How to remove paint on a mini dinosaur figure

[Punaherukka]

I collect a set of mini dinosaurs that came as surprise toys in easter eggs (though I've seen these sold as regular toys elsewhere too). These figures come in certain variety of colours, with the rubber basis being one colour and having a little bit of different colour paint on it (with one exception, sometimes they came full green with no layer of paint).

One of the colour variants isn't to my liking, the one where there's yellow/light green painted over green. I think it looks like someone poured melted butter on the poor dino. So I would like to remove the yellow paint and just make them full green.

Since there might be toy collectors here who do a bit of customizing, I would like to ask for advise on how to remove the paint without damaging the rubber. The rubber is relatively soft, you can bend the dinosaurs' limbs and tails (and flap the wings of the pterodactyls) but it's still pretty stiff and not squishy.

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[lovesbabysquirmy]

Usually acetone is for paint removal but it absolutely can ruin the soft plastic . Test a tiny patch on a foot first.

[Nemesis]

Maybe scrub with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, and see if it starts to sand away the paint? Depending on the paint, that might work (though it could take a fair bit of patience). It would be good to avoid using chemicals on a softer surface like that if possible, I agree.

[Loona]

Since Magic Eraser is technically very fine sandpaper, I'm afraid it might not work well on the seemingly not smooth surface of the dino figure. While acetone can indeed damage plastic, I'd also recommend using it - with testing it on a smaller area first. And I think if you do it quickly and then wash the figure thoroughly with soapy water immediately after the acetone, it should hopefully be fine.

[Punaherukka]

Thankyou for the advise!