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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Carrehz on December 16, 2017, 08:43:30 AM
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G4 Feathermay's on my "would like to buy eventually" list, but just a question.. was she sold with head/body mismatch, or is she just incredibly prone to it? :p All the ones I've ever seen seem to have it, which makes me wonder..
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Unfortunately, many of the G4 non mane 6 brushables seem to be prone to this.
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Really good question. I wish I could answer it. The only place I ever saw her here was in Hamleys (!!!???!!!) and they were there for about 2 weeks and that was it. I don't remember mine having it then. I don't actually know if she has it now, as she's on my shelf and basically she has such a lot of hair that I can't really see her head without getting her down ;) but I will check her when I get home if it helps your survey of information.
It might be that it's something that is unavoidable as I've also seen a lot of images online of this. I am not super bothered by this as a flaw but if it is unavoidable, it might hit the amount you want to pay for her. Especially if my suspicions about her having a more limited UK distribution are right and you will have to import one and pay extra shipping.
Question - do the MIB ones you see online also have mismatch? I'm wondering because obviously sometimes environmental conditions of loose ponies affect stuff that doesn't affect packaged ponies, but those most prone to mismatch in G1 generally exhibit it in mip examples as well...
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A lot of G4 ponies were sold with head-body mismatch from the very beginning, but I'm not sure if Feathermay is one of them. Regardless, she is VERY pretty!
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I remember when I got my Feathermay when she just got to stores and she had head-body mismatch. I ended up getting rid of her later because her head was such a drastically warmer lighter purple then her body.
Now, I can't say for sure because it has been a while, but I never saw a Feathermay who didn't have some kind of mismatch.
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When I bought my girl I'm pretty sure she had a sight mismatch, though looking at her now I really can't tell but I know it's there. Mine is always in shadows so that is why I can't tell XD
I will say this though, most of the early G4s came already in various degrees of mismatch so it's likely you won't find one that is 100% non-mismatch but you can get close.
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I have a Feathermay. I don’t remember noticing a mismatch when I bought her. She does now, but it’s not as severe as some I’ve seen. She does seem to be prone to it.
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I saw Feathermay when she was in stores, although I didn't buy one. I didn't see a noticeable head/body mismatch in the ones I saw at that point, but it is possible that the dye looked okay for a few months while they were being sold but faded/degraded over time. Unfortunately because G4 heads and bodies are made of different plastics we will likely see more and more of this over time.
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I never really notice head/body mismatches unless they're extremely obvious. I checked my Feathermay, and she doesn't seem to have the problem.
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Feathermay had one of the worst mismatch problems when she came out. I think they all had it to some extent. I remember many people complaining and not being able to find one without a mismatch myself. I don't feel like mine has gotten any worse with time though and how bad it looks kinda depends on the lighting.
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(https://flic.kr/p/HBTpA6)Feathermay (https://flic.kr/p/HBTpA6) by Flitter337 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/3377345/), on Flickr
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Feathermay had one of the worst mismatch problems when she came out. I think they all had it to some extent. I remember many people complaining and not being able to find one without a mismatch myself. I don't feel like mine has gotten any worse with time though and how bad it looks kinda depends on the lighting.
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(https://flic.kr/p/HBTpA6)Feathermay (https://flic.kr/p/HBTpA6) by Flitter337 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/3377345/), on Flickr
That is a really stunning picture of her. Mine would be really cross if she saw that, because I swear she hasn't had her hair brushed in about four years ;)
The only G4 pony I have that I know has bad issues with mismatch is the one in my avatar, and I knew that when I got her. But I will check Feathermay when I go home. I can't think it was too big a deal if I have never really thought about it...so I suspect this is a question as to how much that bothers the OP as an issue in a pony, rather than the severity of the problem itself...?
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She's also on my want list. I always lump her and Flitterheart together. I don't really know why. :huh:
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Play pony mad scientist and buy two and swap out their heads and bodies to get a more accurate match? :silly:
Don't have a Feathermay, but my Honeybuzz doesn't seem to have a problem. Maybe her color was hard to nail down so we have slightly off batches?
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She's also on my want list. I always lump her and Flitterheart together. I don't really know why. :huh:
I do the same :lol:
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Probably should've clarified; I'm bothered by head/body mismatch, but if it's literally impossible to find Feathermay without it then I'm willing to settle :p I wanted to check if that was the case or not (that is, if she was sold with it or not) before I bought one, is all..
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I think most, if not all, of the early G4 releases had a head/body mismatch from the start. Some are just more noticeable than others. At least that's the case for all of the early G4 ponies that I own.
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Mine is mismatched, not that it bothers me much.
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It's not super noticeable on mine but there is a mismatch. As far as I remember they all had a slight mismatch in store and I looked for one with the least amount. I agree though that a lot of those earlier releases had that problem.
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Mine has been mismatched since I bought her, but it's not super noticeable... at a distance :lookround:
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I got my Feathermay as the mystery gift with my season one DVD collector's edition, so she was in her bubble on card, inside the collector's case box, so no sunfading, and she has severe mismatch. To me, that's the ultimate evidence that she was made that way at the factory. She wasn't hanging on a store peg for years, or laying around in the light. She went from the Hasbro packaging factory to the madman packaging factory, then to the warehouse and directly to me as a preorder.
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I am home now and can confirm mine does have mismatch. I guess it's just part of her in general given all the comments. It's nothing like as bad as the mismatch on my Snowcatcher though I can see it when I look for it.
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I recently got a G4 Cupcake brushable, and it is true that ponies from this particular brushable set have sometimes awful color mismatches. My Cupcake has an extremely paler body than her head is, for example.
I don't know how hard it would be to find a Feathermay without mismatch, but I know that these guys are a little prone to colorfading as well, resulting in mismatches.
Good luck though!
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All of the brand new ones I came across in stores had head/body mismatch from the start.
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Feathermay was sold with horribly awful head/body mismatch. She is probably one the worst actually but I love her bold colors so I like her anyway.
If head/body mismatch is one of your pet peeves and can't stand it you could think about having a custom made instead. Just a thought
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All I ha e had I. Hand have a head body mismatch. I think there is not a single one in existence with a matching head and body
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When she came out, the mismatch varied from very mild/almost unnoticeable to just :shocked: I remember searching through a few on shelf to find the best matched one to buy for myself, and knowing that she would deteriorate with time. Mine is in storage so I can't see how she's faring, but I bet the head is a bright pink and the body is dark magenta. Such is life though, she's still a lovely little pony. :)