GaryPool
Super Freak
Any pics of Fleck deteriorating? I do think the silicone gimmick isn't gonna be suitable for this hobby. Who wants to spend 1k. On a figure that's gonna fall apart over years.
If you mean from me then I was joking, all of mine are fine. Wonder Woman had a patch of missing paint on the back of her leg that JND fixed for free and then customs damaged, but that's another story.
Statues with Silicone = fine. Poke the nose with some gloves on to get the gimmick squishy feeling out of the system, other than that there's no reason for a JND 1/3 to deteriorate or for a collector to interact with it.
The 1/6 is another story, I think there's more room for damage simply because some collectors won't afford themselves the extra care delicate materials need. It's silicone and malleable, paint is adhered to a softer surface, probably less binding than on a plastic surface (don't quote me on that), but over-handling probably will cause some damage. Just going by all the Hot Toys silicone or rubber seamless bodies (Wonder Woman), this probably will and can happen. I see these 1/6 as a hybrid statue, pose a little at first to get the gimmick out of the system and then few times after as more of a statue piece.
Generally I don't even touch the silicone aspects of my 1/3. It's not a slight of it, I think as a collector if you don't feel the silicone aspects of bringing a portrait to life is good or warranted then getting a 1/6 where there's a higher duty of care and perhaps more restrains than plastic portraits it probably isn't the collectible for a person.