Dreams do come true!

Do you recognize this set? Is it part of your collection or wishlist, or did you even grow up playing with it? I’d love to hear how this toy stirs your mind!

Do you think Cadance and Chrysalis could make a cute couple? Do you think they’re bound for disaster, or could Cadance help reform Chrysalis? It’s too bad we never see her reformed in the show!

I loved making this piece because I love using my passion-made skill of drawing G3 ponies for people who share that sincere admiration & love for the generation, but I also loved making it because it reminded me how cool the greater MLP community is. Several different people came together out of the kindness of their hearts to help me find the resources I needed to accurately recreate this, and they did so immediately and without a second thought. Without them, I would have had much more trouble finding the fonts, and I probably would have spent hours recreating the background pattern, but all I had to do was voice my troubles one single time and seconds later, a jpeg of the exact pattern I needed was sent. I love this place. There really is something special about the camaraderie of classic-mlp fans.

This is actually my second commissioned work for this person (the first one being partially visible in this post, as I use it to color pick) and both times it has been a dream come true 💕 This time, I was commissioned because she’s getting another artist to make a G3 toy custom of Red Velvet! I’ve seen a sneak peak, and it’s looking AMAZING. This OC is feeling so real to me, I can easily imagine her in the G3 world as if she were an official character. Thank you again, raggstosketches, for bringing your wonderful commission idea to me!

Skywishes and Star Catcher are two of my favorite G3 ponies, as I’m sure I share in common with many others. Make A New Friend Every Day was one of the first MLP songs I ever heard, even years before I knew about the full episode, and it’s still one of the closest to my heart! 💖 As a kid my first exposure to MLP animated media was the digital Popcorn Theater section of the G3 Welcome to Ponyville flash game. I played that game so often while it was on MLP’s website! Inside the Popcorn Theater, you could watch clips of songs from all the G3 animated material. I didn’t have any MLP cartoons of my own until I got Pinkie Pie’s Special Day, of which the runtime is 11 minutes of mostly clip show. I still loved it! I just didn’t get to see most of the full specials until I was much older. I do know I watched the 1986 movie and I THINK A Very Minty Christmas when I was 6, at a then-3yo friend’s house… But I’ve since lost contact with her, and she was also… three… so I’m not sure she’d remember the specifics even if I could ask. Where was I going with this? I dunno. The Popcorn Theater is so fun. You can still find this game on various flash game archives. I loved the theater section so much especially because I had the Popcorn Theater PLAYSET with Starsong and interchangeable scenes for the theater screen. They’re a but worse for wear, but I still have both my scenes! So off-topic to this comic lol but I love yappin’ ponies!

What do you think of the Cutie Mark Magic line? I personally wish they would release more plain ponies without gimmicks— it’s not that I dislike gimmicks, far from it! But sometimes, a pony’s ONLY toy release is in a gimmick line and not a regular toy, and THAT always annoyed me. Examples include but are not limited to Bon Bon, Roseluck, Aloe, Photo Finish, and Octavia. None of those ponies got plain, show-accurate, 3” brushable toys. They all have patterns or added mane colors that pulls me out of the immersion. It just bothers me so much that these ponies didn’t get a regular release before a gimmick release— or a regular release at ALL! These are the passionate complaints of my inner child. I may be 24 as I share them, but trust that they are the rantings of a 12 year old.

I wonder how the Spike/Rarity dynamic would have developed overtime had Lauren Faust stayed on the show past season 2. She very clearly understood what she set up, but subsequent writers end up vastly misinterpreting how Spike and Rarity are supposed to interact, of course leading to some of the most universally-agreed upon worst episodes MLP: FiM has to offer. It’s truly a shame how often FiM gets basic things like this so wrong, as it’s a children’s show and should be setting the standard for child safety with adults, rather than being the open gateway to so, so much internet child abuse. I really think child experts should make a return to the writers’ rooms on children’s television.

If nylon Rarity were sitting untouched these past two weeks? Forget about it! That curl would be nearly as crisp and sharp as it was the day I unwrapped it. Just another piece of proof that little ponies should have nylon hair— it’s good texture, long-lasting, and easy to style. Everyone deserves a pony with beautiful, luscious hair! It’s what the brand is built on after all, isn’t it?

Which version of this story are you most familiar with? Do you have a favorite? Skywishes and Star Catcher make for the most magical duo!