G3 Glitter ponies

[Teagan_Louise]

I have 3 G3 glitter ponies [the see through plastic with visible glitter]

Has anyone had any problems with them feeling really sticky/oily? I had noticed this when I was going through my boxes of ponies.

I'm a bit nervous in giving them a soapy bath incase it makes it worse.

[hlbmlp]

i have one i just got that is sticky but i think that's cuz i found it at a thrifty.  I recently took my pinkie pie back out of her box (i stored her and my other 2003s in their boxes when we moved) and she was reaally stickky and oily.  I hope my others aren't that way. (they're back at home and im at college...) I tried washing her with dish soap and it didnt help. I hope that someone here knows how to fix this and what causes it.

[Pythia]

There was a thread about this on the old boards. It seems that most of the G3 glitters are already having plasticiser breakdown problems, and are becoming sticky and discoloured, even if they're still in their original packaging.

[hlbmlp]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! gosh! this is almost as bad as finding out my childhood ponies randomly started to get cancer and regrind!!!!!  that's sad.... I remember saving up my money from my birthday and christmas for over a year to buy the ponies when the started making them again.  I hope pinkie is the only one that got it!!! :<  I only played with them once or twice then kept them in their boxes.  CURSE YOU HASBRO AND YOUR QUALITY CONTROL FAILS!!!!

[MissSleepless]

Yup, this is an already know issue with the Divine Shine girls. A little sad.

And I haven't heard of Pinkie pie having this issue, the Divine Shines are made of a different plastic blend.

[ashes]

Hmmm, I think I need to revisit my G3s that are in storage.  I haven't noticed any of them having that issue, but I should probably take another look.

[Mapago]

I'm having this problem with my divine shine ponies too =z

[hlbmlp]

Yup, this is an already know issue with the Divine Shine girls. A little sad.

And I haven't heard of Pinkie pie having this issue, the Divine Shines are made of a different plastic blend.

I pulled her out to show my mom how i changed a pinkie into a boy and how they were different. I noticed she was extra shiney and i pulled her out and ... ewwe... she was slimy and gross and sticky and gross... I dunno if it is the same thing but i have kept her in her box since i got her in 2003, only pulling her out for short play when i was younger.  :/  sooo gross.  so sticky... so not coming off!!!

[Pythia]

Yeah, it's only the Divine Shine ones that seem to have this problem so far.

[MissSleepless]

Yup, this is an already know issue with the Divine Shine girls. A little sad.

And I haven't heard of Pinkie pie having this issue, the Divine Shines are made of a different plastic blend.

I pulled her out to show my mom how i changed a pinkie into a boy and how they were different. I noticed she was extra shiney and i pulled her out and ... ewwe... she was slimy and gross and sticky and gross... I dunno if it is the same thing but i have kept her in her box since i got her in 2003, only pulling her out for short play when i was younger.  :/  sooo gross.  so sticky... so not coming off!!!

That is strange :s I'm not sure what to suggest other than wipe her down with something that absorbs oil, but not too much. That does sound similar to what's happening with the DS though.

At this rate the G1's will outlive some of the G3's.

[relcelestia]

must be something about that clear plastic because G2 hip holly has the same problem
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and so does brazil twist btw...

[cesprins]

Don't make them like they used to, as the saying goes. That's too sad. In the future those ponies won't be around.

[Starbright]

I have heard that this is what happens before ponies turn really hard. I have been wanting to get the DS ponies but now...

[Diamond]

I shall have to check ours, we have both loose and MIB and have not had any issues with them. 

[CrystalCrown]

i have 2 of them and they're both sticky, my orange one discolored to more of a pinkish orange (im baiting her), and my pink one is sticky too, and her legs are starting to discolor

not related, but some of my regular g3's are also starting to have head and body color mismatches. ugh... why did they have to make the g3's with such bad material that they have to discolor after only a couple years?!