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Title: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Shiverdam on February 02, 2022, 11:27:26 PM: Posted about this on MLPTP too-

I recently got a G3 Twirlerina from a thrift store. I was doing a round of pony cleaning, scrubbed her with soap and washed her hair. When it came to condition and comb her hair out, her tail held up just fine. When I got to her mane though, the dark pink hair in her forelock just came right out. I was horrified. Two swipes and she's suffering from mare pattern baldness. The light pink in her mane - the same hair as her tail - was just fine. The tinsel in the dark pink part of her mane didn't come out, either. Just the hair.

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I quickly went to grab the other Twirlerina I have, and yes, she too is suffering from exploding dark pink hair. I had never noticed this before. Is this a known issue with this pony?? I know there are some G3 ponies that are known to have poor quality hair that falls apart in time. I guess Twirlerina is one of them. Check on yours!
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Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: SweetNightmare on February 03, 2022, 02:29:37 AM: Oh my gosh that's so scary (Twirlerina is one of my childhood ponies so she's very dear to me).
I did have three (one I sold) and thankfully so far didn't have that issue. Two that I have rn could really use some brushing so the thought that this could happen to them does scare me a bit :(

One of the Twirlerina's that I have does have some cut hair (I'm unsure if just someone broke the hair off or did it got damaged like yours did).

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I did that similar issues with my donkey pose Sunny Daze (all orange hair is just falling off) and when I was brushing tail of my Tea Lily some of her red hair was coming off (only from the tail tho and the other one that I had didn't have that issue) in her case only a little bit fall off and she seems to be fine right now.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Shaiyeh on February 03, 2022, 02:32:11 AM: Yep! this is called "dry rot". Some types of g3 hair do this. My Midnight Dream has the opposite of yours - her forelock is fine, so she's sporting a chelsea 'do until she can be rehaired. Her hair is that same colour.
it's such a bummer, but one of those things that can happen over the years. it's just the pony getting old.
I'm sorry it happened to your twirlerinas :sad:
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Minty_Magic on February 03, 2022, 08:54:38 AM: Oh no! I’m sorry this happened to your Twirlina. :( I knew hair rot was an issue with G3, but I always thought it more so affected the budget ponies that were sold through Avon and Dollar General. I’m bummed it seems to be affecting other ponies too. I checked my Twirlina and tugged at her hair a bit to test it, so far it seems to still be sturdy.

Oh well, I suppose there will be opportunities in the future for fun alternate rehairs if the original hair all rots out…that dark pink color is SO common in G3s. If it’s an issue with specific colors, a lot of G3s are about to go bald!
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on February 03, 2022, 09:46:47 AM: Oh no! I'm so sorry that happened to her. :( I haven't had this happen to mine yet, fingers crossed.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 03, 2022, 10:57:39 AM: I had no idea that Twirlerina was affected by that. I'm so sorry. :hug:
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: sweetstuff85 on February 04, 2022, 02:24:30 PM: This happened to my nieces G3 Jazzmatazz, but only to the red parts of her mane. She was fresh from the bag never opened and the red parts of her mane fell out during the first brush with a comb.

Time for a rehair, I suppose!
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on February 04, 2022, 06:45:14 PM: Ohhhh no. :( there are quite a few G3s that have this problem :(
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Carrehz on February 05, 2022, 09:27:16 AM: Oh nooo, I knew some of the Avon and DG ponies had this problem but I thought they were the only ones affected by it :( So sorry to hear this, hair rot is awful.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: lowpolyzoe on February 05, 2022, 07:20:51 PM: I just got a G3 Pretty Parasol and was giving her a spa day but her pink hair was also coming out in clumps :( Same hair colour as Twirlerina so I get the feeling this problem is going to become more and more prevalent with G3s as time passes unfortunately :cloud: Good thing rehairing is an option
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Snapdragon on February 06, 2022, 04:01:02 AM: Oh noooo, I had this happen with a Petal Blossom! I went to comb her hair, and it just started coming apart in clumps! T_T I know this is a 'known' issue for some G3s, but I assumed it was the Dollar General and Avon ponies; I didn't think one of my average SLH's would just fall apart like that! (But since she came to me in a eBay lot, perhaps she was from a discount pack?)

I also had one of the DG ponies shred, but I was sort of prepared for it; heartbroken, but prepared! RIP Green Apple!
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 06, 2022, 08:35:38 AM: Quote from: lowpolyzoe on February 05, 2022, 07:20:51 PM
I just got a G3 Pretty Parasol and was giving her a spa day but her pink hair was also coming out in clumps :( Same hair colour as Twirlerina so I get the feeling this problem is going to become more and more prevalent with G3s as time passes unfortunately :cloud: Good thing rehairing is an option

I hope not. :(
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: SweetNightmare on February 06, 2022, 04:23:21 PM: I think that I may have two ponies to add to the list of ponies with this issue: Glitterbelle and Tangerine Twinkle.
I cleaned a whole bunch of ponies today (tried to clean all of my ponies that I have doubles of so I can resale some of them).

Cleaned both of my Tangeringe Twinkles and one of them started to shed a bit (pink/red part of her mane)
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They do have slightly different hair colors of hair, the one that started to shed had hair that was a bit lighter.
Doesn't seem like that much of her hair shed so maybe she could be saved.

The same cannot be said about Glitterbelle. Just went with my brush and all of her purple hair just fell out.
I did clean another Glitterbelle before the two that I cleaned today and I had no issue, the one that I cleaned after the balding one was fine as well.
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So I'm unsure if this one had different kind of hair, it did seem to be lighter then the other ones.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Shiverdam on February 07, 2022, 10:40:18 AM: Yikes. And the discolouration on that Glitterbelle is wild!
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: SweetNightmare on February 07, 2022, 12:30:43 PM: Yeah she basically looks brown to me (the rust is really bad, I'll probably cut rest of the hair and clean her from the inside since I kind off gave up on her yesterday).
Also this one has basically no glitter for whatever reason.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: LadyMoondancer on February 08, 2022, 10:50:30 AM: About Petal Blossom, the one that came with the free baby has hair made of a different material than the one without the free baby. I know because Back In The Day when they were in stores I customized one of each . . . the Free Baby one has hair made of a material that doesn't take dye well.

I would guess that's the one with disintegrating hair. Even new, it felt kind of dry and crunchy.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Shiverdam on February 08, 2022, 09:11:49 PM: Quote from: SweetNightmare on February 07, 2022, 12:30:43 PM
Yeah she basically looks brown to me (the rust is really bad, I'll probably cut rest of the hair and clean her from the inside since I kind off gave up on her yesterday).
Also this one has basically no glitter for whatever reason.

I'm not sure what the exact science is behind it but the g3 glitter ponies are known to dramatically discolour and the glitter disintigrates, somehow. The Glitterbelle I have is, insofar, still purple and still glittery.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: MoonstoneMew on February 09, 2022, 11:56:16 AM: I haven't encountered this, but new fear unlocked
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Starbright on February 09, 2022, 08:12:16 PM: Sadly the December birthflower g3 I have lost all her dark red hair as I was doing a gentle wash. I bought her new in store myself too, so it’s especially scary. Even being stored and not damaged or played with and it can happen.

I need to go through my collection and see who else may have this problem :(
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 11, 2022, 06:37:32 PM: A friend of mine just got in touch with me asking if I knew any restorers. The orange on one of her ponies is kaput.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Funky-Little-Equines on February 12, 2022, 07:20:47 AM: Quote from: LadyMoondancer on February 08, 2022, 10:50:30 AM
About Petal Blossom, the one that came with the free baby has hair made of a different material than the one without the free baby. I know because Back In The Day when they were in stores I customized one of each . . . the Free Baby one has hair made of a material that doesn't take dye well.

I would guess that's the one with disintegrating hair. Even new, it felt kind of dry and crunchy.

Oh gosh-thanks for the info! I bought this release of petal blossom from new and she’s (so far) the only one of my ponies losing their hair…
I’ve kept her mane and tail plaited to stop me accidentally pulling it out.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 20, 2022, 09:49:29 AM: I dunno which pink that is. Should I be worried about my Star Dasher and Hidden Treasure? It looks similar.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: SweetNightmare on February 20, 2022, 11:10:04 AM: Quote from: Leave a Whisper on February 20, 2022, 09:49:29 AM
I dunno which pink that is. Should I be worried about my Star Dasher and Hidden Treasure? It looks similar.
I've cleaned one Star Dasher and two of Hidden Treasure all were fine so far. You can never be too careful though.
I did clean a g3.5 Cheerilee (the one with changeable pigtails - Super Long Hair Ponies) two days ago and all of the dark pink hair broke off when I was brushing her tail. So that's another color (I'm pretty sure it's a bit different compared to the one that Twirlerina had) to add to the list.
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 20, 2022, 11:55:05 AM: Quote from: SweetNightmare on February 20, 2022, 11:10:04 AM
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on February 20, 2022, 09:49:29 AM
I dunno which pink that is. Should I be worried about my Star Dasher and Hidden Treasure? It looks similar.
I've cleaned one Star Dasher and two of Hidden Treasure all were fine so far. You can never be too careful though.
I did clean a g3.5 Cheerilee (the one with changeable pigtails - Super Long Hair Ponies) two days ago and all of the dark pink hair broke off when I was brushing her tail. So that's another color (I'm pretty sure it's a bit different compared to the one that Twirlerina had) to add to the list.

Dang. :(
Title: Re: G3 Twirlerina's hair disintigrating - anyone else?
Post by: Eskara1862 on February 21, 2022, 05:49:20 PM: Whelp, toss first release Blossomforth on the list. I was getting her all cleaned up to give to a friend and a chunk of hair came out when I tried combing it. I was able to rip out the rest of her mane with one good tug. She's in the bat box now because she has some chew marks to her nose too.