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35th Starshine
« on: August 29, 2018, 01:38:34 PM »
Those of you who've had a chance to find 35th anniversary Starshine, are you finding her in good shape?  I bought the other five rainbows but I've had to pass on Starshine TWICE because of her condition.  The first had a misprinted symbol.  The one I found today had a less than perfect symbol too, as well as orange marks on her leg and wing.  It almost matches the orange in her symbol.  Also, her body and head already had a ever so slight color mismatch.  Are the rest of you guys finding it hard to find a nice one?  Issues with others in the set?
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2018, 02:02:21 PM »
My Starshine had a lot of dirt(?) smudges and loose glitter on her hidden side, which was pretty disappointing when I opened her. There are a few tiny, faint, orange-brown stains left over even after I cleaned her up, but not bad enough to really bother me, especially since I put her right back in the box -- her scent was choking me!

The "problem" Rainbow for me has been Parasol. One had a bad eye-paint smudge, one had really patchy glitter, one had double-printed(!) symbols, one had her pink hair rooted off-center by a good half inch... I'm sure I'll find a good one eventually, but in the meantime it's pretty disappointing.

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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2018, 02:11:13 PM »
I don't know if it's visable in the pic much but the first Starshine I found had a large gap between her head and neck. She also had loose glitter that I thought was dirt at first on her wings.

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Skydancer also had a neck gap but it was much smaller.



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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2018, 02:49:30 PM »
Mine has a few bubble 'dents' in her hoof and lip. It looks as though her plastic bubbled in the mould. She looks like she has a hairlip. It's sort of cute.

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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2018, 03:52:49 PM »
I'll just be happy to find her at all.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2018, 04:56:39 PM »
I finally got her :) Mine has a slight neck gap, nothing more. She seems to be a problematic pony.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2018, 05:27:59 PM »
I did find a perfect Starshine, but she was the 3rd one I found. First one I saw had a massive neck gap so I didn't buy her. The 2nd one had small brownish spots on wing and neck gap, 3rd is perfect. Just found a 4th and it's a perfect one. They sell fast, but Target does restock them. I've noticed the rainbows tend to have flaws. Those of you who have one with a neck gap, have you opened her? Since their heads move, I am wondering if the neck gap is just because her head is pushed upwards and if really she is fine. My Skydancer's neck looked weird, but after I opened her I was able to push it back in place. One Windy had a glue spot near the symbol. Moonstone was the worst with yellowing in more than one spot and smudged symbol. Sunlights and Parasols I see look good.



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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2018, 08:07:17 PM »
I'll just be happy to find her at all.

Haha same here Kiwi!

Honestly, hearing about the consistent low-quality conditions of these 35th anniversary ponies really break my heart. May everyone find an unsmudged, unbespoiled anniversary rainbow pony.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 10:39:52 PM »
The misprinted symbol may be a reoccurring issue or perhaps were all in the same production run. I have seen a couple Starshine's so far with misprinted symbols. This is a side by side of the two I have, the one on the left I bought first (misprint on the outer dots and was hard to find her in stores) then about a week ago I found a second Starshine with a nice symbol.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2018, 07:38:01 AM »
I've heard at least 2 cases of ribbon staining in that set as well, and at least one was Starshine.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2018, 07:42:38 AM »
I'll just be happy to find her at all.

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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2018, 09:07:17 AM »
I have not been able to add her yet. :(

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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2018, 09:28:08 AM »
So far haven't found one on the shelf around here. Quality control is such a shame, she's the one of this set that I kind of wanted to purchase...

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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2018, 12:26:32 PM »
I'll just be happy to find her at all.

Haha same here Kiwi!

Honestly, hearing about the consistent low-quality conditions of these 35th anniversary ponies really break my heart. May everyone find an unsmudged, unbespoiled anniversary rainbow pony.
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Re: 35th Starshine
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2018, 02:58:35 PM »
I did find a perfect Starshine, but she was the 3rd one I found. First one I saw had a massive neck gap so I didn't buy her. The 2nd one had small brownish spots on wing and neck gap, 3rd is perfect. Just found a 4th and it's a perfect one. They sell fast, but Target does restock them. I've noticed the rainbows tend to have flaws. Those of you who have one with a neck gap, have you opened her? Since their heads move, I am wondering if the neck gap is just because her head is pushed upwards and if really she is fine. My Skydancer's neck looked weird, but after I opened her I was able to push it back in place. One Windy had a glue spot near the symbol. Moonstone was the worst with yellowing in more than one spot and smudged symbol. Sunlights and Parasols I see look good.





I’m curious about the neck gap now too. Starshine  and Moonstone were the ones I wanted the most out of the 6 and I was dissapointed when I saw that huge neck gap.

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