I only ever wanted to have two ponies, and this is my second one, andI'm a complete newbie with looking after ponies.
So I mail-ordered a pony, my pony came in, she's in great condition with no vinyl damage, but it turns out her head had been glued back on. I like playing with my ponies, swivelling their heads, so I endeavoured to get the head off.
I guess I should've tried hot water first, but I wasn't sure if it would work on new glue, so I tried sawing the head off with a butter knife. It mostly went well, except for the time I got impatient after an hour, then sawed faster. Then there were obvious saw marks and a gap on the pony's neck at the back right side, and now I'm sad I've managed to damage a pony that has been going so well for nearly 40 years!
It's livable (since I'm using her as a play pony instead of just a collector's pony, and I'm planning on keeping her forever), but it's really annoying looking. Is there any way to close that gap a bit, or should i consider her permanently "ruined", and just wrap a cute ribbon around her neck like a scarf to hide it?
(top left side of photo below is where the cut didn't go so cleanly)
So I mail-ordered a pony, my pony came in, she's in great condition with no vinyl damage, but it turns out her head had been glued back on. I like playing with my ponies, swivelling their heads, so I endeavoured to get the head off.
I guess I should've tried hot water first, but I wasn't sure if it would work on new glue, so I tried sawing the head off with a butter knife. It mostly went well, except for the time I got impatient after an hour, then sawed faster. Then there were obvious saw marks and a gap on the pony's neck at the back right side, and now I'm sad I've managed to damage a pony that has been going so well for nearly 40 years!
It's livable (since I'm using her as a play pony instead of just a collector's pony, and I'm planning on keeping her forever), but it's really annoying looking. Is there any way to close that gap a bit, or should i consider her permanently "ruined", and just wrap a cute ribbon around her neck like a scarf to hide it?
(top left side of photo below is where the cut didn't go so cleanly)
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