Comic collecting is a hobby of mine.
*looks at mountain of receipts next to computer desk*
Okay, maybe more than a hobby.
*stack of unread comics falls from place on top of dresser and lands on head*
Ouch! Alright! It's a passion of mine!
*collection of Discord merchandise chuckles amusingly*
Okay… well that wasn't creepy… or ominous… at all.
Right. Part of the comic collecting hobby—once you've reached the point in your collection where all you're doing is keeping up with the most recent releases—is to start collecting various pieces of merchandise that tie into the comic series you are collecting. For a comic property like the one's Marvel produces, allow me to point you to that ocean of merchandise that exists in Amazon, Toy's R Us, your local comic book shop, and the basement of the parents of some guy named Chuck.
For the IDW My Little Pony Comics, it's a different situation. The comic is licensed from Hasbro to help promote both the toy line and the cartoon show that also exists to promote the toy line. Creating tie-in merchandise for a licensed product is not something that happens very often. Archie's
Sonic the Hedgehog Comic Series has lasted for nearly 25 years and outside of a few desktop wall papers there's been no merchandise created that has been inspired by that comic line.
However, as we all know, My Little Pony is a different beast entirely. As such, the licensed comics have had a small, and yet steady release of tie in merchandise featuring the art from the
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Comic Series. The most recent of which was just announced by
Integrity Toys.
Now, before Guardians of Harmony launches and we have a plethora of toys and other memorabilia tying directly into an IDW My Little Pony Comic Line, I figured it would fun to take a look back at some of the more interesting—and nowadays obscure—merchandise that's tied into the comics over the last few years.
You'll be able to find that—and an exclusive reveal for a variant cover to My Little Pony: Art is Magic—after the break!
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