I've had to return a Ploomette before because she had scratches and blobs of glue on her butt. It seems that these specific toys, more than the other basic figures, were made rather poorly. If it's not that much glue and not near paint, I would just use acetone to remove the glue. I don't really see a point in contacting Hasbro since they're not going to stop making them like this. They might send you a replacement, but there's no guarantee of how much better it will be.

I'm not sure if you'll be able to get the bumps off, but you can probably get the embedded dirt of with an Oxy boil and some scrubbing with an antibiotic dish soap like you can with pindot mold. Good luck, hope the seller is willing to give you a partial refund. If not you can always open up a dispute. :S

Aww, thank you everyone! Nope, I didn't draw my avatar, ZennaBug. Not very good at vectoring, I'm afraid.

And yes, restoring ponies is lovely. Everypony deserves a second chance at being wonderful again. n_n

I've heard it's just a common thing with this specific pony. Acne cream didn't yellow her, but it also did absolutely nothing anywhere. I took out her tail and used some foil, but am gonna go buy painter's tape instead since it'll allow me to shape around her symbol better. Thanks for the tips, I'll stick to trying this and let you guys know how it works out in a week or so.  One of the windows in this room is in absolute DIRECT sunlight every single day, so I hope it goes well. 


EDIT: Also, she DOES have a bit of regrind in really really small patches, but it's bright pink. It doesn't bother me much, but I do hope I can fix these blotches. ):


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EDIT2: Alright here she is ready for the window! Used a bunch of little pieces of tape for the eyes/symbol so I didn't end up covering more than needed. Here's to hoping she has beautiful results.

Algodoncete is my grail Nirvana. Can't help loving that color combo   

Wow, I had never seen her until now. She's cute!

I recently bought this lovely little German Starshine, but I'm afraid she has the usually occuring blotches, mainly throughout the back.
She's not actually this gray, it's just the lighting.

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But I wonder, what is the best method to trying to rewhiten her? I'm trying acne cream at the moment on the bottom of her hoof as a test spot, but would sunfading have better effects? Has anyone tried Clorox Bleach Pen..? I've used Oxy Clean for light whitening, but I really don't think it would help her too much..
Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this! I hope there's some hope for her.

Aww, thanks for the welcomes everyone. :'D
I already feel right at home here. 

Definitely interested in one of those Italian Poseys but I'm afraid I have no idea what they'd price at. Only one I've seen on eBay lately is <$15, but also not in a condition as good as yours.