“Saddle-Up And Ride-Out!!!”
Hasbro has sent us a Press Release announcing the International Day Of Friendship and how their My Little Pony brand is celebrating it.
As a part of the campaign, Hasbro is showcasing mash-up of characters from their other franchises with the MLP Franchise.
“BUMBLEBEE and OPTIMUS PRIME are true BFFs – Bot Friends Forever! The MY LITTLE PONY brand has “rolled out” pony versions of the TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOTS pals in celebration of International Day of Friendship on July 30, 2015.”
You can read the entire Press Release and the Images, after the jump.
MY LITTLE PONY Brand Honors Famous Best Friends in Celebration of International Day of Friendship
Custom MY LITTLE PONY Figures Include TRANSFORMERS Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie, I Love Lucy’s Lucy and Ethel, and More; Follow #MLPFriendshipDay to Join the Conversation
PAWTUCKET, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A global, pop culture phenomenon, the MY LITTLE PONY franchise from Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) has remained deeply rooted in the value of friendship since it first launched more than 30 years ago. To commemorate the International Day of Friendship, the brand is celebrating famous friendships with one-of-a-kind MY LITTLE PONY figures honoring notable friendships throughout entertainment history. From timeless television personalities to familiar childhood characters, the MY LITTLE PONY brand brings fan favorites to life for the first time as ponies, including beloved best friends from TRANSFORMERS, Sesame Street, I Love Lucy, Clueless and Laverne & Shirley!
In addition to creating the custom MY LITTLE PONY figure collection, to honor the importance and magic of friendship Hasbro has teamed up with generationOn, the youth division of Points of Light, on a global service campaign that uses the core cast of characters from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic animated series to teach children about helping others. The initiative invites children and their families to celebrate friendship by completing acts of kindness and volunteering in their school, neighborhood, or broader community.
For more information on how to get involved with a MY LITTLE PONY service project, parents and caregivers can visit MyLittlePony.Hasbro.com/FriendshipDay. Fans can follow Hasbro on Instagram (@Hasbro) and Twitter (@HasbroNews) and use #MLPFriendshipDay to join the conversation.
About Hasbro
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global company committed to Creating the World’s Best Play Experiences, by leveraging its beloved brands, including LITTLEST PET SHOP, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MONOPOLY, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS, and premier partner brands. From toys and games, television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and lifestyle licensing, Hasbro fulfills the fundamental need for play and connection with children and families around the world. The Company’s Hasbro Studios and its film label, ALLSPARK PICTURES, create entertainment brand-driven storytelling across mediums, including television, film, digital and more. Through the company’s commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro & @HasbroNews) and Instagram (@Hasbro).
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monish
cool, just need one to masterpiece scale
LegionMaximus
I am pretty sure they are customs and will not be sold en masse.
Hasbro never paints the inside of the legs on ponies, even when they're painting bracelets that are supposed to go all the way around the leg or whatever. So the fact that these ponies are painted in those hard-to-reach places indicates that they're customs.
Too bad, because I'd totally buy them.
medicratchet
i want a ratchet pony with Wrench * purrs* and where can you buy them?
robh
ugh…. I showed pics to my daughter and she squealed in delight… sucks if they don't show up.
Hollywood Hoist
I think there is still question about if these are going to come out as official products versus a publicity campaign.
robh
Any idea on when and where these will surface?
Sentinel
That's right, we've been cleaning this thread quite often and I'd rather not have to keep doing so.
Please stay on topic from this point on, otherwise I'll have to start issuing thread bans.
Rodimus Prime
While true, there's more to it than that here. It was discussed, but it is so terrible, that the mods erased it from a thread.
Supertron
I'm kind of disappointed by the people who are SO against any sort of interaction between the two fandoms. Don't get me wrong, I am not a personal fan of MLP (though I am a fan of some of the things fans have made, like a lot of Mandopony's songs).
I just don't understand how the creation of some event exclusive thing affects your life so badly that it ruins your day or something.
If I were to be honest, I wish people like you weren't in this fandom. I don't see why you think people can't like two different things.
Am I hypocritical for saying what I just said? Maybe, but I'd rather someone be thrown out of a fandom for being mean than someone being thrown out because they like something than I don't.
I apologize for Beastwarfan95.
TransfanG1
Simply put, I'd rather not have these kind of people anywhere near my fandom.
Aside from how funny it is to laught at them, it's kinda frightening that they exist.
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MnemonicSyntax
Last one is not a horse.
Saintkaiser/Wolkaiser are also equally awesome.
You know, it's posts like this that I don't understand. As much as I despise MLP, I fail to see how any of that would have any bearing on you, unless you were somehow forced to buy one for everyone present.
Autovolt 127
Those look awesome.
Rodimus Prime
I still say that they remind me of this:
peaces
they put the trans in transformers
Beastwarsfan95
A decent amount, perhaps, but not an overwhelming majority. and I don't see why HASBRO keeps doing these MLP/TF crossovers, aside from both of them being hasbro properties, they have nothing in common. (To my knowlege, at least.)
TransfanG1
I was there for that. I was never more depressed to hear that there was legit sadness that it wasnt being made. There should have been mad cheers when they said that demon spawn would never see the light of day. I know i was relieved.
Hollywood Hoist
There is certainly a decent amount of people here that would like it, also when the Twilight Sparkle repaint of Battle Unicorn was shown at Botcon and said it wasn't getting made there was an audible amount of disappointment, more than almost every other reveal during that panel.