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I'm working on a letter to Hasbro . . .

2006-08-11T16:49:13Z

If you haven't seen the Hasbro collector's survey, take a look and fill it out! I'm very excited about the fact that Hasbro is actually asking for our advice for once!

http://www.hasbro.com/survey/mlp_collectors.htm

I'm writing a letter to Hasbro based on their hint that they might reissue the first six ponies. Here's a rough draft:

Dear Hasbro,

I took your online My Little Pony collectors survey--thank you for thinking about collectors!

In your survey, you mentioned that you wanted to do something special for My Little Pony's 25th Anniversary. Specifically, you brought up the possiblity of re-releasing the original six G1 ponies (Minty, Blossom, Butterscotch, Cotton Candy, Snuzzle, and Blue Belle.)

I would be so thrilled to be able to buy a set of reissued G1 ponies! However, I do ask you to keep in mind that the first six ponies are not the most popular ponies in the eyes of collectors. Don't get me wrong, they're well-liked . . . but they're all in one static (some would say boring) pose.

So I have a suggestion.

My suggestion is this: reissue the original six ponies, BUT put them in different G1 molds instead of their original pose. For example, put one in the sitting mold (which is wildly popular with collectors, by the way), put one in the head-turned "shy" pose, put one in the "striding" pose, and so on.

This would be popular for several reasons. For one thing, collectors LOVE getting variants, so some collectors who would not otherwise have bought the reissues (because they already have the original "first six" ponies) would be buying them. For another thing, the poses are more exciting, which would generate additional interest. And for a third thing, collectors wouldn't have to worry about how to tell apart a G1 original pony from a G1 reissue on eBay.

There are a lot of G1 "earthling" poses (poses for regular ponies who aren't unicorns or pegasi.) Any of them would be great. As I mentioned before, the sitting pose is especially popular with fans. Heck, you could just release ALL the original six ponies in the sitting pose and collectors would go nuts fighting to get to them.

I hope you give this serious consideration, as I think it would both please MLP collectors and increase your sales. Thanks for your time!

When characters get angry

2006-08-08T19:16:22Z

Just thought I'd share this story I found on Penny Arcade's Writer's Block forum.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073829938

HA!

Incidentally, the Writer's Block is a great place to get honest critiques. Not for the thin-skinned, however. And no fanfic allowed. (Thankfully I actually read the stickied "READ ME FIRST" thread for once!)

First pooooost!

2006-08-07T19:49:51Z

This is Lemon (LadyM) here . . . I wanted to make a writing journal for ideas, plots, and random scribblings. ^_^

I realized recently that even though I want to write, I wasn't. A plot would start to sprout and I would immediately spray it with the weedkiller of self-doubt because it was too. Too cliched, too nonsensical, too stupid, too strange. Well, no more. I bought a notebook and am scribbling down everything I can think of, which turns out to be a hell of a lot. I'm not saying they're good ideas, but, hey, shit is great fertilizer, right? ;)

Anyway, I don't know exactly what I'll be posting here. Probably random plot bunnies, snippets of dialogue, and questions on whether what Character A is doing makes any sense.

The LJ name is a take off on NaNoWriMo, but with L for Lemon. Why? I . . . I don't know.