@Admiral Stone
 
If you can make them believe that you did use the figure as intended and that the damage isn’t your fault, they might send you a free replacement, since it was their mistake then for not letting it get manufactured better.

OK, probably a pointless thing to ask here, but does anyone know how to fix one of these? I was just pressing the flight trigger on the tail to fly it as usual, and all of a sudden a piece of the trigger broke. The broken piece fell out a little later, and while I tried to disassemble it to try and fix it, it was ultimately a failed attempt due to the collar armor holding the thing together. Is there a way to disassemble it without breaking it further? I’m already attempting to contact Hasbro about this, but I want to know if I can save the action feature without having to buy a replacement.

@FleetWing  
Because we needed living proof that at minimum, somepony and some griffon somewhere mated at least once.

@FleetWing  
Because money and fun.

Why

Classic hippogriff: 1/2 griffon, 1/2 horse (1 parent is a griffon)  
Cirrus and other OCs: 1/4 griffon, 3/4 pony (1 grandparent is a griffon)  
This: 1/8 griffon, 7/8 pony (1 great-grandparent is a griffon)

@Twilatron217  
Although original Greek descriptions of sirens were more harpy-like than mermaid.

@Sevness  
Also you would think a griffon would be bigger than a hippogriff

@Twilatron217
 
The Windegos where also ghost/spirits instead of something physical and gaunt, looking like a frozen emaciated corpse. Ahuitzotl was supposed to look more like a dog with hands and a hand for a tail instead of the abomination that he is. The Sirens where off too like you said, as well as various other inaccuracies, mostly to make really scary looking things more kid-friendly.
 
My thought is they chose to go with pony with talons is either 1) the fandom inspired the design as there are many more pony headed hippogriffs than bird headed ones and/or 2) they wanted to make sure people, namely kids, didn’t mistake them for griffons, since traditional Hippogriffs are literally just griffons with a horse butt instead of a lion butt, and the visuals might confuse kids if they didn’t separate it.

I like Hippogriffs that are gryphon in front and horse in the back, but this will work too.

@Background Pony #7D3A  
It isn’t the first time the show has had mythological inaccuracies  
Sirens were humanoid predatory mermaids but the sirens in MLP were basically hippocampus

@Background Pony #913F  
I didn’t necessarily mean permanent change, I just wanted to see it.

Last time I checked, an actual hippogriff was bird front - horse rear. 50-50. Not a pony with claws on front hooves and a muzzle that vaguely resembles a beak. Where’d they get that design from?

@DashingJack  

 
Silver Quill? Isn’t that the guy with the edgy Hippogriff OC?
 
“Oh look at my OC. He’s is so special! He has a bird head and a Cutie Mark!”
 
Couldn’t just make a normal Hippogriffin like everyone else, could he? Well at least he’s not black-red…
 
(Just kidding, of course.)

@Hateot  

 
This comment coming from someone whose avatar is Geralt is making me think of this Hippogriff as a Witcher contract boss.
 
I want to throw down with it on the field of the hunt.

Silver Quill is going to love this.

@Stotter  
Why? If we have classical unicorn OCs, why we can’t have classical hippogriff OCs?

Disappointed about the hoers face, but that’s one imposing hoers.

He or she, that’s one manly motherfucker.

I hope after we see this animated, we see Silver Quill redesigned to fit the canon depiction of hippogriffs.

Wait… those eyelashes. Is it a she?
 
I hope it’s a she.

@CirrusSky  
Right up you ally eh?

Mmff…can I keep him? :3

@CirrusSky  
You would……stupid sexy hybrid.

I’ll take 12 please!