My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Image #268,285

I know the feel bro.
holds Dashie and Applejack

I think the ring could be removed and the are covered with a hat, for maximum accuracy. There’s no way I would walk around with the ponies dangling freely for some angry and/or unknowing person to rip off. Not if I paid more than 1 cent for it.

Besides, feeling insecure in masculinity for buying an MLP FiM toy is not something that should be; rather, you should feel highly masculine for getting over the mental hurdle and actually looking another person in the eye in public and asking for a toy. Now THAT is manliness.