. Maybe The Everfree forest is dying, it still has all the dangerous beasties in, I wonder where they'll go to when it does. Maybe the forest existed back in the olden time but it was smaller, an Everfree Woods if you will. Maybe it'll return to that.

All we know though is it still holds many mysteries and I don't think we'll ever stop seeing something interesting coming out of it. Discuss your thoughts on The Everfree Forest in the comments!

New Powerpuff Girls trailer!

Should have totally posted about this last week when I saw the trailer. Oh my word, that art style! It's very very different but there's something really intriguing about it. Oh and MOJOJOJOJOJO, can't get enough MOJOJOJOJO.

I wonder if this is what Faust's been helping work on since stepping down as honcho over on FiM.

Line up and be counted! The Herd Census is back!

For those of you who have been in the fandom for a while now should surely know about the Herd Census. If you haven't, it's a simple enough survey asking for a range of details and opinions, all taken anonymously to give a good view of the people in the fandom and what makes them love ponies!

Take the census here! http://survey.herdcensus.com
This year they have it in several different languages, which is great for accessibility. They're having a little problem with traffic at the moment, as the big friendly letters on their website state. Don't worry, things should be fine in a few hours! Oh and this year it's being conducted in conjunction with researchers at Salem State University, some actual doctorates are reviewing the data and doing a paper on the personality traits of bronies. So that's pretty neat. What ever you do, don't tell them about the thing, you know the thing I am talking about!

Massive update from Mane6

So comes the new year, as does big video game news. The guys who were behind Fighting is Magic just posted a huge big new article about their latest project and the year ahead. Definitely an interesting read for anyone interested in gaming or game making. They talk about how awesome the Z-Engine is to use and how they have worked on new software for their own mechanics, since obviously their game isn't just going to be SkullGirls after all. 

One of the big things people are going to love is the sneak peak at the concept artwork from Lauren Faust herself, seen above. As Lauren mentions in the description that this is the first official artwork of "the game formally known as Fighting is Magic",  suggesting there is going to be a new name for the game coming to light in the next few months. It's pretty much a given after the C&D from Hasbro way back in early 2013.

New Year of Pony

It's been a busy last half of 2013 for me, probably why I haven't been posting quite as much as I would have liked. Had to delete about three draft posts since they're now pretty much outdated. But oh well, stuff happens, just got to keep trekking on. With the new year having just started I guess it's time to write a bit of a new years revolution or something. Or better put, my aims for this blog in the coming year.

It's not really something I always like to set out and do, revolutions that is. I do plan ahead but at the same time I like to go by there and then, here and now.

Beware the Flutterbat! She's going to suck your Apples!

This is an astounding testament to how quick and skilled this fandom is. Honestly, it's hardly been a day since Bats! aired and some talented brony has already made this completely fab handmade Flutterbat plushie. Here's the link to the eBay listing!

It's already as of this post got 77 bids and at a whopping $1050, that's roughly £635. It even hangs..!

Advertising!

For the longest time I was against putting adverts on this blog. Since it's just a blog after all, I have no finical cost with running this site and especially since the guys over at the UKoE manage to host a huge forums and pay for all of it out of their own pocket, I certainly didn't think adverts on my site would be a good or fitting idea.

However, there has been one little thing plaguing me! You guys should remember the contest we ran for Halloween! The banner contest and the winner got a £10 Amazon gift card! Well I paid for that myself, obviously but i'd love to do more contests throughout 2014. But for that we need a bit of a fund, or at least something to go towards the cost of buying prizes! So, this is where adverts come in! Using an online calculator i've figured out that we could get around £5 a month. Ok it's not exactly a huge sum of money, certainly not going to buy my way to Mexico to live with the Cholo Bronies. But it sure is going to allow me to run more contests and offer better prizes!

Now I am uncertain how much revenue we could be getting from this. So this is my promise to you all, if after a good couple of months we're seeing no finical gain from this, I'll be booting the ads! Not going to have them there if they aren't serving a purpose! Don't worry, i'll make sure there are prizes no matter what! Even if it's a dinner date with me and MUSH, I am sure you'll all enjoy that.

>the feel when the only ads we're getting are for Google's products

Merry Hearths Warming!

Hope you're all enjoying your Christmas so far. I for one am, woke up to some dollar, yeah, dollar, not Sterling. I swear I am not denouncing the monarch or anything, rather I am going to America in a few months, just had to mention that. 

Oh and Film4 are currently airing Spirited Away so you guys should totally watch it.

Once again, Merry Christmas! I hope Santa brought you all like a shed load of ponies.

BronyScot updates it's image and Logo!

BronyScot, the upcoming convention in Edinburgh, Scotland, has just announced a new brand and logo~! Designed by the wonderful Katie Ferguson (remember, the winner from our banner contest??!). I love it, and so does the rest of the committee. It's unique, modern and of course, very Scottish.

To go along with the new logo, Katie also drew a fantastic high detail Nessie, the convention's mascot! Check out her Deviant Art here!

Nessie's creator, Darren, should totally have some sort of story written up for her at some point soon. We'll have to keep poking him.. with haggis.

Moth Ponies, now a thing.

So the Bat-Pony threads have taken one of their oddest turns yet. Moth ponies are now a thing. I guess this has something to do with Glaze? Certainly an adorable filly, I do in fact want to see where this one's going to go. Though there is always the chance they'll fade away into nothing within a few hours, like the kangaroo ponies did. Now they were weird!

Spread Your Wings by One Wing Pegasus (Ft. Pipsqueak)

Extremely good music, definitely worth listening to! While you're at it, check at OWP's other stuff on his channel. You won't be disappoint!

Super Winter Brony Party Announces VIPs and Tombstone!

So the biggest brony bash of the winter taking place in London on the 25th January has announced some pretty cool guests who'll be performing! The biggest names being Julie Basecqz (that's French Rarity), Anneli Heed (who else, but Swedish Spitfire!) and of course our very own, Living Tombstone!

On top of all that we'll be seeing Acoustic Brony, Eilemonty, JayB, DJ Sleepypony and HMage!

For those who loved the Summer Sun Celebration and of course, Spyker's birthday last year, this party will be a huge hit!

Make sure you check out the UKoE thread and register! As only people who have registered will be getting into the event~ Which is free by the way, so there's really no reason not to go!