Everyone thanks for the replies!! It's super helpful, and if I end up doing tests, I'll be sure to let people know what the results were! Getting some plastic craft gems is a great suggestion, and I'll be sure to get my hands on some, though I doubt I'll get them at Joan's, since it doesn't exist in the Netherlands. I highly doubt I'll be able to do vacuum plating, but if someone cracks how to do that, let me know the results! I'll look around for Testors Enamel Paint, see if I can get it over here, or at least in the EU, otherwise I'll try to find a similar replacement. And of course, if anyone else tries, please let me know the results!

I recently found a Twinkle Eye pony at a local website for a bargain price because she'd had her hair cut, and her eyes had gone dim. I'm not looking to buy her, at least not now, but it made me curious to see if dim twinkle eyes are fixable. I've had a bit of trouble finding info on it, though the consensus seems to be 'not really'. The MLP Preservation Project says you can replace the coating with a pearlizing medium, but that it 'doesn't look exactly like their original finish'. It's made me curious about what it DOES look like. Has anyone tried to fix dim twinkle eyes? If so, how, and what were the results? Anyone know where I can find more info on this?

Hello! I'm Snow, I'm from the Netherlands, and I'm a brand new collector! I used to be obsessed with My Little Pony as a kid, but sadly lost all of my pony toys due to circumstance, so I'm starting again from scratch. I'm looking to focus mostly on G3 and G1, and maybe G2! At the moment I'm not interested in collecting G3.5 and upwards, though that might change, of course. I'm also interested in maybe trying my hand at restoration, but since my motor skills aren't great, we'll have to see where that goes. I'm happy to be here, but I'm a bit shy, so I might not post much, especially in the beginning.