Where the Rainbow Ends ~My Little Pony~

Background:

Following the success of the earlier 2005 Pony Project Hasbro and Thunderdog Studio decided to have a second one in 2008 to celebrate their 25th year anniversary of the My Little Pony brand. This special program was called, “The MY LITTLE PONY Project: 25 Ponies for 25 Years”.

While that Project was occurring in New York, another 'Pony Project' was occurring in the Netherlands. Special giant 18 inch pony figures were designed by Dutch celebrities, fashion designers, artists and My Little Pony fans. These ponies were then sold on Ebay to benefit WarChild, an organization that strives to give child victims of war a better life.

Translation from WarChild website:

"My Little Pony is 25 years! In honor of its anniversary My Little Pony hold a nationwide action for War Child. A number of famous Dutch artists and has its own super-sized, My Little Pony 'gepimpt' for War Child. The gepimpte ponies were to auctioned on ebay on September 15. The proceeds will go entirely to War Child!"

In addition to this, in the months of June and July at the Child Toy Festival Hive, children could purchase and customize their own blank My Little Pony toy. These toys were sold for € 4.95 and were probably just like the one sold on Hasbrotoyshop.com. It sounds like they could also color their own My Little Pony online from the contest coloring book sheet.

The Blank Pony:

This is the Blank Pony that artists were given to customize. It is 18 inches tall.

The Art:

Customized Ponies	(click on the pony for a full sized image)
	Wendy van Dijk - Dutch Actress and Presenter Final Ebay Price: EUR 66,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 21 Google Translation of WarChild Website: Made by Wendy and her son, Sem
	Jetske van den Elsen - Dutch TV Presenter and War Child Kids Ambassador Final Ebay Price: EUR 50,00 $ Amount: # of Bids: 17 Google Translation of WarChild Website: War Child ambassador kids Jetske van den Elsen decorated her pony in the black and red colors of War Child
	Gerard Ekdom - Dutch Radio DJ Final Ebay Price: EUR 32,00 $ Amount: # of Bids: 19
	Blond Amsterdam - Femque and Janneke - Female design team Final Ebay Price: EUR 207,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 39 Google Translation of WarChild Website: This primeval Dutch delft blue pony is made by designersduo Femque and Janneke, better known as Blond Amsterdam!
	Jack Spijkerman - TV Presenter and Comedian Final Ebay Price: EUR 31,00 $ Amount: # of Bids: 9
	Patrick Martens - Actor Final Ebay Price: EUR 51,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 25
	Maria Kooistra - Actress Final Ebay Price: EUR 76,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 14 Did the white pony Google Translation of WarChild Website: Maria Kooistra made this good matching glitter pony!
	Steve te Pas - Fashion Designer Final Ebay Price: EUR 112,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 14 Did the black pony
	Vivienne van den Assem - Actress Final Ebay Price: EUR 66,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 18
	Bettina Holwerda - Musician Final Ebay Price: EUR 52,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 21
	Sly Masmeijer - Artist / illustrations Final Ebay Price: EUR 121,00 $ Amount: # of Bids: 28 Google Translation of WarChild Website: Sly Masmeijer artist was inspired by tattoo art from the'50s
	Saskia Heijne Final Ebay Price: EUR 102,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 22
	Roland Smit Final Ebay Price: EUR 101,11 $ Amount: # of Bids: 22
	Gemma Pauwels Final Ebay Price: EUR 96,72 $ Amount: # of Bids: 24
	Ton de Jager Final Ebay Price: EUR 42,50 $ Amount: # of Bids: 16

In addition to the custom ponies one (or more) blank ponies were also auctioned off.

Blank Pony

Final Ebay Price: EUR 76,50
$ Amount:
# of Bids: 25