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It's how Mexican ponies age, they go a bit patchy, especially the pink ones!Love pkw xxx
It's sun/age damage. I have a Mexi Firefly with identical damage that is only getting worse. I realized she was in a miniscule sunbeam that leaks through the blinds in the pony room and moved her. I also have a weird mash-up Mexican pony with Firefly's head that has never been in the sun at my house and has the same type of discoloration.
Interesting! I learned something from this thread! It's so tricky with the less distributed ponies (Mexican, Brazilian, etc) because sometimes they develop issues due to being made with a different type of plastic, paint, etc, that the Hong Kong / China ponies just never have. Like I've noticed on Greek ponies certain symbol colors fade / bleed like crazy, and Brazilian ponies have a different body plastic / texture that's kind of slick and almost tacky.
I used to own some Brazilian ponies and their hair was just awful, I wonder if that's what she meant? It frizzes super easily and even when it's not frizzy, it's not silky. More like fakie hair.Mine also smelled like mildew but I think that's because the seller sent them through the mail wet. (Yikes.)
The hair on Brazil ponies is VERY fragile.I have spoken to Brazil collectors, who had the ponies from new as children, and the hair frizzed as soon as the pony was removed from the card and first brushed Mildew is NOT a pony smell! Wax crayons, baby powder, vanilla and soap are some of the scents of nirvana ponies have (ask Taffeta, apparently, I have a reputations for smelling ponies at PonyCon)Love pkw xxx
I'm glad that the mildew smell isn't universal! Poor ponies . . . I think the seller gave them a bath and then immediately packed them up. They were in a plastic bag which made matters worse because the moisture couldn't escape the plastic.But . . . they were a very good deal.
Even perfect Brazil hair is weird. I have one decarded by a collector (card was damaged in a way that could potentially harm the pony if left on it, but I don't know specifics) and the hair is shiny and smooth but the texture would never be mistaken for anything but Brazil hair. It feels slightly oily and heavier than normal pony hair.It makes me wonder if it isn't some sort of saran or similar.
The Greek ponies smell of vanilla Skeen the Brazil hair is very fine indeed! I have met a de-carded Brazilian pony and her hair did feel oily, it was so fine and smooth. Saran is the closest thing to Brazil hair, but like you said you can't mistake Brazil hair for anything else Brazil bodies do get issues, stickiness and patchy fading (I'm thinking of Sprinkles who seems prone to that), but it is the hair that is that stands out on them.Love pkw xxx
PKW a lot of time Sprinkles looks like those weird Blossoms (? might be thinking of Windy) that seem to bleed out their dye when cleaning them. They just get lighter and lighter and some places have kind of a watercolor look to them where the dye has come out and resettled!