• Nightly Roundup #539


    Welcome everyone to another edition of the Nightly Roundup! Yeah, I know we didn't have one last night, but when you have only five items to roundup at 4am in the morning, you know it's time to give up and go to bed.

    Tonight thankfully we have enough for a healthy dose of pony news! So check on after the break to get your pony on so to speak.


    Hearth's Warming Care Package Update!


    It's that time of year for giving and in usual fashion, Bronies walked up to the plate and scored a home run! Thanks to all of you that participated, the care package has been completed and sent off to families in need. Check out all the details below!

    As of today, the Hearth's Warming Care Package is proud to announce that the project is complete and the package is in the mail to Kiki and the Havivy family. We'd like to thank all who participated and aided the project for making it such a success.

    Special congratulations to the winners of our fanfiction contest. Our grand prize went to Pav Feira's story "Pinkie Pie's Balloons", which was fully illustrated for the anthology of stories sent to the family. The illustrated story, as well as all the other entries in the anthology, are available to download (.pdf) at the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?xvfulvqkdq1120j 

    We wish the Havivy family a Happy Hearth's Warming and hope they enjoy the package. As always, if you would like to give to the Havivy family, please visit their website at http://giveforward.com/supportkikiscancerfund.

    We look forward to working on another care package next year. If you'd like to be a part, or know a way to improve the project, we'd love your help. Contact us at hearthswarming@gmail.com

    Happy Hearth's Warming to all!

    The Hearth's Warming Care Package Project

    Tara Strong and Other VAs Preform 12 Days of Christmas



    Awesome Stuff Out of Taiwan

    More pony related stuff continues to come in from Asia as Taiwan reports of Bronies popping up at one of the country's largest gaming conventions as well as a Brony making a presentation at an academic conference. Amazing how pony is truly everywhere! Take a look at the links below for articles on each event.

    Taiwan Bronies at Gaming Convention

    Brony in Academic Conference

    Brony Offering Free Steam Games!

    Everyone loves free games right? Well, some generous pony fan is offering some up for grabs in a new contest! Check out the video below for details.



    New Pony Toysets to Hit Russia

    For you Russian fans out there you can expect more pony merchandise to be on the way! According to Russian toy store Detskii mir, the following toys will be introduced in 2013:

    • Spa Pony Collection
    • Cutie Pony Collection
    • Fashion Pony Collection
    • Pony Wedding Set
    • Cloudsdale Set
    • Groovin Hooves Set
    • Pony Lesson Set
    • Royal Surprise Set

    http://www.detmir.ru/product/index/id/65551/ - proof link (In russian, but google can handle it)


    New Bronies React Videos and Reaction Submissions

    New episodes of Bronies reacting to the latest episodes of MLP are in and can be found below along with descriptions on how to submit your own reactions for Apple Family Reunion!

    Magic Duel

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h18HwqX3ch4

    and Sleepless out,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV6XQ9rcE8U

    with Wonderbolt Aca. currently being prepared for release.

    The time for reaction submission is from that episode's airing , to
    the following Wednesday, until 11:59 P.M. EST.. There are editing
    requirements for each submission, mentioned in the video description.

    However, due to the holidays, submissions for Apple Family Reunion
    have been extended to this Sunday, until 11:59 P.M.

    Christmas Lights Programmed to Pony Music



    Podcasts/Vlogs/Ect

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    Radio Free Equestria - Episode 14

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    Radio Free Equestria 14
    The Alicorn Amulet


    Trixie acquired the Alicorn Amulet, but aside from giving her vast powers (eclipsing even Twilight Sparkle), it also made her "weirder and weirder."  (It's hard to tell if her distrust of wheels is pre or post evil magic artifact).  Also, are there police in Equestria, let alone Ponyville?  Just why are age and time spells so much more difficult than other magics?  What about summoning spells?

    Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy give eachother a "look," and we are convinced that Pinkie Pie never returned from the mirror universe.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Xo6GpyJPw
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    Cantercast Daily - Episode 14

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    The Show

    On today's Cantercast Daily, despite saying we wouldn't do any shows--we're back! We talk about how My Little Pony's twitter account said they WOULD be on Google then they're not, and we got the EXCLUSIVE statement-- tune in to find out what they said. We also talk about charities, and comics at Hot Topic. That much and more!

    Join us on twitter on twitter
    Our website is canterlot.net
    you can find out google plus page here.
    email us at admin@cantercast.net or lou.gagliardi@cantercast.net with your feedback, opinions or just to say you love the show.


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    Successful Meetups

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    Chicago Meetup


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    On December 16, over sixty bronies gathered in Chicago for the Midwest Brony Division's Hearth's Warming Celebration. There was everything from food to party games to ornament making to a live band playing Winter Wrap Up. We also held contests for ugly sweaters and pony costumes, and our winner received a Twilight Sparkle pinata filled with My Little Pony fruit snacks. At the end of the event, we raffled off a beautiful Sweetie Belle plushie, and raised over $300 in tickets, which we sent to Kiki Havivy.

    Happy Hearth's Warming from The Midwest Brony Division!
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    Bristol Bronies Meetup


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    Tonight, the Bristol Bronies once more, crawled the streets of
    Bristol, in their seven member strong group. This meet, was lead by
    FireSparkle, who, while keeping all members organised and to some
    schedule, ended up having the group split, on more than one occasion.
    Along with gifts of donuts, supplied by NeonPixel, one of the groups
    avid audiophiles, the band of Bronies managed to reach the destination
    of Forbidden Planet. Once the 'booty' had been 'plundered', and tails
    of the glorious cargo of pony related items the shop will be stocking
    in the next few months were told, and other talk of interesting
    things. A large number of Subway toasted, and untoasted, sandwiches
    were eaten. Thus ending the meet.
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    Comic Fiesta Malaysian Meetup


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    I hereby want to submit a meetup report for you to feature. This meetup is a historical meetup as we have over 50 bronies appeared in one same meetup and our largest one yet in Malaysia. Also we called it the Great Brony invasion and it is a success! Comic Fiesta is an annual convention of all genres of comics, animations, and internet memes. So there are over 20, 000 people turned up there. For our great news, we are recognized in the convention as My Little Pony is mentioned all over the place at the hall especially with us Parading our Giant Twilight Plushie that one of our talented members made. It was fun and a crazy weekend with so much stuff to see and experience with. With hidden bronies everywhere, we are proud to introduce them to our Malaysian FB page.

    Here i attached a Google Doc for us to share to everypony~ <3

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/18AfkQ-Rgh52Ql_IdUfzE3D_bkjfY3shG6ZAElY6SsV0/edit

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    Groups/Meetups/Guilds Looking for More

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    North Carolina Meetup

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    I'm hosting a meetup at a coffee house in concord sometime this january. It is a small family business that could really use a boost, so it's for a good cause. There will be music, you can contact me and you can reserve a vender, there'll be baked goods and coffee, and hot chocolate, and more. 

    Join this page and you'll be instantly invited to the meetup Team Brony North Carolina


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    Merch/Ebay Stuff
    Pony Headbands 
    Perler Bead Cosplay Headband (Earth and Pegasus)
    Perler Bead Cosplay Headband (Unicorn)
    Rainbow Plush
    Pinkie Pie Plush