Mascara brushes is what I meant to say. Wow. Where's my brain?

If it helps, I not only 100% understood what you meant, but just assumed that was a common term for it I didn't know!  I'm just constantly willing to accept "yeah, that's probably something I just didn't know yet"

For me, I was born in '97, so obviously I didn't experience G1 as it released. However, I'm prone to the phenomenon of Hyperfixation, so when already G3 obsessed little Heelys discovered G1 through DVD rereleases and the internet, she was hooked.

For me, the discovery was part of what made it magical. I loved to absorb as much information as I could, so discovering that my favorite toyline had not only being going on since the 1980s, but that so much had changed over the years was just about the coolest thing. I'd asked for The Runaway Rainbow on DVD for my birthday while my family was moving, and when my package from my grandma did come in, it was a Rhino DVD release of a couple episodes from the show, Quest of the Princess Ponies and The Golden Horseshoes("what do you mean, they used to have a TV show?! AND THERE WAS A MOVIE?!"). Since then, something about G1 has always stood out to me. There's the element of the nostalgic discovery, the way that hunting for toys and information kept me busy during a very lonely time in my life, but also the soft pastel aesthetic of the line. I especially like how pretty the eyes are on G1s, which is also why I'm not a fan of BBE...

In my youth, my favorites in my collection were Princess Royal Blue, North Star, and Baby Tiddlywinks. Royal Blue due to being my first G1 and part of my first exposure to the toyline through the tv show, the others for aesthetic. I also always loved Fizzy's design and show personality, and wanted a Baby Lickety Split for her role in the movie.

Was this an unnecessary infodump? Maybe. What can you do about it?

I would maybe recommend filling her up with soapy water and letting her sit a little while to soften and break up the debris. What I usually do to help with cleaning ponies whose poses make it difficult to reach is taking a Q-tip and bending it into a shape to match the curvature of the leg, and then using a pair of needle-nose pliers to hold onto it instead of trying to hold it with your hand. It extends your reach and it's easier to get in the crevices when you aren't worrying about trying to fit your fingers in with the Q-tip >u< You could also try stuffing a cotton ball in there and twisting it around with the pliers to clean stuff out if the Q-tip thing doesn't work.

I hope that helps some!

If you needed to scrub, clean eyelash brushes are good

Oh those are some good ideas! I’ve got some eyelash brushes I can try out, I’ll do that and a good soap soak.

That's so neat :O I'm afraid I don't have information, but lucky find!

I don't have any projects for these, but I'm keeping my eye on these listings. Any G1 standard babies in bait condition?

Pony armies are great! Like, if there's one person who's making it their goal to own all of one rare toy so nobody else can have it, that's a problem, but that's just not happening. (cough)
Well, it's not happening in the MLP community, anyway. 

What an amazing year! The resin shaker symbols are such a cool idea, that's real creativity. And I melted at that fuzzy lil' Gusty.