What's the WORST condition you've ever found a pony in?

[Safflower]

So, what's the worst condition you've ever found a pony in? Did they have no hair or were they filled with rust and mold? Did they stink to high heavens or were they horrendously stained and scribbled on?

For me, it was a Medley with tail and mane cuts, symbol rubs, a bit a scribbles, and major rust.

What about you?

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Probably this Baby Tiddley-Winks that I found at the Goodwill last month:

Spoiler

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Even though her hair is still perfect and unfaded.

[Leave a Whisper]

Probably this Baby Tiddley-Winks that I found at the Goodwill last month:

Spoiler

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Even though her hair is still perfect and unfaded.

Oh dude that's foul!

[Safflower]

Yikes That is nasty... Hope you got all of it cleaned up though because her hair looks great!

[SpookyTrees]

Probably this Baby Tiddley-Winks that I found at the Goodwill last month:

Spoiler

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Even though her hair is still perfect and unfaded.

OMG! 🤢

[Taffeta]

Maybe the Applejack my sister has with her nose bitten off. No photo though :/

[tulagirl]

A flocked pony covered in Cat Pee that was in Mint condition and nothing I tried fixed my pony and all her flocking fell off.  Thus, Cat Pee Pony was born.  Mind you the seller told me they had cats but that the pony did not leave her house like that.  Funny though the mailer didn't stink on the outside. 

[princess]

I was about to reply to this with colorfaded from sun, foggy eyes, and brown spots all over then I realize I was describing one of my Furby LOL.  Ponywise, probably a super browned Barnacle with the bottom of his foot chewed off. and other chew marks   I actually finally got around to customizing him last monthish.  Didn't go well since he was my first custom, but still much better than before!

here's the only before I have though ( the darkest one in the middle ) he looks much nicer in the photo than he did irl
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

[Shy Violet]

Hmm, I got a lot of ponies that my friend rescued from a preschool. They all have awful, dry hair from being bleached, rust inside and lots of age spots. They're in rough shape and I've been slowly working on restoring them. I think the worst ones are Quarterback, Sundance and Flutterbye.

[pikkupapupata]

I don't have a photo handy, but I recently got a FF Cotton Candy. I was excited to have her. I was cleaning her up with a soapy sponge and Magic Eraser, wearing gloves, and noticed that the Eraser was all pink, and there was some pink colour coming off of Cotton Candy, but she didn't look abnormal. I was very puzzled, and so finished cleaning her up and went online to try to find out what was happening. I read about plasticiser leakage, and how ponies with this process happening can feel sticky. Well, she felt sticky. She also has some brown/grey age spots that are large blotchy. So, I've never dealt with this before, and she is now quarantined until I figure out what to do with her. I guess this might be relatively tame, but I think this is the worst I've found thus far, in addition to the Peppermint Crunch I described in the other thread about her.

[poniesthatsparkle]

My Sweet Tooth takes the cake for this one. She looked fine on the outside except for some tail rust and a receding hairline. Then I opened her up. I thought it was mold inside of her, but then on closer inspection I noticed bits of dead grass as well. The poor thing had dirt inside of her! She cleaned up beautifully, though, and I'm happy to have her in my herd.

[LadyMoondancer]

I don't remember exactly where I got her, but at one point I had a discolored Gingerbread riddled with age spots PLUS when I say 'discolored' I mean completely brown.  Not only was her pink streak faded out, but ALL her hair was faded and the texture was just nasty and awful.  I washed and conditioned it many times trying to improve it, but there was no way.  Her body was also permanently greasy (maybe from plasticizer leaching out).  I washed her and washed her, but she was just gross to touch.

I finally sold her on eBay in a small lot with other 'bait' ponies.  I hope she at least made a good custom bait for someone.

To be honest she kind of put me off Gingerbread as a pony, even though I know she looks amazing when she's in good condition.

[Taffeta]

I have to admit that my original Starshine is a bit disgusting. She wasn't perfect when we found her at the carboot sale but she is progressively browner as time goes on. My Sea Mist is also...yeah. Those ponies are so easily doomed :'(

[Shaz]

I have a tendency to "rescue" very damaged ponies, and try to restore them or at least dress them up so that their flaws don't show. Thus my collection is home to:

- G3 Meadowbrook who had no back legs (I sculpted new ones out of Milliput).
- Headless Princess Amethyst.
- Baby Dibbles with no eyes, faded hair and no symbols.
- Sweet Notes with only one ear and a chewed face.
- Greek Baby Bluebelle who had been cut in half. This actually put a usually expensive pony in my price range, and gluing her back together was pretty simple, so I am especially pleased with her.
- Majesty with holes in her feet, chewed ears and half her horn missing - I think she fell into the clutches of a dog.

I don't have pictures on my phone of most of them, but here's how I managed to make Majesty look presentable:
https://imgur.com/a/rXLQM

[Ponyfan]

Mine's pretty mild compared to most of these stories but I found a G1 Moondancer at a garage sale for $.25 or $50. She had really worn symbols and some pink marks on her body but I didn't mind too much as I didn't have a Moondancer at the time. I brought her home and put her on a table. A little while later I noticed a wet spot near Moondancer. It turned out she was full of water and it was leaking out through her tail hole.

Ponyfan