I would absolutely ask for a refund. And I would note it over in Trader Support. As for what is wrong with her...I'm not sure. It sounds like she got super heated but I don't see how that's possible during shipping. What kind of shape was the box in?

It wasn't even a box. It was one of those envelopes, which I really hate because they aren't very good if the object isn't flat.

As much as I love her, I might have to send her back. She's got this odd stickiness which I'm going to blame on tar buildup. And I really find it unfair I paid the price of one that was in better shape.

Edit: No returns, never mind on that. But awaiting a reply about my refund.

My first pony was a McDonalds Ivy. I wanted a real one, but I was too little (I think I might've been like 2...) so my parents got me that one and I carried her everywhere with me for a long time. I should get a real Ivy so my collection one of these days.

Today I made  trip down to Target as someone gifted me a gift card and I wanted to buy some ponies. I made my way over to the pony section with my older sister and we were both pretty shocked at the low quality of the toys that Hasbro's been pushing out. I mean, I understand that they can't always afford to make them to a certain standard and with more and more being produced there's a higher likelihood of factory errors, nut now it's getting a bit silly.

Some of the ponies had some pretty bad paint issues, such as the last Fashion Style Pinkie Pie in the store (who I ended up buying because I wanted her pretty badly) with black dots on her face and smudges on/near her eye. A few of the 3 mini figure packs were in the wrong packaging, being mislabeled as different sets in addition to their really bad paint jobs; Also see this thread, which discusses such:
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,318275.0.html

Packaging keeps reusing the same vectors over an over with little to no variation in the pictures them use, some of obvious poor/lazy quality and being slapped onto everything.

I've been picking up brushables for a while (despite their puny size and disappointing amount of hair but that is for a different day) and noticed that the dents left by the packaging are getting worse and worse with each one I pick up. The holes in their tails are no longer perfectly circular, but are irregularly shaped puncture for the tail to go through.

What are your thoughts on this, everyone?

• How do you think this will effect g4 when it is retired?
  
  Perhaps collectors will seek out ones with fewer factor flaws
• Do you think this trend will ever stop or only get worse?
  
  Children probably don't mind it or even notice, and Hasbro is probably making more money this way
• Is this even a big deal?
  
  Or am I just making mountains out of molehills here?

I don't want to stir up any arguments or anything, I'm really happy My Little Pony has become more popular over the years and there are new toys with creative designs, I just can't help but feel disappointed.

May post pics of some of my messed up quality ponies if anyone wants to see/if I get around to it

TL;DR: they ain't making them like they used to

My sister got my a SS Scrumptious and she's so pretty and soft and has all her flocking. She also got me a Creamsicle but it didn't come in the mail in time. (oh well)

Anybody get anything new they want to show off?
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Just wanna jump in and say I think the seller did mention it:

Quote from: PWN-E on December 13, 2012, 01:27:16 PM

I went to take a big whiff of her candy scent, only to be greeted with the smell of cigarette smoke. (my fault for not noticing that part of the seller's description)

It's so easy to miss little things like that in descriptions in my experience, especially if it's a very long wall of text

I do hope you manage to get her lovely scent back with any of these methods PWN-E

I really did go back and look for literally 10 minutes and did not fin a single thing mentioning the smell. I didn't really want to point fingers at anyone right away but they really didn't and that makes me pretty miffed. I'm going to send them a mail when I get the chance to.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I've been airing her out so far during the daytime but at night as soon as I go down to the grocery store and get some baking soda I'll keep her sealed up with some.

I recently bought a Caramel Crunch off of ebay and when she arrived (in a neat an timely manner) I went to take a big whiff of her candy scent, only to be greeted with the smell of cigarette smoke. (my fault for not noticing that part of the seller's description) After my olfactory bulb recovered from that mess I realized I'm not sure how to fix this. Is there any way to remove the smokey odor without getting rid of the candy scent?

And for that matter, what would you do to get rid of unpleasant smells on a flocked pony, as well?

She's a good pony I found with a few marks on her NDS and flawless hair, I'd hate to have something like this ruin her for me. I might post some pics later.