1/6 Hot Toy - MMS612 - Episode VI - ROTJ: Scout Trooper and Speeder Bike

[krieg-der-sterne]

Wondering what kind of white paint to use, if I ever decide to repaint the pouches

Maybe just try some chalk,no paint. Just an idea.

 

[jkno]

Maybe just try some chalk,no paint. Just an idea.

That is not a bad idea

 

[TonTon]

Some discoloration on mine too. Maybe a little less extreme. Can see it's now much closer to the belt material's color lower down.

 

[Wor-Gar]

what a strange thing to have happen.

 

[The Buffinator]

We need to cease talking about this stat or Hot Toys will start charging extra for their patented delayed weathering effect.

 

[jkno]

We need to cease talking about this stat or Hot Toys will start charging extra for their patented delayed weathering effect.

The same way they might charge us for decaying pleather...

 

[Felinx]

So we got HT pleather and HT rubber already on the list - I guess add HT fabric too.

 

[jimbean]

I think its the foam they put in the pouches making them that colour

 

[loki2371]

Doesn't even make sense for fabric to change color. It's not like something you constantly wash and it's fading. Even if it was in direct sunlight, colors fade not darken or change color.

This is truly an odd one.

Meanwhile, my Hasbro Biker Scout with speederbike set from 20+ years ago is as white as the day I bought it. Maybe I should swap the pouches...

 

[jkno]

Doesn't even make sense for fabric to change color. It's not like something you constantly wash and it's fading. Even if it was in direct sunlight, colors fade not darken or change color.

This is truly an odd one.

Meanwhile, my Hasbro Biker Scout with speederbike set from 20+ years ago is as white as the day I bought it. Maybe I should swap the pouches...

Doesn't that have some vinyl pouches? IIRC that is what mine had. No pleather there, no decay.

 

[DioramaMaker]

Mine is still sealed (lol).

But

I think its the foam they put in the pouches making them that colour

Good thinking. This is the best theory I can think of, but it doesn't explain why all of it is changing. I'd think it'd be more splotchy if it was the foam as it couldn't be in contact with all the spots at once.

Are they double thick? As in it's two layers of fabric glued together and then stitched to shape?

 

[jkno]

I'm waiting next for HT Vaders to turn pink...

 

[d-mon]

Kinda weird but the fabric pouches on mine turned darker tan. This happen to anyone else? He was never displayed in the sun.

Mine has darkened slightly as well. I noticed it about 2 or 3 months ago.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

I was just browsing HT SW on eBay and from a listing I saw, it looks like the ESB Snowtrooper trousers are also suffering the same fate.

 

[Jbeltram4]

I was just browsing HT SW on eBay and from a listing I saw, it looks like the ESB Snowtrooper trousers are also suffering the same fate.

Mine have been boxed up for a bit...gonna hafta check when I get home today.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

These were the pictures I noticed it on:

Could of course just be the lighting and I don’t have this figure to check but made me curious based on the scout issue.