G2 custom blanks?

Grace Ruby

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Hi there, I know i'm jumping into an old post but I just made an account as I found this website through this thread! I'm a huge G2 fan based in the UK and I'm in the early stages of trying to work with a manufacturer to make HQG2C blanks. I'm new to all of this so I am a bit lost but I am definitely trying to gauge interest among fans. I know G2 isn't as popular as G1, but I think they're so charming, and I want to make lots of custom G2 ponies. I'd definitely need to sell them as well though to finance the cost of production
 
I was so upset to find they had no G2 blanks for sale because I love the body shape and think that they would work for certain pony concepts more than G3 or G1!
I would buy so many.
Other body shapes I’m upset to find they don’t have: Sweet Heart Sister bases! Like what?? That would be so neat for certain designs!
But I can’t justify destroying G2 or SHS for their bodies.
 
I would definitely be super interested! There are others wanting to do this same thing and havent yet. So i guess well see who does! :lolpony:
 
If your idea can be founded then all of us with G2 ponies that are supposed to have wings could actually get the wings. Unicorns for customization, including boy unicorns since boys look the same as girls anyway, as well as donor horns for existing customs (I know you hate hearing that!), G2 glitters, G2 glow in the dark, maybe even a G2 pegasus mold. Once I thought of contacting HQG1C to try to find out if they would make a few G2s. Then I realized that they probably wouldn't be into it.

I honestly think that if the Sweetheart Sisters included a uni and a peg in each set then that would have carried in to the first release of G2 and they would have been popular in the U.S., but when they finally released a uni she wasn't available here. God, it practically caused me pain because she was white on white and a twinkle eye, AND a uni.

Anyway, maybe it's obvious, I love this idea. I would at least be able to give my unicorns their wings! And I could make G2 unicorn version of my ponysona.
 
I'm not sure if pegasus and winged unicorns can be done? There's none with actual wing moulds, and no special slot to tab your own into like with flutters and wingers. But more unicorns would be nice.
 
I'm not sure if pegasus and winged unicorns can be done? There's none with actual wing moulds, and no special slot to tab your own into like with flutters and wingers. But more unicorns would be nice.
I only mean that G2s have removable hair clip wings to make molds out of, so a theoretical HQG2C they could sell the hair clips on their own without customers even having to buy a pony, the way HQG1C allows buyers to purchase a hat or a dragon without buying a big brother or a playset.

My Dainty Dove has the wrong wings (they are Princess Twinklestar's), but I felt she needed some, lol.
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In the G2 comics, stories were written about Wingsong and Moon Shadow that implied that the wings were meant to be shared, since any pony could wear them (those ponies were not sold with wings, but would have them for certain stories).

But, yea, true, feathered pegasus wings would have to be molded from a customizer, G2 didn't have anything like that. It's like a generation of flutter ponies with only seven pairs of wings to pass around and share.
 
I only mean that G2s have removable hair clip wings to make molds out of, so a theoretical HQG2C they could sell on their own without customers even having to buy a pony, the way HQG1C allows buyers to purchase a hat or a dragon without buying a big brother or a playset.

My Dainty Dove has the wrong wings, but I felt she needed some, lol.
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In the G2 comics, stories were written about Wingsong and Moon Shadow that implied that the wings were meant to be shared, since any pony could wear them (those ponies were not sold with wings, but would have them for certain stories).

But, yea, true, feathered pegasus wings would have to be molded from a customizer, G2 didn't have anything like that. It's like a generation of flutter ponies with only seven pairs of wings to pass around and share.
I imagine there'd be a lot of fights over that. It IS a shame though, especially since G2 (and G5) would be perfect for flutter ponies.
 
I imagine there'd be a lot of fights over that. It IS a shame though, especially since G2 (and G5) would be perfect for flutter ponies.
An HQG2C would remake these hair clip wings en masse:555px-Moc-golden-glow.jpeg Currently the wings push the prices of the ponies that came with them into the three digits :surprisepony: , so we need an HQG2C. There were five unis with wings and two non unis.
I wonder about Spring's unique, flimsy wings: G2SpringWingVariant.jpeg
 
An HQG2C would remake these hair clip wings en masse:View attachment 54032 Currently the wings push the prices of the ponies that came with them into the three digits :surprisepony: , so we need an HQG2C. There were five unis with wings and two non unis.
I wonder about Spring's unique, flimsy wings: View attachment 54036
I know about the removable wings, if I'm being honest both the clip-on wings in G2 and G4 are a very tacky and cheap idea, that would be easily broken or lost
 
Honestly yeah, I was thinking about that myself. I've got one of the G2s with a pair of wings, actually the same pony, Dainty Dove. I was pretty surprised actually when she arrived and actually had them. They'd not been mentioned on the sale page, as I recall. A very nice surprise~

But honestly if a special mold could be made that included the wings physically attached to the pony instead of as a clip, honestly, I think I'd like that more. The "magic wings" gimmick's kinda cute but it doesn't really doesn't sit right.... in more ways that one actually. It doesn't fit the pony properly, and I've never had good luck with those kinds of clips. They wear out and can break so easily, I could kinda see it potentially harming the pony (rust, stains, of being clamped for too long, I'm thinking), and it just doesn't look like it belongs on the pony.
 
I know about the removable wings, if I'm being honest both the clip-on wings in G2 and G4 are a very tacky and cheap idea, that would be easily broken or lost
sorry, i misunderstood your comment.
 
I'm loving how much love this project has! I'm constantly working away behind the scenes on making this a reality.

The way things are looking so far is that we'll start with producing just normal blank ponies, first up is the 'sky skimmer' pose because it's my favourite haha I love how elegant and cute it is - seen with sky skimmer, secret tale, parlour ivy etc. My other priority will be the 'clever clover' pose with the hoof up because this is super cute.

Because I can 3d print in HD with the resin printer for those who are following in the Facebook group, this means I can customise the ponies sent off for moulding, which unfortunately do have to be sacrificed (I've been hoarding the baity-est of bait ponies to choose from and we will honour their sacrifice 'cause it breaks my heart a little haha). But as well as sending ponies in their original state, this also means I can add custom parts such as horns and wings (I do have a slightly baity silver swirl that could become a unicorn mould but I don't know if I can let go of her).
I'm not too sure about the selling model yet - whether ponies will be sold whole or if they can be mix-and-matched by buying heads and bodies separately to allow for way more variety in pose and appearance.

Here is on the list of what I'm hoping to achieve so far:
- Customisable versions of all the existing body and head poses (No magic motion or posable ponies as too many extra manufacturing steps and lack of popularity for customising)
- The same but with pegaus wings and unicorn horns
- The babies
- Babies with pegasus wings and unicorn horns
- Entirely new poses including sitting, laying, rearing, seaponies
- Basic accessory replicas such as the clip on wings, tiaras, leg bracelet thingys

The absolute dream of all dreams lol:

- Plushies and playsets
- Custom characters like the HQG1Cs with full colour, hair and paint. My background is in character design for animation so designing real ponies would make my life complete

In terms of making all of this a reality - I am speaking with Clipper who makes the HQG1Cs back and forth but he's been busy with Ponyfair recently and a project like this will never happen overnight anyway. I am saving some personal money to try to invest into this, but it's likely that we will need to work on a pre-order basis as the moulding process is very expensive!

Loving seeing the momentum still going with this
 
It’s amazing to see HQG2C ponies could be becoming a thing. I too would be interested in seeing these become a reality

Would the wings be a brand new shape, not like the clip on wings?
What would happen about the eye gems?
 
It’s amazing to see HQG2C ponies could be becoming a thing. I too would be interested in seeing these become a reality

Would the wings be a brand new shape, not like the clip on wings?
What would happen about the eye gems?
It's definitely happening, just a bit slowly right now! These wings will be moulded to the bodies like all the other generations, I'm working on the 3D files currently! I'd love to eventually make replica clip on wings especially because all my twinkle star ones are broken and I've not got any of the unicorn clip ons. But pegasus bodies will have wings on their body like G1, G3 and G4

At the minute we're torn between putting clear gems in the eyes (eyes will be printed on) and just leaving the holes empty for people to put whatever colour they'd like in
 
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