Help! G3 Morning Glory prone to hair breakage?!

[Baby Sugarberry]

Canada also got the discount ponies, freebie pack-ins and Avon ponies.  I've run across several with the 'rotting pink' amongst those.

[Taffeta]

Canada also got the discount ponies, freebie pack-ins and Avon ponies.  I've run across several with the 'rotting pink' amongst those.

Seems a plausible possibility then?

[Syreada]

I've had this happen to an Avon pony (Jazzmatazz) but reading through the thread this seems common? I'm honestly relieved it wasn't just mine. But I can throw a wrench in the "light exposure" theory. Her hair was fine for years, her buddies was a little wild but nothing horrible. Mine has been in storage the last 4 years. a nice temperature controlled storage facility. I took her out and brushed her hair (which showed no signs of degrading at all) and JUST THE PINK snapped off at the roots. weirdest thing I've ever seen. Her tail pink seems fine but she's got 2 bald streaks in her mane now, poor thing.

[Baby Sugarberry]

It's most common (from anecdotal evidence) and first reported with the Avon ponies, yes - even those that have been kept in pristine condition.

[ashlyne]

For those of you that are running into this problem, it seems to just snap off at the root.   Is the rest of it brittle? Can you break it halfway down the mane, or is it just weak at the root plug?

[BlushingBlue]

For those of you that are running into this problem, it seems to just snap off at the root.   Is the rest of it brittle? Can you break it halfway down the mane, or is it just weak at the root plug?

In my own experience, it's brittle all the way down, but I've only run into the "rotting" pink and peach, not any other colors. (So far!) I think it might break at the root so often because there's a lot of bending near the plug line, thanks to gravity, so that might be a natural weak point in the hair fibers. But even if you're careful not to put tension on the roots when brushing, the hair can just snap off mid-shaft.

I was resigned to the state of affairs with the discount ponies, but now that these things are being reported with new ones like Morning Glory, I'm really scared for the longevity of my G3s.