Don’t store My Little Pony wearing their clothes and accessories

October 29, 2008 | By Juliana Heng In Toy care |

This is a My Little Pony collecting tip that I picked up from the My Little Pony Arena forum:

“Random friendly reminder - Don’t store your ponies wearing anything. (This goes for having them on display for long stretches of time, too; think a half year or longer.) Some G1 pony shoes, saddles, etc. are known to stain ponies permanently.

I don’t know if any of the G1 cloth outfits ever stained a pony, but I would prefer not to risk it.

Also, I am certain that the newish G3 pony dress-up line of vinyl clothing will likely also leave stain marks - at least, those pieces of clothing that are pink or especially hot pink.

When storing G3 dress-up vinyl clothing, store pink pieces away from pieces of every other color, just to be safe.

Also, remember that ink bleeds onto vinyl. Keep all vinyl clothing pieces separate and away from things like brochures, stickers, or any printed item like the birthday that that came as an accessory.“

I think the above tips may apply to other toy lines as well. I don’t own action figures that wear real clothes so I can’t confirm if time will cause the deteriorating clothes to stain the figures. It’s better to be safe than sorry and check on your clothes-wearing toy collections regularly to take appropriate preventive measures in time.

Happy toy collecting!

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