Rainbow Dash Joining the Wonderbolt Reserves, Finally!

A synopsis for an upcoming episode has revealed that Rainbow Dash will be taking a test. I wonder if she'll forget her pants? Well, this isn't a written test, or at least I wouldn't expect it is since if Dash passes she'll become a member of the Wonderbolts Reserves.

Honestly, I'm so pleased with this small announcement, even if the episode doesn't turn out all that well it's just the character development there in just one line of text, it's brilliant. I don't know why it has never occured to me before, the only way Rainbow Dash could be a Wonderbolt is by being on the reserve list! Since, she's damn good, we all know that, she's saved the Wonderbolts on many occasions and has time and time again showed them how capable of a flyer she is. Heck she's proved to be probably better than most of the current members. But she could never really become a Wonderbolt as it would take her away from Ponyville, ultimately taking her away from the show for the most part. So her being on the Reserves makes a ton of sense, she'll technically be a Wonderbolt (finally!) and she'll still be able to continue being the weather pony for Ponyville and going on all those crazy adventures with her friends.

Really can't wait for this episode now and I'm not even the biggest fan of Dash episodes. Also as a side thing, I love every time it is confirmed that the Wonderbolts are in fact a military organisation, rather than show flyers.

Dark Skyes: Yeah, It's Bogus.

As it's my duty as a journalist to a report on whats correct (such as the time aliens landed in Covent Garden) I am obliged to mentioned, though you should have known the get go, that the Pony Dating Sim game posted a few days ago happens to be a huge scam by a "comedy troupe" Million Dollar Entertainment. Good ol' /mlp/ decided to go on a rampage to properly expose the scam, and well they did just that. This has caused the Kickstarter to drop massively from 4200 dollars to around 1500 and is expected to drop further.

One of the guys behind this scam came forward with a damage control video, which though hilarious in many ways I won't link to on here as it contents less than savoury material, though it won't be hard to find it if you want a few laughs.

As it happens, the Game Devs, I mean Scam Artists are being shamed as massive failures in all sense of the word. Now, if someone would make a real dating sim with horses, that'd be pretty nifty right? Remember, they're meant to be like Professor Layton, I am pretty damn sure of it.

Bronies in Bob's Burgers.

If you're not familiar with Bob's Burgers, then I suggest checking it out. There's a ton of strange cartoons aimed at the teenage and young male audience but never quite make it to the same prime time spots as shows like South Park and Family Guy. Probably because these other shows tend to be a little rubbish in many respects, usually their animation isn't something to go crazy for. But they always have something about them that makes them quite enjoyable, I believe. Bob's Burgers is probably one of the better out of these sorts of series.

As it happens there is going to be an episode in the up-coming series that pays homage to our sub-culture. The episode is called  "The Equestranauts" which to me sounds like the name of Equestria's astronauts that landed on Luna's butt that one time. But yeah, I do hope it's a sci-fi in Bob's universe because that'd be a cool twist. Could get the Trekies and Bronies out in one episode.

A Pony Japanese Style Dating Sim? Now we've seen it all!

Well, here we have it, a pony dating game. Shouldn't be too surprised really to see this, but before any of you guys start shaming the game just because of that one here Brony Dating Site (that's ran by scammers btw) this game is actually pretty damn nifty. It's PG13, like many dating sims, they're more about building friendships and falling in love rather than getting nasty behind the bikesheds. Oh and don't forget the puzzle solving and story telling, some of you might not know this but Prof. Layton is secretly a dating sim, this is legit I swear. The Game Developers are holding a Kickstart fund riser, you can check that out here. 

The art work is damn amazing and the voice acting is very nice. The game is heavily referencing Japanese Dating Sims and isn't really all that MLP:FiM beyond the character's base design, which hopefully should be enough to keep Hasbro's ban hammer away. Now the game makers are promising a lot, with over 100+ hours of game play, frankly i'd be happy we just a 2 hour game, but if they are confident they can produce something of such scale, all the luck to them.

To the Big Apple I Go to Collect as Much Pony Merch as I can!

I know this is a somewhat unusual post for this blog. I tend to post news or some type of article, but heck i've had tremendous writers block for a few weeks now so I can't really pass up the opportunity to write something when it's raised my interest.

As it happens I'm going to New York in two weeks, as this year marks my 21st, my brother's 18th and my father's 60th and retirement. Though we're in fact going on my mother's birthday. Family celebrations aside, there's one specific thing I am very excited for. Ok, there's the obvious stuff. Just being in New York for one is going to be incredible, as will trying all the awesome food, riding in a yellow cab and visiting all the cool land marks. But there's one other important thing I don't want to miss out on whilst i'm over in the states and that's The Cheap and Exclusive Pony Merch!

Spyker's Rainbow Dash LED Shirt Now on Sale on Etsy!

You guys might have seen this shirts here and there over the last year or so. The ideal choice of clothing for all brony ravers! This shirt have LED's that flash different colours making up Dash's mane. Spyker has been selling these for quite a while now at meets, his parties and even had some sold over at Mareplay's stalls are various events. Something I didn't know, the lights react to sound, so that's even more club friendly! The sensitivity can be changed, so if you're just wanting to show it off in a quiet place you can, or if you're jumping and diving at whatever party you've managed stumble in on, it'll work like a charm.

If you've not yet picked one up, nows your chance! Spyker's now selling them on Etsy!

BronyScot Venue and Date Announced!

On behalf of the BronyScot Events Committee I am proud to be making the announcement that BronyScot 2014 will be held at The Hilton Grosvenor Hotel in the wonderful City of Edinburgh. The event will be taking place over the weekend of the 11th and the 12th of October. We’re extremely excited about the venue for numerous reasons. It is in the heart of the city, just down Princes Street and close to Haymarket Station. It’s very easy to get to from pretty much anywhere in the city. A short 15 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley Station, or next to no time via bus or tram.

It’s a great venue, with a main hall that can seat three hundred people, that then leads out into a bustling vendor area. Then there are plenty of large breakaway rooms which will house all sorts of fun activities during the event. On the evening the main hall will be used for a wicked party where a great range of some of the best musicians the fandom has to offer will play late into the night.

Keep your eyes peeled on our website as we’ll be updating it with a bunch of important information in the coming weeks, such as examples of hotels you could stay at and different transportation methods to the City and Venue. We’ll also detail cheap parking locations for you guys driving to the event. Plus other stuff like money saving tips, boring stuff like convention rules and awesome stuff like information on volunteer and vendor applications.

If you’re not already, follow our Facebook and Twitter Pages for all the updates and banter!

We hope you can join us for Scotland’s first brony convention!

De Lancie's Brony Documentary Coming to DVD in the UK!

You all should remember De Lancie's documentary Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Fans of My Little Pony. Well it's finally being released on DVD over here in the UK and is being distributed by Wienerworld, a London based company.

They are the exclusive distributors of the DVD in the UK and will be releasing it on the 14th April. The DVD can be pre-ordered for a special price over on the webpage found here.

Also, Wienerworld have been nice enough to offer us a few copies to give away in a competition! More information will be made available when we get our hands on the DVD, so watch this space for your chance to win! I'll also be writing a review in the coming weeks of the documentary, surprising enough I have yet to see it so this will be something new to me as well.

Happy Hearts and Hooves Day!

Valentines Day has came and gone for another year. Did any of you guys actually do what you're meant to do on Valentines day, you know, send an anonymous symbol or message to your crush. Like leaving a rose on their door step, randomly ordering a pre-paid pizza to their house or maybe gifting them something on their steam wish list. I surely hope you all did.

Rainbow Rocks: Blast Back to the 80's

Rainbow Rocks has now been properly announced and even a bit of a teaser has been released. Wouldn't call it a trailer, it doesn't show much about the plot minus the obvious stuff that the title gives us. But it does give us a feel what the music might be like. Imagine if Daniel Ingram, the cast of Highschool Musical and some 80's pop band got a lil' tipsy one night and this was the result. According to the man himself, there's going to 18 songs in this movie, can't wait to hear them.

Twitter Tweet Tweet!

Probably should have done this a while back to be honest, but for some reason I choose not to. We now have a twitter account. Basically going to use it to hopefully boost article views, but at the same time i'll probably be tweeting little things from time to time so it'll be worth following!

You can find our twitter other at @UKBronies! Follow, retweet and all that jazz!

On that note, I have chosen to close our Deviant Art Group, it wasn't really useful to be honest. I was intending to use it to showcase contest entries, but it's much nicer to do that straight here on the blog!
Though on a nicer note! I hadn't really noticed, but apparently our Tumblr blog got over hundred posts the other day, Ripdash is doing a great job over there. If you like completely random reblogs follow our tumblr!

What Other Celebrity Appearances Would You Love to See?

So we've had Weird Al make a celebrity appearance now, it got me thinking, what other celebrities might we see on the show in the coming years? Also, what do you guys prefer, specific Celebrity appearances, or characters that reference characters from other shows that their actors have played. So yeah, Cheese Sandwich or Discord, basically. Probably an unfair choice since Discord is just pure (in)-perfection. Point being, Discord was based on Q, but his character was decided before they got De Lancie to play him where as Cheese Sandwich was design around the appearance of Weird Al. Ok, there's not much a difference in the two types of character appearances i've described, but you get what am getting at, yeah? Yeah.

Anyway back to my first question. I think the show is in desperate need of appearances from the following celebrities, found after the break!

Winter Brony Party was a great success!

So if anyone has been wondering where exactly i've been for the last few days i've been ponying it up over in the capital. Saturday held the day of the Winter Brony Party, certainly was the best event to bring in a fresh year of meet ups and events. Rather than having a group of guys wonder about the streets, we were in a lovely warm bar with some fantastic music, perfect for the season. Venturing from Bank down towards Leadenhall Street there it stood, the Pause Bar. Being a basement bar it's almost hidden from plain sight. Glad I turned up fashionably late as to avoid any queuing, though the guys on the door were very quick at checking us in and stamping our hands.

As we descend into the bar we're met with booming brony music. Have to say, even when the musicians weren't playing, the play list was exceptionally well chosen. I think I must have heard a good chunk of brony songs I weren't familiar with and they were great! It was lovely seeing people I haven't seen since BUCK, heck in some cases June. Though it was rather hard to catch up properly since the party was in full swing, but that wasn't much a problem. The bar had a nice selection of drinks i've never seen before and some pony cocktails that weren't the ones that float about tumblr and take centre stage during evenings after every Yorkshire Bronies meet. I stuck to a Japanese beer, probably because my inner weeb was calling, or the fact that it was probably the cheapest item on the menu that wasn't Thames water. Despite what some were saying, the prices were extremely reasonable for a bar in central London.

First event of the evening, happy birthday wishes with cake! Always a good way to start a party off.

First performance of the night was the wicked duo, Acoustic Brony and as always they amazed. Wasn't expecting a Jack Black parody, but we got one, it was pretty mental. Then we moved onto the EU voice actors, French Rarity and Swedish Spitfire, nice to see them again after Galacon. Then things got a little weird, probably the Japanese beer! Oh then Tombstone started doing his thing, his thing is always good.

General concenous was this event was brilliant! It indeed was, would recommend anyone attending any future party like this, you sure to have a great time!

Let It Go! - Tombstone's Remix

Might not be strictly pone but I couldn't pass on posting this. Tombstone's really outdone himself with this one. I loved Frozen, was a lovely film that made a good effort to be a Disney classic. I knew I loved this song since I found myself humming it for weeks after leaving the cinema. Tomb's made it even more amazing, his remix makes me want to get up and dance! Find the song after the break!


He'll be posting the mastered version on his YouTube channel on Wedneday, for now you can check it out over on his tumblr!

Let the storm rage on!

BUCK 2014 Dates, Venue and Ticket Info Announced!

BUCK has released their dates, venue and tickets have gone on sale. Now I know Birmingham was being thrown about for the last few months but for you midlanders I have to apologise, BUCK'll be in Manchester again on August 23rd - 24th.

This year they'll be heading across the road to Manchester Central, where the Summer Sun Celebration was held last year and MCM Manchester is held. It's a bigger venue that's for sure, I do love Bridge Water but I guess if you want the con to expand you do need to shift over to larger event spaces. I feel we'll be seeing many more vendors this time around as well.