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  1. I've been thinking. Thinking about cutie-marks. And one thing i've check out is that all ponnies got double-cutie-marks on botch flanks. 0.o Im not pretty sure if it's something that every-one know and im just a blind person, or everyone is blind and i've found something? Somepony can help me with that? >.< derp

    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 20:59:29 UTC from web
    1. @winterthim Well we only usually see one flank at once, but I think all ponies have two cutie marks.

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:09:31 UTC from web
      1. @thelastgherkin They do, it's the toys that lack them on both sides.

        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:14:24 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. @colfax I always thought they only had a cutie mark on one side o.O

          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:19:40 UTC from MuSTArDroid
          1. @leonkfox Nope, definitely on both. No matter which side you see, the cutie mark's thre. Plus, there are a few scenes where you can see both sides at once.

            Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:21:27 UTC from web
            1. @starshine Really? I must have missed those scenes (or rather the specific detail in them) which ones off the top of your head show them on both sides?

              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:23:07 UTC from MuSTArDroid
              1. @leonkfox From "Suited for Success": http://ur1.ca/4wzg0

                Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:24:08 UTC from web
                1. @thelastgherkin I'll be DAMNED, how did I not notice that before?!

                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:26:26 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
            2. @starshine Apart from when that isn't true. http://ur1.ca/4wzfy

              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:23:11 UTC from web
              1. @thelastgherkin That scene is an error, clearly. @leonkfox I'd have to look for them, but I do remember seeing a still frame at some point and going "oh!"

                Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:24:02 UTC from web
                1. @starshine How can we be sure the one with two isn't the errenous one though?

                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:26:57 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                  1. @leonkfox Because you always see a cutie mark, no matter which side of the pony is facing the camera.

                    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:27:35 UTC from web
                    1. @starshine Hm, good point.

                      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:32:06 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    2. On the subject of cutie marks, here's a thing. Rainbow Dash's cutie mark goes in the same direction as her hind legs. That is, the left side has the lightning bolt pointing down and left, and jotting out to the right, and the right side goes in the opposite direction. Incidentally, the toys (at least the $5 brushables, as I haven't seen the fashion style ponies out of the boxes, and have never seen a blind bag in person) fail because not only is Rainbow Dash's cutie mark backwards, it's also only on one side. Moreover, *which* side isn't even consistent - it's whatever one is facing forward when packed in the box. Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Applejack have their cutie marks on the left; Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity have them on the right. #

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:34:56 UTC from web
      1. @starshine The toys are pretty much a fail in general. I saw some in Tesco's the other day, my reaction "I am dissapoint."

        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:37:13 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. @leonkfox They don't suck completely. At least all the proportions are right and everything, and after a good # they're quite presentable.

          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:38:57 UTC from web
          1. @starshine Hm, the proportions looked really off to me, and Celestia wasn't even the right COLOUR for crying out loud. http://twitpic.com/64zg53

            Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:40:31 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
            1. @leonkfox Yeah, those play sets are kind of lousy, and I would have nothing to do with anything besides the ponies themselves (and I guess the animals, too - I have those all lined up on top of my monitor). Just get the brushables. I'm not buying Celestia until I can get one that is either not pink or at least easily repaintable.

              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:42:32 UTC from web
              1. @starshine They're embarassing, if I want to come home to my family with FiM toys to embrace my fandom, I don't want them to look like chinese knock offs (which with how off they are to FiM they may as well be)

                Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:47:31 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                1. @leonkfox There's a couple bits that aren't quite perfect, and you're acting like they're trying to sell Fluttershy without wings or something. They're $5, they're more or less the right colors, and with about 15 minutes of work you can get the hair looking good. Stop being ridiculous.

                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:50:05 UTC from web
                  1. @starshine They're expensive for their quality, at least where I am. So no, I don't feel I'm being ridiuclous. I don't want to buy them and won't. I'd rather have no FiM merchandise at all than bring the stuff in that picture home.

                    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:51:56 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                  2. @starshine They're not $5. They're more like $8.054858.

                    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:52:44 UTC from web
                    1. @thelastgherkin Seriously? Ugh, that's robbery.

                      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:54:12 UTC from web
                      1. @starshine Yep. It happens with all Hasbro toys. They see the American price and then change the $ to a £, which is why I've been paying twice as much for all my Transformers as you would for the past few years.

                        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:56:20 UTC from web
                        1. @thelastgherkin Sheeeeesh.

                          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:58:48 UTC from web
                        2. @thelastgherkin @starshine Pink Celestia is £14.97 (so pretty much 15 quid) here, not what I would consider cheap given how poor she is, and Twilight + Balloon is 18 quid. (19.67 to be exact) If this currency converter is trustworthy that makes Pink Celestia $24.37 and Twilight with Balloon $30.39.

                          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:02:37 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                          1. @leonkfox And neither of those toys are at all on my list of things I want. Pinkie's RC car is, but only because I think it'd be hilarious fun at a meetup.

                            Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:04:26 UTC from web
                            1. @starshine It still proves my point of how much more expensive the toys are here, which makes me want them even less.

                              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:05:26 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                              1. @leonkfox Well, move. I'm sorry, I don't know what else to say to you. I will reiterate that I don't think they look bad once you get the hair styled right, though before I shut up and BOUGHT one of them, I was similarly whiny about how they looked. But I'm going to drop this conversation now, because it's not going anywhere.

                                Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:07:06 UTC from web
                                1. @starshine I'm not being whiny, I don't like them and have my reasons, and as a result haven't bought them. Just how is that whiny? It's just my opinion on the toys.

                                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:08:26 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                                2. @starshine I just want to add this as a final note to that conversation, I can't resist and it does fit. http://b1t.it/v7o

                                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 23:19:42 UTC from MuSTArDroid
                2. @leonkfox By the way, in case you have not seen this: tinyurl.com/3dm4tfb

                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:00:08 UTC from web
                  1. @starshine For the record, the "sticker vector things" are called tampographs.

                    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:02:41 UTC from web
                    1. @thelastgherkin Interesting term. (I didn't make that, though.)

                      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:03:37 UTC from web
                      1. @starshine I wasn't sure if you had! But you posted it before so I thought maybe it was yours.

                        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:05:59 UTC from web
                        1. @thelastgherkin Did I? I know @rotation posted it once. (rainbowdash.net/attachment/9950)

                          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:08:05 UTC from web
                  2. @starshine I've seen it, and I say this as usual, the McDonald's toys look better than the retail ones, and aren't even a FRACTION of the price.

                    Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:03:55 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                    1. @leonkfox im really sad that McDs doesn't have those toys anymore. (sorry a bit late)

                      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:14:07 UTC from web
                      1. @madflavors heh, the UK hasn't gotten them yet, REALLY hope we do. I'll happily buy Happy Meals to get them all XD

                        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 22:14:58 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
          2. @starshine On the subject of #: I'm going to have to find a really tiny curling wand if I want my Pinkie Pie looking presentable.

            Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:40:45 UTC from web
            1. @thelastgherkin Cut up a drinking straw. Soak hair in water, wrap hair around bits of straw. Secure in place with those hair clip things, the name of which I cannot remember at the moment.

              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:44:45 UTC from web
              1. @starshine This is why I totes love RDN. I will totally do that, tank you! :D

                Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:46:43 UTC from web
                1. @thelastgherkin Oh, and by the way, be careful, because there's a little stupid metal piece in there that holds the tail in, and that'll rust.

                  Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:52:52 UTC from web
              2. @starshine Sweetheart, do I need hot or cold water for this?

                Tuesday, 16-Aug-11 21:05:09 UTC from web
                1. @thelastgherkin I just used room temperature water. I've read that hot water works better though.

                  Tuesday, 16-Aug-11 21:06:07 UTC from web
                  1. @starshine Thank y'kindleh.

                    Tuesday, 16-Aug-11 21:07:07 UTC from web
      2. @starshine Well, that's good for a coherent collection layout. Have three ponies facing left and three facing right. Lovely, and even!

        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:38:55 UTC from web
    3. @rotation They're expensive as hell for what they are. I love FiM and love being a Brony but I refuse to spend that much money on that garbage.

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:43:01 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    4. @rotation I haven't found the Celestia is a troll joke funny since the second time I heard it, and I take issue with it because...well...it isn't Celestia!

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:45:59 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
      1. @leonkfox It's not? youtu.be/OHEum_eCLDw

        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:46:49 UTC from web
        1. @starshine I have a gold fish brain tonight, and don't get the joke/why ya used that clip.

          Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:48:16 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
          1. @leonkfox that entire episode is Trollestia fodder.

            Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:50:46 UTC from web
            1. @starshine Oh yeah.

              Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:52:08 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    5. @rotation There's no crown or neck thing on one of them; the talking one is just horrible on so many levels that I refuse to pay money for it; and she's pink, which is easily solved but still stupid and on top of those other things is enough reason not to spend money on it. Plus there is no Celestia toy that is in correct proportion to the brushables.

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:46:21 UTC from web
    6. @rotation I'm willing to bet those were worth it to a collector though. I've spend a lot of money on collectables before, because they were quality and looked like they were made by people who watch/play the franchise/s they came from.

      Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:50:52 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
      1. @leonkfox *good quality

        Sunday, 14-Aug-11 21:53:13 UTC from web