@WyrmSpawN  
More like unfair.

@Lovetime17  
COurse not, that would be ever so beastly.

@WyrmSpawN  
Is it permanent?

@Lovetime17  
Magic.

How does that thing even work?

@tesla500  
Awesome! Thanks.

I hear these are great for repelling Bigfoots.

@Red Cedar  
Here’s the manufacturer’s label: https://derpibooru.org/804528

I got caught in this a few times at this convention.
 
 
@Ponytickler  
It wasn’t a metal detector. It only detected if someone passed through it.
 
 
@Beau Skunky  
The manufacturer’s label on the side of this thing was hilarious. It was made by Sparkle Enterprises.

@Ponytickler  
I was kidding around.

@Beau Skunky  
Hey, everyone has a fetish. Mine just happens to be ticking. Be thankful it’s not one of the darker fetishes. You wouldn’t my name to be PonyTorturer, would you?

@Ponytickler  
Stop tickling ponies!

This would be even more awesome if someone dressed as a security pony was standing nearby.
 
Also, I’m willing to bet that this is a working metal detector. Conventions attract the occasional sick freak along with us harmless fans.

@Background Pony #E406  
Nah, there’s a tiny red button on a long cord that snaked out the side. In this shot it’s bundled with the power cable on the left, then goes behind the ATM, under the rug, and back around to the side where you would’ve seen a BronyCAN staff member. When someone walks through, it’ll flash green unless if that button’s held down, in which case it’ll flash red. We made sure to set it off whenever any show staff went through.  
Source: I was co-head of the theming dept. for BronyCAN’14

@Background Pony #E406
 
Changeling detector. Whenever someone went through, it flashed either green or red.
 
Before I went through, I loudly proclaimed, “This thing had better show that I’m a monster!”
 
It flashed green. Clearly, it was defective.

This was auctioned off for 200 dollars.

is that an actual metal detector?

Say what you want about bronies, but this fanbase impresses me sometimes.