Plasticizer breakdown on glitter ponies? (G2 and G3)

[Starshinescustoms]

Here I go again, bothering you all with another thread 
I'm fairly new to understanding plasticizer breakdown. Cancer, pindot ect I've known about for years, but I hadn't heard of this one until recently.
I have two ponies (G2 Queen Sunsparkle and G3 Secret Wish) who are both sticky to hold. I assume this is plasticizer breakdown? Is this common in glitter ponies? None of the others in my collection have gone like this (except an FF Cotton Candy I got in a lot recently), just two out of the three glitter ponies I have (the third being G1 Twinkler, who is thankfully absolutely fine).
So if it is plasticizer breakdown, should I remove them from my shelf? As I've just read that it is contagious  I've only had Sunsparkle a couple of weeks, but Secret Wish has been on my shelf with other ponies for years. I haven't picked her up for ages, so I don't know how long she's been like that...

[FarDreamer]

I believe it is quite common in the G2 and G3 glitter ponies.  I might be wrong, but I don't think it's more common in the G1 glitter ponies than other G1 ponies.

I'm not convinced that it does spread pony to pony, but personally I wouldn't have them touching other ponies or anything else plastic.  It will cause damage to other types of plastics, so I wouldn't want to risk a playset for example.

Check out the article linked to here:  http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html#Plasticiser

You might find it interesting.

[partypony566]

Every G3 glitter pony I have had has plastic breakdown

[katrine2309]

Oh wow - this is kind of new to me too. Never had a plastic breakdown on my G1s, and isn't it a bit early for G3s to start to break down? I mean, aren't they pretty recent in the whole MLP universe... That really surprises me to hear about!

[Dragonflitter]

My G3 glitters are still the same as when they came out of their packaging, so it's not all that are breaking down. It might be an environmental factor...do you live in a place with high heat and/or high humidity?

[hathorcat]

I cant say I have ever heard of anyone saying its contagious to be honest. The concept of plasticiser breaking down is no different from the concept of cancer - its to do with the integrity of the plastic of that item.

Plasticisers are added in order to make ponies easily moulded and obviously so ponies can be used as a weapon due to the solid plastic The plasticiser/chemicals/plastic simply start to break down and leak out of the plastic.

Although it can affect any pony, it does seems to be very common in translucent ponies - I would guess that is to do with the different types of plastic used in order to manufacture a pony in this way.

While, it would be safe for a pony with this to live beside another without it. I personally would keep them separate - not because of contagion of course - but because they can get sticky and leak some pigment colour along with the plasticiser and you don't want to stain another pony.

[Galactica]

I actually kinda want some G3 sparkle ponies where the glitter has broken down and disappeared- they look like gummies!