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Awww, she's cute!Sounds like plasticizer leaking. It happens when the plastic breaks down.
I’m always careful of letting *anything* touch a pony that’s leaking plasticizer, especially anything plastic. I don’t think it releases anything into the air that can spread to other ponies over distance, but I’m not sure. I have seen it react with plastic bags(and they make the leaking worse). I’ve also seen other plastics bond to each other when they break down. I’ve never allowed a leaking pony to remain in contact with another, so I’m not 100% sure what will happen. I just quarantine any pony that starts leaking. I’ve found wrapping them in archival tissue paper works well.
The off gassing of leaking ponies can cause a chain reaction in others that are on the cusp of leaking themselves. So yes, it can spread. Eventually, the pony will be hard and feel kind of brittle, but it takes a long time. To slow the process, wash it once a month or so with mild soap and then sprinkle corn starch on it. The corn starch will absorb most of the plasticizer. To make it go faster, but the pony in a plastic bag or bin. This happens in other toys from the 80s and early 90s. I have a small collection of Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs from when I was a kid. They all came down with plasticizer leakage and age spots so severe, their bodies changed colors. I have a brown triceratops that used to be green. Humidity and heat also play a part. So if you live somewhere that is hot and humid I'd recommend a dehumidifier to keep by your collection.