G3 Chubby Cheeks and Feeling Rough [EDITED]

For a while now I have been thinking my Blossomforth’s face looks a bit strange compared to my other ponies. She is my second oldest pony so I’m unsure if something has happened over the years with age or she’s just different herself
(Little kid me takes blame for the hoof... I’m not sure why her back leg is squashed either. Maybe that was when little kid me used to take her to school?)
Not only does she look slightly different to me anyway in her face but her face is also really rough. It’s hard to capture it on camera. So I tried to clean it and most of it went away and turned it to be thick dirt but the roughness remains. I’m not sure if it’s a side effect of her face stretching or squashing? Here she is compared to her best friend Desert Rose and Bowtie who may be a better comparison:

I thought this roughness was just Blossomforth only but when I was getting my ponies out to take photos of them for a photography project, I noticed Bowtie’s hooves are coming up all porous. I tried to clean it off like Blossomforth but it wasn’t doing anything.
It’s hard to get a clear enough photo to explain
If you are able to see, the texture is all around her hooves. It isn’t limited to the front hooves though, it’s also at the back and her back legs in places too. Blossomforth has this mainly on her ears and around her mouth but also across her face too. It’s almost as if Bowtie has been standing in something the way hers is.

Does anyone know what this is and the cause?
With Blossomforth’s face, I’m just interested to know if anyone else has ponies like this and if there is a reason why this may have happened or if she is actually just normal

Thanks

EDIT:
I forgot to mention, her body is also quite wider too a bit. This may be from her back legs being squashed? I tried to get some pictures to compare:

She isn’t in the pictures but Round ‘n’ Round is the softest pony I have yet nothing like his has happened to her. She’s not here because her pose is very different

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About the roughness... I was dusting my pony box and I’ve noticed even PeriWinkle has some roughness all over her ear but what’s as strange as Bowtie’s being over her hooves, Peri has some on her hooves but it looks as if it joins up? It’s the top two hooves in the picture where she’s laying down. It’s as if she’s really been standing in something...
(Sorry, it’s really hard to capture on camera)

Is something attacking my white ponies?

G3 ponies in that pose (Sparkleworks Pose) just seem to have wider faces and bodies than other poses. Wishawhirl is in that same pose and also has a very wide face:

^^Sunset Sweety (Left) vs Wishawhirl (Right)

Ponies in the Wysteria pose and some ponies in the Rainbow Dash pose have wider faces as well like Darling Dahlia:

^^Meadowbrook (Left) Vs Darling Dahlia (Right)

Perhaps the roughness is pindot/smooze? But the spots aren't dirty, so idk.

Hope this helped!

GracefulSlumber said:

G3 ponies in that pose (Sparkleworks Pose) just seem to have wider faces and bodies than other poses. Wishawhirl is in that same pose and also has a very wide face:
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^^Sunset Sweety (Left) vs Wishawhirl (Right)

Ponies in the Wysteria pose and some ponies in the Rainbow Dash pose have wider faces as well like Darling Dahlia:
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^^Meadowbrook (Left) Vs Darling Dahlia (Right)

Perhaps the roughness is pindot/smooze? But the spots aren't dirty, so idk.

Hope this helped!

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I’ll have to get Darling Delilah out to have another look to see the difference. I’ve noticed some faces in different poses are different like my Round ‘n’ Round compared to Daffidazey

I thought it was strange the roughness was effecting my white ponies only though which was strange...

Thanks for helping though

GracefulSlumber said:

G3 ponies in that pose (Sparkleworks Pose) just seem to have wider faces and bodies than other poses. Wishawhirl is in that same pose and also has a very wide face:
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^^Sunset Sweety (Left) vs Wishawhirl (Right)

Ponies in the Wysteria pose and some ponies in the Rainbow Dash pose have wider faces as well like Darling Dahlia:
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^^Meadowbrook (Left) Vs Darling Dahlia (Right)

Perhaps the roughness is pindot/smooze? But the spots aren't dirty, so idk.

Hope this helped!

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I got out my inherited Darling Delilah to compare with Her white stripe usually covers her eye so it probably wasn’t the best comparison to see her properly so I looked for whoever was in the same pose as Blossomforth. It turns out I don’t have any other ponies in the Sparkleworks pose! The closest other pose I have is the Wysteria one so here is Scooter Sprite compared to her:
She still looks rather bulgey a bit

The wide faces are just a mould thing. Its a bit more subtle then on G1s, but G3s also have different shaped and sized heads.

Dunno about the roughness? Did they ever get played with a little roughly when you were little? Could have been scraped across a rough surface. Lemme go check my ponies.

ETA: My only pony is Pink Sunsparkle, who has a little bit of rough plastic at her neck seam. I got her second hand at the swapmeet and since many of the ponies at the table had colorful stains, braid-crinkled hair and slightly squashed plastic, I can just presume its wear and tear from playtime.

Leave a Whisper said:

The wide faces are just a mould thing. Its a bit more subtle then on G1s, but G3s also have different shaped and sized heads.

Dunno about the roughness? Did they ever get played with a little roughly when you were little? Could have been scraped across a rough surface. Lemme go check my ponies.

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Not as rough as I remember. The roughness on Bowtie seems to have appeared recently unless I've just noticed it.
I've found more on Peri's legs and it's like it's in some sort of pattern as if something has spilled onto her and and tried to eat into her body

StormMaeker said:

Not as rough as I remember. The roughness on Bowtie seems to have appeared recently unless I've just noticed it.
I've found more on Peri's legs and it's like it's in some sort of pattern as if something has spilled onto her and and tried to eat into her body

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Hmm. Could maybe be a chemical reaction from soap or something?

Leave a Whisper said:

Hmm. Could maybe be a chemical reaction from soap or something?

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If that’s the case, that’s rather disappointing and I will need to find new cleaning methods.

I took another look at Periwinkle. I’m still trying to get off the mark off her lip but for as long as I could remember, the white on her head has been different shades. Now I’m wondering if it’s something to do with her plastic?

It wouldn’t show up unless the picture was darker

When I research different cleaning techniques and how ponies age they usually feel more about G1 ponies so I’m never really sure if their bodies react differently to things?

StormMaeker said:

If that’s the case, that’s rather disappointing and I will need to find new cleaning methods.

I took another look at Periwinkle. I’m still trying to get off the mark off her lip but for as long as I could remember, the white on her head has been different shades. Now I’m wondering if it’s something to do with her plastic?
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It wouldn’t show up unless the picture was darker

When I research different cleaning techniques and how ponies age they usually feel more about G1 ponies so I’m never really sure if their bodies react differently to things?

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That just looks like grime.

Leave a Whisper said:

That just looks like grime.

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Maybe I’ll have to find some stronger stuff to clean her with

Thanks for helping

Unfortunately for us, G3s are not aging well, even worse than G1 in some cases. I'm not studied in material production and the chemical reactions that come with age, but I would venture to guess that maybe it's plasticizer leakage. Do they feel sticky or rock hard?

skig said:

Unfortunately for us, G3s are not aging well, even worse than G1 in some cases. I'm not studied in material production and the chemical reactions that come with age, but I would venture to guess that maybe it's plasticizer leakage. Do they feel sticky or rock hard?

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Only one of mine have gone sticky once but once I cleaned it off, it didn’t come back

I’ve noticed my Waterfire’s head is starting to change colour very slightly from her body and my Breezie Meadow Moon’s head has going kind of off colour

StormMaeker said:

If that’s the case, that’s rather disappointing and I will need to find new cleaning methods.

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What do you use to clean currently? My standard G3 cleaning consists of:
Dawn dish soap (gotta be dawn. Something about it is - I use a toothbrush to scrub the pony
Magic Eraser for tougher spots.
Goo Gone if there's any residue after that

GracefulSlumber said:

What do you use to clean currently? My standard G3 cleaning consists of:
Dawn dish soap (gotta be dawn. Something about it is - I use a toothbrush to scrub the pony
Magic Eraser for tougher spots.
Goo Gone if there's any residue after that

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Usually it’s soap and water. Fairy washing up liquid to get rid of the easier marks
If it’s harder to get off, nail varnish remover. That’s worked a lot so far with ponies. Not the 100% acetone ones, I’ve been told it can melt the plastic and I have to be super careful with the paint
I’ve had a look at magic erasers but I’m not sure how they work and how well they work on G3’s

I use a toothbrush too to clean some. I’ve found it’s helpful when washing long hair too actually but I’m still figuring out how to make their hair not as puffy

When researching about cleaning, some of the products I come across, I’m not too familiar with

StormMaeker said:

Usually it’s soap and water. Fairy washing up liquid to get rid of the easier marks
If it’s harder to get off, nail varnish remover. That’s worked a lot so far with ponies. Not the 100% acetone ones, I’ve been told it can melt the plastic and I have to be super careful with the paint
I’ve had a look at magic erasers but I’m not sure how they work and how well they work on G3’s

I use a toothbrush too to clean some. I’ve found it’s helpful when washing long hair too actually but I’m still figuring out how to make their hair not as puffy

When researching about cleaning, some of the products I come across, I’m not too familiar with

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It may be the nail varnish remover. Does it have acetone in it at all, or is it completely acetone free? In my opinion/experience, nail polish remover should only be used as a last resort - even if it isn't 100% acetone. Magic erasers work amazingly on G3 ponies; I use them all the time! Just like with the remover, be careful around paint and don't scrub at painted parts of the pony. I like to cut my magic erasers to make them smaller and easier to handle/manuever. Maybe I'll make a guide more specific to G3 ponies. It's weird to think about how old G3 is really becoming.

GracefulSlumber said:

It may be the nail varnish remover. Does it have acetone in it at all, or is it completely acetone free? In my opinion/experience, nail polish remover should only be used as a last resort - even if it isn't 100% acetone. Magic erasers work amazingly on G3 ponies; I use them all the time! Just like with the remover, be careful around paint and don't scrub at painted parts of the pony. I like to cut my magic erasers to make them smaller and easier to handle/manuever. Maybe I'll make a guide more specific to G3 ponies. It's weird to think about how old G3 is really becoming.

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It's 100% acetone free. I don't want them melting.
I've seen some magic erasers in my town so I'll have to try them out. If they work wonders then they must be worth a go!

A G3 specific guide sounds very helpful! Usually guides I have found before all seem more G1 related and it makes me worried if G3s would react differently. I haven't got any G1s and it feels their plastic would be differently
Whenever I see G3's be referred to as "retro" like Basic Fun has called them, it does feel very strange.

StormMaeker said:

It's 100% acetone free. I don't want them melting.
I've seen some magic erasers in my town so I'll have to try them out. If they work wonders then they must be worth a go!

A G3 specific guide sounds very helpful! Usually guides I have found before all seem more G1 related and it makes me worried if G3s would react differently. I haven't got any G1s and it feels their plastic would be differently
Whenever I see G3's be referred to as "retro" like Basic Fun has called them, it does feel very strange.

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Interesting. I don't know what it is, then. Maybe if I ever get an older white bait g3 (haha bait is basically a myth) I can test some things.

Just a note, dish detergent works much better than hand soap as it has a grease removal agent. I always used a fingernail brush.

GracefulSlumber said:

What do you use to clean currently?

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I forgot to mention, I have tried a mix of baking soda and warm water with a bit of soap with Daffidazey’s to see how it cleans. She only came out that tiny bit whiter but I may have got the portions wrong for the mixture

Tak said:

Just a note, dish detergent works much better than hand soap as it has a grease removal agent. I always used a fingernail brush.

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Ah, that’s good to know. Thank you!

skig said:

Unfortunately for us, G3s are not aging well, even worse than G1 in some cases. I'm not studied in material production and the chemical reactions that come with age, but I would venture to guess that maybe it's plasticizer leakage. Do they feel sticky or rock hard?

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I’ve noticed a few of mine feeling slightly tacky recently, I’m hoping they just need a good bath though