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Title: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: babymoondust on February 02, 2012, 11:37:42 AM

Y'all left awesome responses to my factory error Fluttershy post (http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,285830.0.html) so far!


It has really peaked my interest, especially for those of you who have a fondness for factory error ponies, so I thought I'd start this thread for you to showcase your unique little beauties! (Or... not so... beauties!...)


Tell us how you got them, maybe you wanted them for their factory error? And just generally say how you feel about them ~ pretty show & tell.  ^.^




My Fluttershy again... she's lookin' atchoo! 


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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: majikarte on February 02, 2012, 01:50:14 PM

If you look closely (full view here (http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6114/6335011269_2601937c04_b.jpg)), the Plumsweet in my avatar has a misplaced eye, I ended up customizing her. (I need to get another though, I love Plumsweet a lot.)

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Taxel on February 02, 2012, 01:56:32 PM

I'm desperate for a G4 with a cutie mark error, but apparently the quality control where I live is really good or something. I've looked so many times, and nothing!

But I do have this RD, a gift from my parents who live somewhere else. Really ticked about her errors (screwed up tail hole, dents, bits of paint).
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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: shabbychicdee on February 02, 2012, 02:46:24 PM

i will ad my pics soon, interested to see these :)

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: kittybethy on February 02, 2012, 08:44:39 PM

These are so fun!

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: DoctorMowinckel on February 02, 2012, 08:58:18 PM

I dunno if it's my eyes or what, but when people were talking about colour mismatches on G4s between the bodies and heads, I wasn't seeing it. Then I took a good picture of my Twilight Sparkle;

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It's so obvious under good lighting. It's distracting.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Sanadaookami on February 02, 2012, 09:12:46 PM

Blank flank Rarity- now with a much better photo~
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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Taxel on February 02, 2012, 09:22:50 PM

OMG!!! Blank flank Rarity is so epic!!!! Man am I jealous!!! That's like my G4 grail (a blank flank). xD

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Umiyuri on February 03, 2012, 12:19:01 AM

Quote from: DoctorMowinckel on February 02, 2012, 08:58:18 PM

I dunno if it's my eyes or what, but when people were talking about colour mismatches on G4s between the bodies and heads, I wasn't seeing it. Then I took a good picture of my Twilight Sparkle;

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It's so obvious under good lighting. It's distracting.

I didn't notice any obvious discrepancies until I put mine in front of a bright light. I guess it must be hard to match the materials exact, since they have pretty different properties.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Gypsy_Nights on February 03, 2012, 12:31:38 AM

Yes the blank flank Rarity is ASTONISHING!!   :shocked:   I would have bought her in a heartbeat myself!  She may be worth alot some day.  I have never run across a pony that missed out on their cutie mark.
 
And I noticed the color difference too on ALL the Twilight Sparkles I have seen in this area as well.  I actually waited a while to buy mine hoping to find one that had the same color head and body but with no luck.  I hate it when the color shades don't match.  And its pretty obvious on Twilight.  My Dewdrop Dazzle is slightly like that as well.  Which sux because she is one of my favorite G4s

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Cool.Breeze on February 03, 2012, 09:02:43 AM

Quote from: DoctorMowinckel on February 02, 2012, 08:58:18 PM

I dunno if it's my eyes or what, but when people were talking about colour mismatches on G4s between the bodies and heads, I wasn't seeing it. Then I took a good picture of my Twilight Sparkle;

It's so obvious under good lighting. It's distracting.

I know :( It makes me so sad, I display my Twi on the top shelf for my G4's and the colour difference -really- stands out. It bothers me ;^^ That's an extremely good photograph of the colour difference, btw. The shade differences are not easy to capture in photos. I want an evenly coloured Twilight with a forelock :\ I wonder what the body/head colour is like on the new raised leg version of Twilight, because raised leg Cheerilee's colours are much lighter than her standing versions.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: gallifreyan_pony on February 03, 2012, 09:25:39 AM

My Honeybuzz has a damaged cutie mark, just a tiny bit of paint missing from the edge of the design. I noticed it just before I deboxed her, dithered a bit about taking her back and finally decided I could live with it. More than about 18" from my face and I can't tell anyway.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ZettaMomo on February 03, 2012, 11:38:41 AM

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My Lulu Luck had this awkward crack in her plastic (It is kinda hard to see in the picture, but it is obvious in person) and all these indents on her face. The pretty much fixed themselves when I boiled her, but the crack is still there.
Hasbro sent me a replacement and said it would be Lulu Luck, but it ended being Flitterheart!  XD  I was okay with it, though, since I was kind of wanting Flitterheart anyways.

I am kinda jealous of that blank flank Rarity. How did that pass through inspection?

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: will2Bfree on February 03, 2012, 01:41:21 PM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 03, 2012, 11:38:41 AM

My Lulu Luck had this awkward crack in her plastic (It is kinda hard to see in the picture, but it is obvious in person) and all these indents on her face. The pretty much fixed themselves when I boiled her, but the crack is still there.
Hasbro sent me a replacement and said it would be Lulu Luck, but it ended being Flitterheart!  XD  I was okay with it, though, since I was kind of wanting Flitterheart anyways.

I got two ponies with cracks like that. I'm really upset about one of them, because it's my regular sized Luna which I went through a LOT of trouble to find.

The cracks on mine are both near the front seam, though, so, thankfully, they're not as noticeable.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Sanadaookami on February 03, 2012, 01:48:45 PM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 03, 2012, 11:38:41 AM

I am kinda jealous of that blank flank Rarity. How did that pass through inspection?

No idea XD I found her clear back at the start of G4, I think I was only the second or third US person to find them~ That first run was full of problems none of the one's I got then were perfect (paint smudges, off center cutie marks, mismatched heads it was a nightmare!) but nothing as cool as my blank flank.

I have a few with dents like you lulu's, not as deep but still annoying :/

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ZettaMomo on February 03, 2012, 03:03:52 PM

will2Bfree - That would upset me if that happened to a Luna! She is one of my favorites, but I haven't gotten a hold of her yet.
Someone before suggested to me that the cracks may be from the plastic not being mixed correctly or something similar.

Sanadaookami - Now I am going to have to keep an eye out for some when I go to the store! I have actually been pretty lucky and have only ran into one factory error on my G4s. Some of mine have the body/head mismatch, but not as bad as some I have seen.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: TheFuzz on February 03, 2012, 03:18:42 PM

I have a few with slightly mismatched heads, my Royal Ball Rarity has a very loose head, and the Spike that came with that set looks like he had quite the battle with the paint machines. I'll take pictures of the Rarity and Spike and post them up later.
 
 Pardon the blurriness, my camera doesn't have a macro setting.
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That awful gap is just as bad no matter which direction I position the head.

And now Spike, poor Spike. To start things off, he's derp-eyed, his back spikes are all messed up, he's got some green dribble on his face, and both of his back legs have this weird dent in them, the opposite side leg dent also has a bright green paint smudge. Compared to my other Spike, this guy is a total mess.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0659.jpg (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0659.jpg)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0657.jpg (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0657.jpg)
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0662.jpg (http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/evilkittn00/Ponies/CIMG0662.jpg)
 

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Bag of Magic Food on February 03, 2012, 06:47:42 PM

They should just start making ponies with completely different colors for their heads than their bodies, and market the color difference as a special new feature of them.  "My Little Pony, Two-Tone Ponies: Her coat changes color at the neck!..."

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Varkolak on February 03, 2012, 07:25:19 PM

Quote from: DoctorMowinckel on February 02, 2012, 08:58:18 PM

I dunno if it's my eyes or what, but when people were talking about colour mismatches on G4s between the bodies and heads, I wasn't seeing it. Then I took a good picture of my Twilight Sparkle;

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i've got 2 exactly like that, and have yet to see one that isn't that way. :(
It's so obvious under good lighting. It's distracting.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: MintySocks on February 03, 2012, 09:06:42 PM

Quote from: Bag of Magic Food on February 03, 2012, 06:47:42 PM

They should just start making ponies with completely different colors for their heads than their bodies, and market the color difference as a special new feature of them.  "My Little Pony, Two-Tone Ponies: Her coat changes color at the neck!..."

:lmao:

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: bladed on February 04, 2012, 02:49:23 AM

All my blindbags have a broken ear..
And my Bumblesweet has a smudged mark!
And my newer Twilight has a different body/ear colour to her head and horn..
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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Oneleo1 on February 04, 2012, 09:52:12 AM

Got to love those factory flaws!

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ashes on February 04, 2012, 05:34:09 PM

Some of those errors are interesting - like the cracks!  It does make you wonder how those ponies get past QC.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: angel_rose on February 04, 2012, 08:41:23 PM

My Cheerilee has a nice big scratch on her symbol :(


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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Gingerbread on February 05, 2012, 05:10:49 AM

I'm keeping an eye out in shops for anything interesting, not seen any glaring errors yet though.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: KtKat on February 05, 2012, 01:22:30 PM

 My Feathermay has a couple strands of tinsel haired into her tail!  I like it, makes her unique!
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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: LilSpark on February 05, 2012, 01:51:08 PM

Wow, those are a lot of errors, don't you think  :huh:

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ZettaMomo on February 05, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Alrighty... So I went to go try and customize my Lulu Luck that I posted earlier and just planned to sculpt something over the funny looking spot. After cutting off her neck plug to look inside I find this!
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A big ol' crack in her plastic! And no, I did not accidentally stab her when I was cutting either.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ButtercreamDream on February 05, 2012, 04:50:32 PM

I've only de-boxed 5 sets so far, and out of the 6 ponies, only 1 has come without factory flaws.  It's really depressing.  I don't ever remember finding a G1 with a flaw right off the card.  They range from paint marks, to mismatched head/bodies (I didn't check Sweetie bell carefully enough, because I though they couldn't mess up white =/ ), to gouges in the plastic.  Apple Bloom has half a tail that's 1/2 inch shorter than the other half, but the one that upsets me the most is my camping rainbow dash.  Part of her mane is cut halfway, where is attatched to her leg  when she was in box.  It looks like whatever was used to cut the plastic or the tape, cut part of the mane too.

I finally found the CMC set in Ottawa, but the head/body colour difference of Scootaloo was so bad, I couldn't do it.  Hopefully they'll restock with some better ones.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: tehrin on February 05, 2012, 06:31:29 PM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 05, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Alrighty... So I went to go try and customize my Lulu Luck that I posted earlier and just planned to sculpt something over the funny looking spot. After cutting off her neck plug to look inside I find this!
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A big ol' crack in her plastic! And no, I did not accidentally stab her when I was cutting either.

The rarity I'm customizing has the same issue in the same space! It might just be a problem with the mold?

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: cesprins on February 05, 2012, 07:39:29 PM

yikes. so many problems.

I only buy my ponies in store for this reason. You never know what you're going to get, lately.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Greylady on May 28, 2012, 03:22:52 PM

And lets not forget all of us who have excitedly unboxed a new G4 and inspected every part of them.
Until they got to the tail.
And there was one or more massive chips at the plug hole. That's happened to about 4 out of eleven of my G4's so far.
 :yikes:  And my Twilight Sparkle's head/body mismatch is pretty terrible too. And what's worse is the dirt that Hasbro so kindly packs into every box as a little gift to us.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Folly on May 28, 2012, 03:51:11 PM

Quote from: tehrin on February 05, 2012, 06:31:29 PM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 05, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Alrighty... So I went to go try and customize my Lulu Luck that I posted earlier and just planned to sculpt something over the funny looking spot. After cutting off her neck plug to look inside I find this!
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A big ol' crack in her plastic! And no, I did not accidentally stab her when I was cutting either.

The rarity I'm customizing has the same issue in the same space! It might just be a problem with the mold?

One of the Twinkleshines I pulled apart to customize had exactly that too! o_O how strange

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: keikokukien on May 28, 2012, 04:10:13 PM

Quote from: Greylady on May 28, 2012, 03:22:52 PM

And what's worse is the dirt that Hasbro so kindly packs into every box as a little gift to us.

Dirt?! D: Maybe I wasn't paying attention when I unboxed some of mine...but ew! That's terrible!

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Brightsong on May 28, 2012, 07:49:10 PM

I keep getting ponies that have various factory flaws.  I got one of those Toys R Us blind bag sized pony boxes, and it was like the guy who was monitoring quality fell asleep during production.  Especially Peachy Pie, her left eye is smudged and misplaced.  I also keep getting ponies that either have hair stuck in betweeb the head and the body (coming from the inside of the head,) and ponies with hair strands that are in two holes or more at once. o.o 


Most of them are different ponies now, but I might still have that Peachy Pie.


Oh, and I just opened an Applejack and a random rubber band fell out. o.o

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on May 28, 2012, 08:15:32 PM

Quote from: keikokukien on May 28, 2012, 04:10:13 PM

Quote from: Greylady on May 28, 2012, 03:22:52 PM

And what's worse is the dirt that Hasbro so kindly packs into every box as a little gift to us.

Dirt?! D: Maybe I wasn't paying attention when I unboxed some of mine...but ew! That's terrible!

I have a fashion style Rainbow Dash that has dirt on her brush.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: saply on May 28, 2012, 08:41:36 PM

Quote from: Folly on May 28, 2012, 03:51:11 PM

Quote from: tehrin on February 05, 2012, 06:31:29 PM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 05, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Alrighty... So I went to go try and customize my Lulu Luck that I posted earlier and just planned to sculpt something over the funny looking spot. After cutting off her neck plug to look inside I find this!
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A big ol' crack in her plastic! And no, I did not accidentally stab her when I was cutting either.

The rarity I'm customizing has the same issue in the same space! It might just be a problem with the mold?

One of the Twinkleshines I pulled apart to customize had exactly that too! o_O how strange

They're all like that. It's where the (vinyl?) is molded to make the legs, and it contracts and cracks a little bit as it cools/dries.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Brightsong on May 28, 2012, 10:31:33 PM

I forgot to mention that someone on facebook got a Fashion Applejack who was missing a shoe.  Luckily she was able to contact Hasbro and fix it.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Water_Fire on May 29, 2012, 01:11:49 AM

Quote from: ZettaMomo on February 05, 2012, 04:22:28 PM

Alrighty... So I went to go try and customize my Lulu Luck that I posted earlier and just planned to sculpt something over the funny looking spot. After cutting off her neck plug to look inside I find this!
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A big ol' crack in her plastic! And no, I did not accidentally stab her when I was cutting either.

I've customed a few G4s and I think nearly all of them had that flaw! I've had plenty that have come with big dents in too. :(


EDIT: Oh! Oh! I had FS Rarity that was missing a shoe too! I didn't go looking to have it replaced because the shoes drive me crazy anyway, so I just pack them away.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: hathorcat on May 29, 2012, 02:41:09 AM

There have been a couple of "hornless" Rarities as well...thats serious QC issues!

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Greylady on May 29, 2012, 05:22:34 AM

Quote from: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on May 28, 2012, 08:15:32 PM

Quote from: keikokukien on May 28, 2012, 04:10:13 PM

Quote from: Greylady on May 28, 2012, 03:22:52 PM

And what's worse is the dirt that Hasbro so kindly packs into every box as a little gift to us.

Dirt?! D: Maybe I wasn't paying attention when I unboxed some of mine...but ew! That's terrible!

I have a fashion style Rainbow Dash that has dirt on her brush.

My fashion style Pinkie Pie had black greasy marks on her legs when I got her. Maybe it's oil from the machinery in the factory? I just don't know. It washed off fairly easily, though. But she still has some smaller marks like a black smudge on one ear which isn't the same grease.  :huh:

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Dragonflitter on May 29, 2012, 08:40:04 AM

I had hoped people would post the MIB "Rarity Pie" Carriage photos in this thread! I'll have to dig them up from old threads later.

There's been 2 different documented people (one here, one on the MLPTP) who bought a Rarity carriage and the head is actually Pinkie Pie's head on Rarity's body, meaning there's no horn and Rarity's "diva" eyes are stamped over the round "Pinkie Pie" eye depressions!

lol Seeing those photos really made my day. Now there's an error that I can see being worth something in the future!

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: hathorcat on May 29, 2012, 02:45:00 PM

I think its Goldenclopper that owns one of those Raritys if I remember rightly...

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Axalth on May 30, 2012, 01:53:13 AM

I have my Derplestia. Off the shelf instore. One of her eyes has glitter, which isnt meant to happen. Its in the proper shape of her eye as well
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I also have a Chubbybuzz!! Not sure if its just the mould or mine, but my Honeybuzz is just chubby enough to have her saddle not fit her. It fits other ponies just fine haha.
Hmm and i have a Cupcake with misprinted eyes and a Twilight with plastic bruising(?)

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: gemini_pony on May 30, 2012, 02:11:14 AM

Aww I wanna see Chubbybuzz <3

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Greylady on May 30, 2012, 07:35:33 AM

Quote from: gemini_pony on May 30, 2012, 02:11:14 AM

Aww I wanna see Chubbybuzz <3

Seconded!
Also glittery eyed Celestia is unusual and beautiful
I bet you could say...
I'M DRAWN TO THE TWINKLE IN HER EYE.
 :cool:

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Wilford B Wolf on May 30, 2012, 06:50:05 PM

lol trolling thru the thread it got me wondering so i looked over my stuff..sadly all i found was 2 box errors....fluttershy "pony wears the saddle"(inside the box)...umm that should say pulls the wagon as she has no saddle or place to put it(dashies labeled correctly)...and my "fashion style" dashie..one of the labels inside the box is upside down

but its got me on the hunt for goof ups

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Pinecone on May 30, 2012, 07:03:49 PM

My Honeybuzz's saddle is a bit of a pain to snap on, but I don't to want  put it on anyway  because it would hide the bee. I assumed they were all a bit tricky. It looks like any other pony from what I can tell.

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: babyblueducky on May 30, 2012, 09:54:22 PM

i havent really examined my ponies for errors. unless my diamond roses symbol isnt suppose to be so low. its not on her rump, its more on her leg. anyone else have that?

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: jwalraven on May 30, 2012, 11:22:54 PM

My poor Princess Celestia has gunk on/near her cutie mark!

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Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: Dragonflitter on May 31, 2012, 09:14:59 AM

Quote from: babyblueducky on May 30, 2012, 09:54:22 PM

i havent really examined my ponies for errors. unless my diamond roses symbol isnt suppose to be so low. its not on her rump, its more on her leg. anyone else have that?

Both of mine are like that too! (Although one seem a little lower than the other.) Seems like it's common with Diamond Rose?

Title: Re: Show me your G4 factory errors!
Post by: ApertureScience on May 31, 2012, 10:28:59 AM

@Axalth:  Celestia's glittery eye is beautiful in that pic...

My most common issue is head and body mismatch.  I don't see why it would be so freaking hard to use the same kind of plastic for both sections of the pony...