I managed to acquire what I think is some sort of G1 circus baby fakie. But she's pretty huge! visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Here's a size comparison between her and Floater. She's got glass eyes and eyelashes and her body is about the size of a G1 adult's, but a little bulkier, but her neck is a lot longer.
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She feels pretty well made. Anyone else ever come across this colossal baby? Is she based off a baby pony? I don't have any non-fakie baby ponies so I don't have much to compare her to. She's my favourite fakie in my herd right now, mostly because I've never seen one quite like her before. 

My Grandmother recently bought a secondhand colour changing Star Catcher styling G3, much to my joy. She's overall in pretty great condition except for a pen mark on her display side cheek. I'm wondering if anyone might be at all familiar with the dos and don'ts of cleaning colour changing ponies to prevent any damage being done to them. I've cleaned and restored plenty of ponies, but I've never faced one with this feature before.
Would anyone happen to know if magic erasers would be too rough on this type of plastic? Would I be best just sticking to a mild soap, even if I can't remove the ink on her face? She has a few other thin, brown lines too, one on the underside of her hoof and one on the top surface of each wing. I'm willing to try things out on the underside of the hoof if anyone has any ideas they think may work. For science! 

These may or may not be ponies you own.  And feel free to have a real MLP beside them for comparison of height and general quality if you want.
My personal favourite:


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That's a legit MLP Rainbow Dash G3 next to a rather lovely fakie. She came in a set of 12 ponies in a large carry case. Four of them are obviously styled off G3's, the rest are smaller with almost more Lanard-esque faces. Their vinyl is a lot softer than real G3's. Their eye paint is very, very close to real G3's, though all the fakie versions have a dark purple and pink eye colour. They come in different colours and have the same symbol. Snowflakes. Their hooves are free of any markings, but they have "MADE IN CHINA" in small print along their stomachs. Their hair is quite good quality and very shiny, though some have crimples in it that refuse to come straight. The hair simply sits in their heads, however. Even a small amount of force while brushing will pull strands out. (My sister happened to really take to one of them, so I glued the hair inside her head myself. They have no glue holding their necks to their bodies, either, the head pulls off easily with a slight tug). The tails have a strip of metal clamped around them which functions similarly to a washer. They make great custom bait! And as they come in a set of 12 for about €15 here in Ireland, it's a good place to start.




My least favourite:




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This is a legit Rarity G4 (and a pink bait fakie pony of the type above) next to an abomination. These ponies cost €2 for 2 in Euro General (similar to a dollar store). They're made out of shiny, hard plastic. They seem to be inspired by G3.5 (sorry, I don't own any 3.5s to compare it to). They have manes and tails made from the same plastic as their bodies which is hot glue gunned to their heads.
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As you can see, on the left pony, the bodies are hollow with a big ol' screw keeping the two halves together. The bottoms of their feet are lumpy and they wobble a lot, They come in four colours, I also own the other one (which is light pink and has yellow hair, the reverse of the third pony above) but I can't seem to find her right now. You also can't see it too clearly, but the insides of the hair and tail are hollowed out, almost like a shell that hovers above the ponies body like a cape.


Anyone else ever seen any of these themselves? 

Hi there!
I'm Líadan, but you can call me Lee or Grey if you want.    As you can most probably guess, I'm new here.
I'm 16 years old and from Ireland, just about to start my last year of secondary school (which is similar to highschool, if you use a different school system). I'm the arty kid that everyone had in their class at one point or another, I suppose.
 I started collecting My Little Ponies relatively recently. The end of 2011, to be exact, so my collection isn't particularly impressive. I mostly have G4's since they're the easiest to find in Ireland next to G3's. They're still fairly difficult to come across, though. So I have two G2's, two G3's (and a videotape that came free with Rainbow Dash), and eleven G4's. (I have three Pinkie Pies in various forms. She is that awesome, yes.) I also have four rather scary looking fakies of the G.3.5 design.


Anyways, there's three reasons I love MLP:

• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It's one of the most entertaining shows I've ever watched.
• The pony figures are absolutely lovely, especially with a bit of love and care so their manes and tails are wonderful and sleak.
• The customs. I've seen so many absolutely stunning customs come out of the MLP community. I'd like to try that too. (Though I have vowed to only ever use secondhand ponies that are maybe not in the best condition or duplicates of already good condition ponies I have.)

So, in summary, "Hi, how are you?"