Fixing leaning

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Hi all! I recently got in a big haul of G1 and G2 ponies, one of which is a Princess Primrose/Ruby. She has a pretty bad leaning issue on her display side and can't stand up on her own. I've heard of people fixing leaning problems by putting something between the legs, maybe if the pony has been heated up in warm water or enough to move the legs a little? I've yet to read more about that. I don't have any photos right now but her forelegs almost cross a little at the hoof and the same with the back hooves, only two hooves stay flat on the ground if that makes sense. She's also strangely covered in light wrinkles and folds especially on her non display side if that has anything to do with the leaning. You can see and feel the wrinkles, and she feels pretty solid compared to other ponies I have from that year if that's maybe an issue with plasticiser. If anyone has any advice I'd love to hear!
 
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Hot water or a hair dryer on low to warm her p l mastic, then something (I use cloth) stuck betwixt her legs to hold them in the right position for a day maybe. The longest I've left one is three days. It works. :) I'd try water first with the wrinkles and what sounds like a plasticiser issue.
 
Yeah, follow Tak's advice.

You can also try sticking the pony into ice-water/fridge with something to hold it in position if you want to wait less, (but there's the risk of materials acting weirdly if you rapidly transition something from hot to cold. One of my ponies has been doing fine, except she also has a few wrinkles for unknown reasons on one of her inner thighs, and I'm not sure if it appeared while I was fixing her lean, since it was in a hard to notice spot. I kept rapidly transitioning her from hot to cold).

Make sure you get the heat/water hot enough so the pony is quite squishy, otherwise there's a chance the legs slowly come back to their previous shape. (but not too hot of course!)

For wrinkles, you might get a few dents out from warming the pony up, but some wrinkles seem to be permanent based on my pony. (unfortunately i have no cameras good at closeups to show you a photo...)

I tried flattening it with hot metal by hairdrying a butterknife, but it doesn't flatten, not in boiling water either. Hopefully you might have more luck.
 
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Agreed, heat the plastic and then try to put something to hold legs in correct position. I usually just use really hot water and a pen or pencil through both sets of legs to keep the legs separated. Then just let it sit like that for a few days and repeat as needed.
 
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