Mane length updated with pics!

[sherbertlegs]

I have a question which may be obvious about mane length.

Q: how do you know when a mane or tail has been cut?

I bought a small bundle off eBay, which were described as "in good condition". Two of the ponies manes and tails look slightly small to me, but as I don't have any other duplicates to compare how do I know what length the hair is supposed to be.

Have all g1's got a standard length?

Also one of the ponies I received looks to have a bad case of pony cancer what would you recommend doing with this pony?

Thanks!
Xx

[Sakuyamon]

Each set of ponies have a hair length thats standard for those ponies. Sweet heart Sisters have one length while Rainbow ponies have another length.
You can use pics online to compare the length which the ponies should have.

Cancer is uncurable for ponies so unless its a really rare pony, you could customize it.

[sherbertlegs]

The two ponies in question are hopscotch and main sail.

[Sanadaookami]

I have mainsail and her main is about 4inches and her tail a little over 5. I don't have hopscotch but I think she is comparable.

[Skeen]

For tails, run them up through the pony's legs along her belly.  It should come up near her neck seam on any G1.

For the mane, wrap it around her face.  It should touch the other cheek.

You can often tell if hair has been cut because it too even.  If, say, a tail is cut straight across the bottom it's a good indicator.  Even ponies fresh off the card usually have SOME amount of unevenness to their tails. 

[Galactica]

Can you snap any photos?  I bet we could tell by looking- and also ponypeople around here seem to have a lot of good advice re dealing with pony cancer- but it would depend on what exactly is going on -

[Goldilocks]

If the cancerous pony is Hopscotch, I probably wouldn't bait her. She isn't overly common and is also prone to discolourings/cancer. Maybe a non-picky collector would still like her as the pony isn't very easy to find without any discolourations?

EDIT:
Mainsail's hair might look shorter than it really is if it's frizzy or poofy, especially the white part of her hair becomes frizzy very easily and sometimes looks shorter than it should be just because of the frizziness

[hathorcat]

Unfortunately [or maybe fortunately because it adds some variety] there isnt a standard hair length across G1. Some ponies have super long [e.g. Brush n Grow], some ponies very long [e.g. second edition Princesses], some long [e.g some Big Brothers], some medium [e.g. many of the early unicorns], some short [e.g. first edition Applejack] and some even have very short [e.g. Honeycomb]....it varies from set to set and sometimes it even varies in sets.

The best idea is to compare your pony to at least a couple of the on line pony websites to get an idea of where the hair should fall. And sometimes its easy to mistake a hair cut - a lot of the ponies with factory curl, have much longer hair obviously when its straightened so a picture could look longer than the pony you have as your pony still has. Equally a small amount of ponies were released first with short hair and then long hair - Medley, Firefly, AJ and Bow Tie.

Unfortunately at the moment we dont have a tried and tested way to remove age marks - do you have pictures how bad it is would depend how you could at least try to treat some of it.

[NoPonySpecial]

This is probably too subtle and won't help much, but: There's a very subtle difference in the ends of the hair when it's cut. If it isn't cut, the ends are kind of softer and end very thinly. When cut, the ends are flat and, well, look like they've been cut. Of course, sometimes it could be cut at a slight angle, so that would make it look more natural. Hmm. This didn't help at all, did it? 

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Please show us and then we'll be more able to tell you!  As Hathorcat says, all lengths of hair are different when it comes to the different sets in G1.  So you kind of just have to either "know" or "eyeball it". 

[shabbychicdee]

Can you snap any photos?  I bet we could tell by looking- and also ponypeople around here seem to have a lot of good advice re dealing with pony cancer- but it would depend on what exactly is going on -

if you can get picks that would help
i find ponies like majesty always looks like she has a cut main and tail cos of the straightness and how it was crudely cut in the factory, also baby ponies like glory also iv upgraded her thinking her main and tail were short only to keep getting another one in the same length

[hathorcat]

This is probably too subtle and won't help much, but: There's a very subtle difference in the ends of the hair when it's cut. If it isn't cut, the ends are kind of softer and end very thinly. When cut, the ends are flat and, well, look like they've been cut. Of course, sometimes it could be cut at a slight angle, so that would make it look more natural. Hmm. This didn't help at all, did it? 

You do also have some G1s which naturally come with choppy hair which looks cut - Majesty and Sprinkles being a couple of examples. Sometimes these girls look as though they have had their hair cut if you judged by the ends. G1s are just confusing

[sherbertlegs]

Thanks for all the replies, I will try and get some photo's this afternoon and update you all. Xxxx. P.s Hopscotch's cutie mark is gorgeous and still pink! Xx

[sherbertlegs]

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The white in her mane and tail is quite fuzzy so this may contribute to the length appearance.

Here is hopscotch

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Check out the pink in the cutie mark!

Finally is this a bad case of pony cancer?

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I have re looked at the eBay listing and the pony was shown with the display side.  None of these mark are visible until you look on the NDS! 

[Oneleo1]

It does not look like anyone has has a trim in those photos.

And poor whatshername has a bad case of cancer Poor thing.