‘My Little Pony’ gets star treatment for charity (AP)
Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. demise auction the special ponies for the Give Kids The World charity as part of a celebration of the gewgaw’s 25th anniversary.
The pastel-colored ponies — with names like Rainbow Dash and Daybreak — usually sport decorations on their hind quarters, often of hearts, balloons or stars. The celebrities and artists were given blank, 18-inch versions of the usually 4-inch-tall ponies to deck, Hasbro spokesman Dan Benkwitt said.
Also designing a pony is 1980s teen idol Deborah Gibson, related Susan Storey, a spokeswoman during the term of the charity.
Hasbro initially announced that the stars of ABC’s “Boston Legal,” including William Shatner and James Spader, would embellish ponies. But Stacey Luchs, a spokeswoman for the exhibit, declared Thursday that Shatner and Spader were insensible of the venture and would not have a part in.
Artists subtle ponies include illustrator Catalina Estrada from Spain, New York graffiti artist-turned-designer Claw Money and Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno.
A pony designed by Estrada was expected to be unveiled at a collectors’ fair this weekend in Providence, Benkwitt said. The others will be unveiled during a gallery event in Manhattan in September, when they also will be auctioned.
