Rainbow Dash Shadowbolt Hair

[Dead Pants]

First of all, please forgive me if there's already a topic on this. I looked and didn't see anything on this subject so!

I got my Rainbow Dash Shadowbolt TRU exclusive today and found her hair was pretty much glued/gelled in place and I was practically in tears. I love having nice soft hair on my ponies and finding that her hair was pretty much rock hard broke my heart!

Does anyone know if all of them are supposed to be like this or if mine is a factory error? ;~;

I'm attempting to soak her in hot water right now to loosen it up, but it's pretty solid.

Um otherwise, she's very lovely!! Her tail does have most colors in it from what I can tell and the paint job on mine is pretty great. The leg marks don't wrap all the way around the leg, similar to how Zecora's braclets don't wrap all the way around either.

[MANIMAL!]

Would a mix of warm water and laundry detergent possibly break it up? Or something meant to get oil stains out?

[lonewolf]

Mine was the same way. It's kind of a wax substance that keeps the mane styled.

[elliptacolore]

I'm pretty sure it actually is glue. I washed it with dish soap and warm water and combed it with a fine tooth comb.

Repeating over and over. Whole process took about an hour but her hair is no worse for wear and is soft and normal under all that goo!

The comb started picking up rolled up white gunk and that's when I was sure it was glue. I washed it out due to being paranoid about what the glue may do to her hair over time.

Good luck getting her all soft! Just be patient 

[moonsugar]

[sweetapple]

Thank you elliptacolore, I will be trying that tonight. It's nice to see they're trying to make RD's hair more show-accurate, but seriously, glue?
Ick, no hard-as-rock pony hair for me, thank you :/

[achab1984]

WOW! I am sorry to hear that. I wonder if they all are like that?

[MANIMAL!]

I'm pretty sure it actually is glue. I washed it with dish soap and warm water and combed it with a fine tooth comb.

Repeating over and over. Whole process took about an hour but her hair is no worse for wear and is soft and normal under all that goo!


The comb started picking up rolled up white gunk and that's when I was sure it was glue. I washed it out due to being paranoid about what the glue may do to her hair over time.

Good luck getting her all soft! Just be patient 

Do you have any pictures? I want to know what it looks like after you get it clean.

[Lady Starflower]

I'm pretty sure it actually is glue. I washed it with dish soap and warm water and combed it with a fine tooth comb.

Repeating over and over. Whole process took about an hour but her hair is no worse for wear and is soft and normal under all that goo!

The comb started picking up rolled up white gunk and that's when I was sure it was glue. I washed it out due to being paranoid about what the glue may do to her hair over time.

Good luck getting her all soft! Just be patient 

Yupp they are all coming like that. Mine came out fairly easy just took a bit of time. I was kind of confused as to why they thought gluing hair would be a good idea lol
After a while of washing and combing the glue will start to come out in white little chunks.
Good luck with your pony.

Post Merge: July 28, 2013, 05:25:08 AM

Here's both my Shadowbolts, long hair and short hair versions. This is the short one after I got the glue out.

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[elliptacolore]

Here is a pic of my Dash all clean! I haven't re styled her mane yet because I got over frustrated with the cleaning :p

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[Lady Starflower]

Great job. She looks so much better

[elliptacolore]

Great job. She looks so much better

Thank you so much! I started with lalal gonna wash pony hair then about 10 min in I was sort of angry and incredibly determined to get the glue out :3

[Bergamot]

The correct term for this factory hair styling is "lightly gelled." Am I right, Monster High collectors?

I'm glad that some of you were able to clean her up! She looks great with her hair de-glued!

[Dragonflitter]

Oh god I'm now afraid to buy her. >_>;; Well we'll see how it looks/feels in person!

[Lady Starflower]

Oh god I'm now afraid to buy her. >_>;; Well we'll see how it looks/feels in person!

Hard as a rock haha I was so shocked when I got her in the mail