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Mommy Bright Bouquet was all good except that she was missing 1 hairplug at the lowest part of the mane. But Lickity Split (which I was very excited about cause her hair was still pink) She ended up having a trimmed fore lock, her tail is uneven and she has a cut lowest hairplug as well as a missing one.I contacted the seller, but she/he hasn't responded back. It's been several days now. I paid 11 dollar just for Lickity as winning auction. (She was the most expensive one from all the 3 that I won).
QuoteMommy Bright Bouquet was all good except that she was missing 1 hairplug at the lowest part of the mane. But Lickity Split (which I was very excited about cause her hair was still pink) She ended up having a trimmed fore lock, her tail is uneven and she has a cut lowest hairplug as well as a missing one.I contacted the seller, but she/he hasn't responded back. It's been several days now. I paid 11 dollar just for Lickity as winning auction. (She was the most expensive one from all the 3 that I won).Photographs? How did LS's forlock look in the auction? was it cut to the scalp? or just "too short"?If I am visualizing what you are describing these flaws could likely all be from the factory, and pretty common. so being upset with the seller may not be overly appropriate (even though it is upsetting wanting perfect ponies). (and these flaws are typically not described in ebay listings, especially if it was someone's childhood ponies. If they knew for a fact they never brushed the hair or went near any with scissors they say "No hair cuts/trims" even though some may appear that way. most to least seen (in my experience) as factory flaws-uneven tail (half is longer) is the way the tail is inserted into the pony (half going in further giving the shorter length portion), or when it was cut at the factory it was at an angle. some baits without haircuts I kept tails from have off center clamps.-missing, messed up, or short/cut bottom plug-short forlock. I even had some sealed items that the forelock is significantly shorter then others of the same pony. I tend to notice it more if the mane is rooted further down her forhead then normal.If you plan to be a highly highly picky collector you really ought to stick to sellers who provide a high number of detailed macro photographs showing all angles of a pony and ones who write novels for descriptions, or with plenty of detailed photographs to study. There is a VERY high number of various factory flaws. heads not aligning, eyes/blush symbols not aligning, hair too short, with crooked or gloopy paint in places, over-spray of blush, excess glue on the neck seem or gloops of glue in places they shouldn't be. too much hair rooting in one-plug creating a knot, loops in the mane of plugs not fully out, an empty plug (often at the bottom), a small spec inside the plastic body (little dark grey flecks that won't wipe off), uneven pigments.
If a person discribes the Pony as (not haircuts) I expect it to have no haircuts.
QuoteIf I am visualizing what you are describing these flaws could likely all be from the factory, and pretty common. Exactly my thought! And after seeing photos, yes, that looks like factory flaws on the LS and missing the last hair plug is a common factory flaw too. Please link to the eBay auctions because so far I don't see a reason for complaint, especially on common, low value ponies (yes, $13 is low value). You seem to be new to collecting vintage toys, if you want what I call "factory mint", meaning absolutely perfect, you need to do as FF said earlier, buy a bunch of the same pony and pick out the best one (can take years!), only buy from sellers with extremely detailed photos and write ups (They will ask for top prices in exchange for their effort) and be patient! If you want to be extremely picky, ask questions BEFORE you bid. Some collectors have customizers touch up good condition ponies to make them like factory mint, a customizer can fix the hair and touch up paint or blush or whatever made the pony not perfect. You will pay for that service too.
If I am visualizing what you are describing these flaws could likely all be from the factory, and pretty common.
I was looking for 3 Ponies which I wanted to upgrade. Mommy Bright Bouquet, Baby Shaggy and Lickity Split. All the auctions were discribed as (no haircuts, no missing plugs etc)
It seems almost like it's a sin to discribe flaws on a Pony that you bought and ask for advice. I disagree that it is as what was discribed/shown. The cut hairs at the bottom of the neck weren't shown in the pictures. And the listing stated no haircuts.
Most people selling something on ebay they expect to get $5-$15 before fees will NOT spend a couple hours on that one piece getting it listed -scrutinizing it with a magnifier glass / light, write a highly in depth and detailed description of every detail, and photobooth and upload a dozen high end photographs. They would then be paying people to take their stuff with that time investment on top. And, kind of unfortunately for those of us who are picky about them 30 years later the reality is these toys were cheap, "disposable" and mass produced for the day (also in the 80's was a big time of upheaval for regular folk. for a significant portion, high inflation/% rates, poor economy/jobs, etc. so things needed to be cheap enough for people to buy them) to have consistently produced toys of perfect collector quality they would have had to retail for at least $30 per piece in today's dollars. Many MLP's hovered at around $8-10 dollars per pony in today's figures.