Translucent Ponies - Interesting Info

[Mermaid]

Could it be that they are just old prototypes? I honestly do not think they will be released like this. I think they will be released with the body glitter, and that these are just prototypes/unfinished with out the glitter. Like a employee "stole" them from the production line before they were glittered.

[StarlightGaze]

Hmm, I have a Rarity that is supposedly pretty old that I got from Rite Aid, just sitting there for who knows how long. Her number is 02491, so she might be a 1st wave.

[HavACrumpet452]

Hate to tell you, but if these are anything like the G3 glitter ponies with translucent bodies,many of them only held up for a few years before their plastic started to break down and become a sticky mess. I've had some luck with filling the bodies with silica beads to keep them dry but you can see them through the body.

[StarlightGaze]

Ewww, sticky plastic sounds like a health hazard. I hear PVC is toxic.

[Marigold]

These are really pretty!  It is going to be hard for me not to buy them if they are released.

[Dragonflitter]

Hate to tell you, but if these are anything like the G3 glitter ponies with translucent bodies,many of them only held up for a few years before their plastic started to break down and become a sticky mess. I've had some luck with filling the bodies with silica beads to keep them dry but you can see them through the body.

o.0 Uh... this is not true AT ALL. I am an avid collector of G3's and NONE of my Divine Shine ponies (translucent ones with glitter) are breaking down at all, they're not sticky and are all in the same shape as when I first bought them. I do not keep mine MIB either.

Maybe you had some that come from a bad batch, or the factory that supplies the ponies for your area messed up, but they are not all like that.

[HavACrumpet452]

Half of mine are like this and I've heard I'm lucky the others are holding up.

[Stroggos]

I wonder if Hasbro still keeps track of the foot number system or whether it's left on as some kind of gallows conspiracy humour.

[Shenanigans]

I must have that Rarity

I do hope we see more like this and not with glitter all over! I like them like this

[Foxtale]

I'm a sucker for see through ponies. I can't wait to see these in the stores. I'd LOVE a pearly/glittery see through Luna.

[scarletjul]

If the number on the foot corresponds to the year of release, then I'm thinking (hoping) that this might just mean the prototypes are old and not that they aren't being released.  Taobao's usually the first to release new stuff, it seems unlikely to me that a seller would have just sat on these - unless Hasbro has been tweaking them for awhile?

Fluttershy's dark pink hair doesn't concern me, though as it *is* a prototype and they may have been just grabbing whatever hair was available.  Or deciding what color they preferred with that body material.  Or it was a mistake. 

[dxgirly]

My Sunny Rays that I got today says "20961" and my Trixie says "20961" as well. hm.

[hathorcat]

The numbers under the feet do indeed act as a "date coder" for the day of manufacture much as with much earlier gens who simply got a year '83 or 2003 stamped.

You will have a 5 digit code...the first number is the year - so 0 = 2010, 1 = 2011 and 2 = 2012...the next 3 numbers are the date of that year so 001 would be 1st of January, 128 would be 7th of May [forgive me if my maths is out there]. The  last number will increase the further into the line we go. At the moment, I think all numbers will end with 1 as for HB this is the first manufacturing run of the line. It has also in the past been known to indicate different factory/manufacturer sources. So each factory may have a different number; it depends on the scale of the line but essentially the last number is a HB internal reference and not as relevant as the other dates.

Hope that makes sense

[BrightIdea]

The numbers under the feet do indeed act as a "date coder" for the day of manufacture much as with much earlier gens who simply got a year '83 or 2003 stamped.

You will have a 5 digit code...the first number is the year - so 0 = 2010, 1 = 2011 and 2 = 2012...the next 3 numbers are the date of that year so 001 would be 1st of January, 128 would be 7th of May [forgive me if my maths is out there]. The  last number will increase the further into the line we go. At the moment, I think all numbers will end with 1 as for HB this is the first manufacturing run of the line. It has also in the past been known to indicate different factory/manufacturer sources. So each factory may have a different number; it depends on the scale of the line but essentially the last number is a HB internal reference and not as relevant as the other dates.

Hope that makes sense

Woot!  Hathorcat you are my hero!  That totally makes sense. Thanks for the info.  I just sort of assumed it was a manufacture date since it made perfect sense. But now that you explained it, even awesomer!

And lol, what's with all the depressing "stolen pony" and "your pony is going to melt" and "your pony is going to be poisonous" talk, what a mood brightener.     Haha, thanks for the warning I guess?

[HavACrumpet452]

Well I thought people might like to know that they might have to take care and keep an extra eye on them to watch for any signs they aren't holding up. If I'd have known about the G3's I'd sure have put silica in them sooner to keep them extra dried.