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Description So, pretty much everybody's seen the latest My Little Pony incarnation, right?

Well, if you're a fan, you're probably rather painfully aware of how much the toys don't really look like the ponies they're supposed to represent?

Anyway. Rainbow Dash is my favorite character on the show. And she probably has the most inaccurate toy of the bunch. So, I decided to fix her. This is how Rainbow Dash SHOULD look. I customized her myself. She is re-haired with all her own original hair, except the red, which was too short for me to re-use. So I got some "Pomme d'Amour" Dollyhair, which was almost a perfect match to the original red, and used that instead. I also touched up the pinkish-maroon in her irises and reshaped the eyelash line to look more like Dash and less like Fluttershy, and tried to give her that "determined" look. I also had to touch up all the white on her, in her eyes and on her cutie mark. The decapitated Dash head there (which will belong to my ponysona) is there for comparison.

So, fillies and gentlecolts, I'd say this is at least 20% cooler, wouldn't you?

No, she isn't for sale. And I don't really have plans to mod and sell them because this took a lot of time and I have a real job and a life and other hobbies.

Lauren Faust is one of the few people that I would GIFT one of these girls to, though, for making such an awesome show. She's free to ask for one at any time.

sorry about the edits if you're seeing them all. It's been so long since I uploaded anything that I realize I keep forgetting stuff like the keywords and things...

ADDENDUM:
Okay, unfortunately, I have to reiterate this. While I appreciate that other fans like this mod,
No, I am not selling this toy, and
No, I do NOT do commissions for these, and I do not plan to.
There was only ever one exception, and that was at a different point in my life, so please do not ask.
Thanks.
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Comments: 358

Kazzellin In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 21:34:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! I think it's great to see her with her bangs done right. ^^

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LionHeart-SP In reply to ??? [2011-03-27 13:47:47 +0000 UTC]

she is perfect! she is my favorite on the show too, and i hate how they did her as a figure. thank you for fixing her!!! <3

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brewing-trouble In reply to LionHeart-SP [2011-04-02 15:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks.

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HellfireKitsune In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 06:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful job!

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brewing-trouble In reply to HellfireKitsune [2011-04-02 15:44:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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MorbidLittleThang In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 06:30:38 +0000 UTC]

How awesome! =3
I like the fierce expression you gave her as well as fixing her rainbow mane. ^^

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brewing-trouble In reply to MorbidLittleThang [2011-04-02 15:44:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! She didn't look BAD without the eyebrows, by any means, but it just sort of added something.

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chivadecorazon In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 06:12:16 +0000 UTC]

it is the real reinbow dash no other thing.
I want one

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brewing-trouble In reply to chivadecorazon [2011-04-02 15:44:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

I might make one later to auction. We'll see.

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zodiacspothole In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 05:27:40 +0000 UTC]

Noce! too bad the toys don't REALLY look like this, it would be nice!

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brewing-trouble In reply to zodiacspothole [2011-04-02 15:43:21 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it would be... thanks!

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TheHeroOfTime64 In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 01:44:24 +0000 UTC]

:c so what do you use? a regular RD toy? Cause if so I'd like a tutorial

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brewing-trouble In reply to TheHeroOfTime64 [2011-04-02 15:42:45 +0000 UTC]

Yup, it was the regular $5 store bought hasbro toy that is available at all major toy stores, Walmart, Target, etc.

CustomAnon here on dA did a nice illustrated tutorial on how to mod a pony. It's pretty much in line with the info I gleaned from elsewhere on the interwebs to do this, which is nice... took me a couple weeks to track down all the info I needed, and then boom, that person up and posts everything I wish I had known, here all in one place, after I had already mostly finished Dash! lol.

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QNAMAN In reply to ??? [2011-03-26 01:25:36 +0000 UTC]

You know. But original MLP toys are made in china by poor childs, which never seen original.

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brewing-trouble In reply to QNAMAN [2011-04-02 15:39:58 +0000 UTC]

True, but they are given their instructions by their superiors, who got it from Hasbro Corporate. That means that SOMEONE in authority told them to do it the way they're doing it! Otherwise they'd have just kept making the G3 versions.

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Kirbtaro05 In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 22:03:46 +0000 UTC]

Now THIS is what I'm talking about! I really wish Hasbro would have made them look more like themselves in the first place. Ever since I got into the series, I've been wanting to buy some of the G4 Ponies and touch up their hairstyles to make them more accurate.

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brewing-trouble In reply to Kirbtaro05 [2011-04-02 15:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Do iiiiit! I would love to see other people's work!

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otakugal15 In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 21:26:32 +0000 UTC]

That's so much better than what I did. ; And I am afraid to decapitate her to redo her tail. >>

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brewing-trouble In reply to otakugal15 [2011-04-02 15:37:51 +0000 UTC]

It's not that hard. There are lots of tutorials online as how to do it. Check out Customanon here on dA for one, that person has a whole illustrated tutorial... but you can definitely do it without ruining the pony if you just take your time and don't rush.

Seriously, though, patience is important. It takes me an entire evening to get the head off and plug out. I just don't want to rush and cut through or tear the neck vinyl.

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M-A-Foxfire In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 19:55:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, that is one fiercely awesome pony. I would say at least 80% cooler.

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brewing-trouble In reply to M-A-Foxfire [2011-04-02 15:35:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks muchly!

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Darksaber64x In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 19:01:01 +0000 UTC]

This is much more than 20% cooler than the original. I'd buy this toy.

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brewing-trouble In reply to Darksaber64x [2011-04-02 15:34:55 +0000 UTC]

haha, thanks! I really don't understand why they made her the way they did to start with, because it's not like it took more hair...! So it couldn't be THAT expensive to do!

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JRSpaniel In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 16:31:47 +0000 UTC]

That Dash is now 20% cooler. :3

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brewing-trouble In reply to JRSpaniel [2011-04-02 15:34:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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safe-test In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 16:06:20 +0000 UTC]

This is not 20% cooler. Mainly because the original wasn't any cool.

THIS IS Rainbow Dash herself.

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brewing-trouble In reply to safe-test [2011-04-02 15:34:10 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks!

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STEAMRAVE In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 15:49:53 +0000 UTC]

I love this! You should do Applejack :3

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brewing-trouble In reply to STEAMRAVE [2011-04-02 15:33:59 +0000 UTC]

She's on the list. She'll probably be a month or two away, though.

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FlamingLight In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 15:39:56 +0000 UTC]

Simply put...ME WANT!!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to FlamingLight [2011-04-02 15:33:36 +0000 UTC]

lol... well, I MIGHT wind up making another later and auctioning it off, but we'll see....

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FlamingLight In reply to brewing-trouble [2011-04-02 15:44:22 +0000 UTC]

Ah, well, we'll see what happens for us both there eh? At nay rate, I appreciate the work the fans put into things.
If only i were creative in art, fics, or creations like these.

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AnyaThePurple In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 13:33:12 +0000 UTC]

Cool! Definitely at least 20% cooler!

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brewing-trouble In reply to AnyaThePurple [2011-04-02 15:33:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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BrandyHarringtonLove In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 12:58:55 +0000 UTC]

Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!Ohmygosh!

I want it!!!!!! Much better than what they normally are!!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to BrandyHarringtonLove [2011-04-02 15:33:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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togocure In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 11:42:05 +0000 UTC]

I WANT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is definitely 20% cooler!

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brewing-trouble In reply to togocure [2011-04-02 15:32:48 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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dreameduni In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 09:41:41 +0000 UTC]

her tail is much better nice work!

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brewing-trouble In reply to dreameduni [2011-03-31 20:07:56 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Remescient In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 08:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Gawd, someone explain to me why the official toys are so very OFF, when normal (i.e. nontoymakers) can tweak them just like this and make them perfect? The only one even remotely close is Pinkie Pie, and that's about it.

Anyways, great job! I wish the official toys looked this good.

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brewing-trouble In reply to Remescient [2011-03-31 20:07:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Me too. Maybe it has something to do with how much it costs to pay all those Chinese people to make the toys?? I don't know....

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AngelSamui In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 05:45:49 +0000 UTC]

SO MUCH BETTER!

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brewing-trouble In reply to AngelSamui [2011-03-31 20:07:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Furana In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 05:44:44 +0000 UTC]

this one is is 20% cooler! It actually looks like the one in the movie

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brewing-trouble In reply to Furana [2011-03-31 20:06:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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thelovelypenguin In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 05:04:49 +0000 UTC]

Gosh dangit, I want one! I don't suppose you'd do a guide or something on how to do this. At any rate awesome job!

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brewing-trouble In reply to thelovelypenguin [2011-03-31 20:06:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

A dA user called CustomAnon has a nice tutorial for customizing one of these ponies if you want to try it yourself.

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thelovelypenguin In reply to brewing-trouble [2011-04-01 02:52:04 +0000 UTC]

Okie dokie lokie! Thanks.

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Bluefox02 In reply to ??? [2011-03-25 03:47:23 +0000 UTC]

More like 21% cooler.

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