MD Pony Meet 2012 Photos and Reviews!

[MustBeJewel]

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MD Pony Meet 2012
Photos and Reviews!
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As you all saw on meet day, I hired a close friend of mine to be our
wandering photographer throughout the day, since
I'm always too busy to take pictures myself.

And so, I didn't take any of these myself, and you all might need to help me identify people's artwork, tables, etc.

Beginning of the day, everyone begins to arrive and set up.

Those tall silver things are heaters, since meet day was much chillier than usual!
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The FREE table begins to accumulate some interesting things...

This year's littlest meet-goer

Adorable Newborn Baby Brother customs by HeftySmurf76

Things start to pick up around mid-morning.

Custom plushes by Anitas_Mom (MoonStars) are always a hit!

Look at those fancy hairstyles!!

For our Ask Princess Celestia mini-game, Kar Red Roses donated an adorable Smarty-Pants-style "mailmare" Derpy Hooves / Ditzy Doo for our display.

Prize table

Despite being so overcast, it was actually bright outside, which makes the tent look dark from this perspective.

Kar Red Roses' full lifesize Smarty-Pants doll also joined us at the meet.

Corpsey-Puff's adorable (yet spooky!) My Little Demon artwork display.

Even AJ took a break from work on the farm to join us in Maryland!

Alas, the meet CAN be a tiring experience...

For some reason, I don't have actual photos of the Elements of Harmony by Skippety-Doo! :frown: Does anyone have a photo? They were so cute!!

My Little Pony Collector's Inventory books by Summer Hayes -- I have all of them!

Oo, I wonder who those handsome boys went home with!

Some of the custom contest entries--this year's theme was Candy!

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More of Anita's Mom's plushies-- I definitely saw several of these go to new homes!

Our surprise event this year was called:

Ponyland A-Z

For this event, each participant had a pen and paper, and we then picked letters of the alphabet from a box.

Contestants had 60 seconds to write down as many official pony names as they could that began with that letter.

Sweet Tune and Lil Alley Cat tied in the initial round, and Sweet Tune ended up taking the prize by one pony! Congratulations, Sweet Tune!!

Steves_Minty brought these adorable Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle-inspired cookies from her bakery in New York

Pony Cakes!

Our three pony cakes (made from a Wilton pan) before being presented to meet-goers.

They were made with care by:
Rose Rebellion (head chef)
Skippety-Doo (sous-chef)
and MustBeJewel (curious onlooker / hey-can-I-do-Derpy's-eye?)

^ Before icing ^

G2 Morning Glory

G4 Derpy Hooves / Ditzy Doo

G1 Ice Crystal

Supplemental cake because people seemed to be hesitant to cut into the pony ones.

Sea Pony Quarter Toss

With new sea pony standups made by Rose Rebellion and myself, the sea pony quarter toss game was looking better than ever this year!

Each participant could drop a quarter into the top, and try to land it on one of the pedestals:

Applejack's Apple Toss

This new game for 2012 was developed by me (MBJ) and brought to fruition with the help of:

Skippety-Doo
Willow
Hindsight

with final coats by Anoriel and myself.

The game stands several feet tall and several feet wide, and consists of three different sized holes for people to toss apples into. Kudos to my step-brother for doing all the jig-sawing for us. k:

The "Apples" we used are actually stress-relief apples :apple:

MD Pony Meet Scooter Race

One of the yearly highlights, for sure! :woot:

Willow's MLP Bullseye

Developed, produced, and run by Willow

Nerf guns are awesome.

In case of emergency, pony standups can be used for sniper barricades.

Custom Contest

This year: CANDY! :e5:

The Custom Contest was run and maintained by the lovely Skippety-Doo

I love how diverse all the entries are!

Smile, everyone! :biggrin:

Now smile silly! :394:

Our lucky raffle winner, who now has her very own
Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadence!! :mrgreen:

Pony Karaoke

A last-minute addition, this karaoke DVD I made has about 17 different songs on it, all with the vocals removed and most with lyrics on screen.

As always, the FREE table had some... interesting donations by the end of the meet. :hysterical:

Whoever donated the dinosaur skeleton... I love you.


NOTE: All contents of the FREE table will be auctioned off via Ebay to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital within the next few weeks.



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Thanks for all your help, everyone!
Feel free to contribute your own photos, comments, and memories to this thread!!
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[Willow]

I love all the photos of my back :lol:

This year was a lot of fun! It was great meeting new people and seeing old friends.

 

[DialgaBritesMom]

Love the pics! Did anyone take a pic of the interior decor of the portapotty (what a misnomer haha)? I never got around to using it (must have been a good bladder day) but sure heard a lot about it...!

 

[Okore]

Oogh, that picture of me holding CJ. Remind me never to smile again, is that what I look like?! Lol.

Great scooter race pictures that Ren took!

 

[Avaind]

Love the pics! Did anyone take a pic of the interior decor of the portapotty (what a misnomer haha)? I never got around to using it (must have been a good bladder day) but sure heard a lot about it...!

I did! I'll post it soon!

 

[roserebellion]

Love the pics! Did anyone take a pic of the interior decor of the portapotty (what a misnomer haha)? I never got around to using it (must have been a good bladder day) but sure heard a lot about it...!

Guilty! I took tons of photos in there for mom, as per request XD I kinda wished I knew how to take video on her camera, so I could record the fact it played music as well!

I still need to upload photos to the laptop. But it supposedly is on its last legs, so I've been focusing on making sure all my files in any immediate danger are backed up first.

It was definitely a fun year, that's for sure. I really enjoyed catching up with everyone, chatting up with so many of you I only see this time of year!

 

[bigmlpfan]

Very cool pics :nod:

Bigmlpfan xx

 

[cannibalcow]

ahhh looks like SO MUCH FUN ahh i can't wait to go some year ^_^ loving the pics

 

[Mirakat]

Wow, this year was another big success it seems and great photos. I felt like I was there. Maybe someday.

 

[greengrrrl]

Loved all the photos... I noticed a few of my own "wants" in there. LOL

The kid absolutely loved seeing them all too. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[autumn rose]

So much fun! Look at that! Ponies to the extreme..you know I love it! Dynamite!

 

[WaterFire]

This looks so awesome, I am so jealous of you all!

Do these ever happen in the UK? They're probably posted somewhere here, if someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.

 

[MustBeJewel]

This looks so awesome, I am so jealous of you all!

Do these ever happen in the UK? They're probably posted somewhere here, if someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.

You're in luck, actually There's a huge annual convention in the UK, namely the UK Pony Con:

UK PONYCON International MLP Convention Forum - Home

If I could get across the pond, I'd be there in a heartbeat! There are probably smaller meets too, but you'll have to ask around for those.

 

[WaterFire]

You're in luck, actually There's a huge annual convention in the UK, namely the UK Pony Con:

UK PONYCON International MLP Convention Forum - Home

If I could get across the pond, I'd be there in a heartbeat! There are probably smaller meets too, but you'll have to ask around for those.

Excellent, thank you!

 

[DemonicSymphony]

Haha! I was peeking through and there's one photo of my back. I only spotted me because I could see Jay towering over everyone else with that red hat. Guess that's what he gets for being nearly 6'4"

He's always easy to spot!

I had SO MUCH FUN even if I did only stay a couple hours. Hopefully next year I can stay longer. Peanut will be nearly a year old and I won't be pregnant! (and I'll probably get us a hotel room so she and Daddy can run away from the ponies if need be )

 

[Kaiterbelle]

This looks soooo amazing! All those pony tables..siiigh! I wish I could
have gone, but my hubby was working an autograph convention
that weekend and needed me there :-/
Next year for sure!

 

[roserebellion]

Because I am a dork, and I'm not afraid to show that fact :3

Rest of the pics here: MD Meet 12 pictures by vampirecheetah - Photobucket

 

[josiekat]

Man.....I SO have to try to get there next year.

 

[moonrane]

Wow that's alot of ponies!!!! I love the plushies and the cakes were too cute to eat lol. I also liked the games like the applejack game. :yippie:

 

[sweetiebabyfizzy]

TWO years in a row I have missed the MD meet because of the Army. :violin:

I really wish I could have been there. I miss my pony friends so much. Did anyone notice I was missing again?! *sob*

I looove the pictures, wow it's bigger and more amazing than ever. Just wow. Great job you guys!

PONIES!!!!