1/6 SSC - A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger Collectible Figure

Asta said:

Just standard Sideshow Freddy...

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I've always liked this figure, but there's an oddity with him which I think has always been there.

The head, left hands and boots are slightly tacky to the touch. Did Sideshow use a different kind of plastic, or different paint? Jason released around the same time though there's no tackiness at all.

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Cisco Von Drackenn said:

Hello, my Freddy is also tacky to the touch.
Head, hands, boots and gloves. I decided to remove the paint to see if the plastic is the problem, once I removed the paint it no longer felt tacky.
These days I hope to repaint to see how they feel, and confirm if it's the paint they used that is causing the problem.

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Cisco Von Drackenn said:

Mine started exactly like this. I removed the paint so it wouldn't affect the logo on the base, but after a year the rest of the boots, hands and head started to get tacky. It should be noted that I live in a dry climate most of the year, I don't know if it's the same with you.

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Has anyone else have a Freddy that's turning green? I've only noticed it on mine the other day. And yes the paint (what's left of it) is sticky to the touch and is peeling off All three of the bare hands are also sticky. Strangely the gloved hands and boots are ok.

I've had this figure for past six years, so it's kind of odd the paint has become tacky and discoloured in the past few months.

Just for the record, this is the exclusive version from the first run.

No sign of any green on my Freddy.

matrix69 said:

Has anyone else have a Freddy that's turning green? I've only noticed it on mine the other day. And yes the paint (what's left of it) is sticky to the touch and is peeling off All three of the bare hands are also sticky. Strangely the gloved hands and boots are ok.

I've had this figure for past six years, so it's kind of odd the paint has become tacky and discoloured in the past few months.

Just for the record, this is the exclusive version from the first run.

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The same happened to mine a few years ago. It wasn't as bad as yours yet, but I decided to strip the paint completely to do a repaint. Then the irretans sculpt came along and this one could just stay in the parts box.

The Freddy I've had out for quite a while shows no signs of what you have mentioned. I did have one sculpt ooze some sticky substance. It was a Mikkelsen third party Hannibal sculpt. The paint did not come off, but it was beading all over. I washed the sculpt. It's still sticky and shiny.

JacktheRipper said:

I washed the sculpt. It's still sticky and shiny.

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You can rub some baby powder on it to get rid of the stickiness. It helps a lot. Only problem with that is the powder is hard to completely remove from all the creases afterwards. But it's possible.