The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: karonkun on February 01, 2012, 02:28:13 PM
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My Lulu Luck had very bad hair that was going all over the place. So about two months ago, I decided to use one of those yellow elastics Hasbro uses on certain ponies hair to hold her hair down to her leg. Today I decided that it was held down long enough and took the elastic off...
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And discovered that it had left big yellow stains! :yikes:
I know that its definitely from the elastic, my first Blossomforth has a yellow mark on her leg. Its in the spot where the hair touches her leg in the packaging.
I guess you can still use them, just be very careful that they don't touch the pony's body for very long periods of time. ^.^
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Oh no, my favorite styling tool :( Time to swap them all out for the clear ones, even if they aren't as stretchy.
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I use the clear ones without any issues :) The colored ones though, I keep those in their hair.
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Be careful of the pink ones too. I've been saving them from various ponies, and my baity Seashell has been "holding onto them" for me... on one of her legs.
I recently removed the elastics from her front legs... and the pink ones left marks on her leg! >.<
THANK GOODNESS I put them on her... and not another pony!
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oh my. It seems I have to replace the original elastics :B
Also you can probably fade the stain out by using acne cream. I haven't tried it with G4's but it works wonders for G1's. But you should be careful and test it under the hoof for a few days to see if there is any changes in the plastic.
And the cream must have benzoyl peroxide in it. I use Basiron and Brevoxyl. Basiron is milder, and is better for softer plastics. And combined with the sun it's more effective
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Eep! some of my ponies still have the elastics in their hair. I guess I should take them out.
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Eek! Thank you for sharing that. I guess I will have to go take mine out of ponies and replace them.
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Oh crud! I guess I'd better take mine off too!
....but what about Applejack? >.> They gave her a red elastic to match her red hair tie in the show... I wonder if her hair will have a big red ring on the end... But I guess I don't mind if I just plan to leave it on forever...
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Oh wow, that's terrible. I was just about to do some restyling and figured some of those elastics would be a good option. Glad I didn't use them on my G1 babies like I wanted to. Thank you for letting us know! Poor Lulu. :(
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Yes this has always concerned me with colored elastics really any brand and even brown rubber bands can cause this. I am so sorry. I only buy clear but if they are left on too long they can also turn things yellow. You know what I do is I wrap a perm paper around the hair and leg and then I put the elastic on it. Works great. Argh...huh?
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Oh crud! I guess I'd better take mine off too!
....but what about Applejack? >.> They gave her a red elastic to match her red hair tie in the show... I wonder if her hair will have a big red ring on the end... But I guess I don't mind if I just plan to leave it on forever...
I used Aj's elastic to flatten her forelock/bangs, and it didn't leave any marks even though it sat for few months. But I guess you can never be too careful with ponies.
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My Lilly Blossom had a stain on her leg from the hairtie when I took her out of the packaging. :(
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Uh oh. Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to remove them.
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A G3.5 pinkie pie I found has a huge blue stain on her foreleg from a blue elastic that was there when I found her :(
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Yes this has always concerned me with colored elastics really any brand and even brown rubber bands can cause this. I am so sorry. I only buy clear but if they are left on too long they can also turn things yellow. You know what I do is I wrap a perm paper around the hair and leg and then I put the elastic on it. Works great. Argh...huh?
Ummm..does that include those Silly Band rings? They are a good size for pony bracelets so I have a bunch of them for that purpose.
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Ahhh, that's terrible. Thanks for the heads up!
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Put nothing on a pony but the pony itself. Even their colorful clothes will leach out onto their skin in the right conditions.
Also, stained wood shelving will stain their feet if they stand on it too long. I now stand all of my ponies on a piece of white paper on the wood shelf of my cabinet.
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Ow the poor pony :shocked:
Thanks for the warning a lot of ponies will be saved.
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* goes to remove all the elastics from the ponies * Thanks for the heads up :)
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Elastic bands deteriorate and can do so rather fast - as such their colour leeches out - as others have said before if you dont want to risk stains, dont use coloured elastic bands in hair or on body....even if they only have a light colour tint
There isnt as much "elastic" in a lot of the clear ones but they wont cause the same level of damage!
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Oh noes, I loved these...
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Oh yikes....I removed all the elastics on my ponies after reading this, thanks. This whole thread makes me even SO much more happier that I debox them lol!!
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You know, this reminds me of a magazine article I read a long time ago, detailing the "workout" Barbie toys have to go through at Mattel before they're put on the shelves. They put the Barbie toys in a machine that bends their arms and legs 1,000 times in a row to make sure the joints don't break, throw her in a pool for 52 hours to make sure the bathing suit colors don't bleed, etc etc.
Quality control, Hasbro!
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Yikes!!! I wont be using those anymore :shocked:
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The first thing I always do when getting a new pony is remove the elastics. As a regular receiver of second-hand toys when I was a child, I've got the damage old elastics can do stuck in my brain.
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Im 100% definitivately sure to remove those rubber bands and use transpararent of different material ones.