Finally! Fan-Made 3D ‘My Little Pony’ Replicas, Penis-Free
Click here for reuse options!Hasbro has announced a partnership with Shapeways—a retailer of user-created 3D-printed wares (read: Etsy for technophiles)—to sell My Little Pony figurines designed by amateur artists. Under the new program, which lives at SuperFanArt.com, independent artists will design original 3D models of Pony tchotchkes, and Shapeways will print the figurines on demand for paying customers who want their own.
Although the venture is billed as “art by fans for fans,” the first few designs available for purchase are most notable for their lack of penises, a bizarre aberration in any crowdsourced Internet art project—and clear evidence that this embrace of fandom may not be all it seems. Indeed, while Shapeways is rather cagey about the screening process in its blog post about the partnership, Hasbro spilled the beans to The New York Times, revealing that the toy company must approve each fan-made design before it’s sold “to ensure they are not obscene, violent or hateful.”
In other words, Hasbro wants to bolster My Little Pony revenue with a little bit of Internet, but not too much Internet.
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
24 responses to Finally! Fan-Made 3D ‘My Little Pony’ Replicas, Penis-Free
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Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 08:20
How does he go pee pee?
Carla Akins July 22nd, 2014 at 08:42
Pfft, details.
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:08
As you get older you’ll see that those details are really important.
Orrin Cratch July 22nd, 2014 at 09:40
Exactly! Worse yet, it means I’ll never be able to complete my collection with an anatomically accurate My Little Past-Middle-Age Post-Prostate-Surgery Pony® complete with Magic Catheter®!
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:47
How DARE they!
Hirightnow July 22nd, 2014 at 11:28
MAGIC!
(duh…)
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:52
Indwelling Foley catheter?
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 08:20
How does he go pee pee?
Carla Akins July 22nd, 2014 at 08:42
Pfft, details.
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:08
As you get older you’ll see that those details are really important.
Orrin Cratch July 22nd, 2014 at 09:40
Exactly! Worse yet, it means I’ll never be able to complete my collection with an anatomically accurate My Little Past-Middle-Age Post-Prostate-Surgery Pony® complete with Magic Catheter®!
Anomaly 100 July 22nd, 2014 at 09:47
How DARE they!
Hirightnow July 22nd, 2014 at 11:28
MAGIC!
(duh…)
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:52
Indwelling Foley catheter?
William July 22nd, 2014 at 08:23
No penis? No problem.
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:51
I would actually think the TeaBigots would like penises on their toys. Since they haven’t seen or used theirs for years, it would be like a whole new learning experience trying to figure out what it is.
William July 22nd, 2014 at 08:23
No penis? No problem.
BanditBasheert July 22nd, 2014 at 12:51
I would actually think the TeaBigots would like penises on their toys. Since they haven’t seen or used theirs for years, it would be like a whole new learning experience trying to figure out what it is.
Eric Trommater July 22nd, 2014 at 11:34
They took away crowd sourcers ability to give gentiles childhood toys? What’s next, moderating YouTube comments? No more Ron Paul 2012 postings on my Pink Floyd anthology? What has the world come to?
Hirightnow July 22nd, 2014 at 11:35
I blame Obama.
M D Reese July 22nd, 2014 at 12:08
I’m sure you’re not alone…
Eric Trommater July 22nd, 2014 at 11:34
They took away crowd sourcers ability to give gentiles childhood toys? What’s next, moderating YouTube comments? No more Ron Paul 2012 postings on my Pink Floyd anthology? What has the world come to?
Hirightnow July 22nd, 2014 at 11:35
I blame Obama.
M D Reese July 22nd, 2014 at 12:08
I’m sure you’re not alone…