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1/6 Hot Toys MMS699 & MMS700 ROTJ Darth Vader
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The materials need to breathe but not be handled, oily hands and humidity also help degrade it but being closed up for a long time is the worst option.
Yep... I found out the hard way.
Worst one was the HT Indy accessories - pretty much everyone's holster/belt and shoulder bag strap went bad/crumbly 7-10 years from release. Yet for some reason I've only rarely seen the HT Indy jacket go bad - despite being right alongside the accessories that went off.
Seems weird that a low-end $ Han's pleather is perfect 45 years later while a high-end $$$$ Han's pleather goes off in 5-7 years.
Yet I've had a Blue Box/BBI black pleather jumpsuit in a plastic baggie for 10+ years and its perfect. There's pleather on 1970s toys (e.g. 12" Kenner Han) that is still prefect today. It must vary by materials as well as storage conditions.
Seems weird that a low-end $ Han's pleather is perfect 45 years later while a high-end $$$$ Han's pleather goes off in 5-7 years.
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Had an ESB Vader boxed up pretty much since release and it looks pristine still, granted did very little posing and when in storage I added extra silica bags.
You have to keep in mind that these materials are coated, treated, dyed, and are synthetic, not a good combination. The process and synthetics chosen today are guaranteed to be vastly different to materials of yesterday. These materials are chosen because they are cost efficient, can be dyed easily and can stand up to the window these companies allow a release to have until it gets remade.
Why go through the hassle of r&d on a genuine leather jacket for a Terminator figure that’s just going to be outdated in a few years, give them a reason to re purchase the same character over and over again. All of these HT Vaders over the years and not a single one made with proper materials.
Corners get cut to maximize the yield, they know a 2.0 Terminator is selling regardless of pleather or not. The cost required to implement a full scale production run of a completely genuine leather Terminator isn’t worth it to them when those numbers don’t even come close to Marvel and Star Wars.
The amount of collectors that only focus on a sculpts likeness is staggering, the truth is most don’t futz, they don’t even think about it, they just swap out the sculpt and accessories and move on to the next release, so giving collectors like that a genuine leather jacket doesn’t do anything for them.
Those silica bags help a lot, that’s why these companies always use them. If a figure sits at sideshow for years before someone buys it, the materials won’t be completely shot. They don’t want product rotting before it sells.
I have all my figs in Besta cabinets that I keep doors closed on, only opened viewing/showing, and have a moisture absorber (6"X4"X2" size) in each, and the room itself I keep on "dry" air-con mode for Spring/Summer/Fall. I've actually had very few problems.
I do often wonder if any pleather I have that goes off (or rubber like on the HT ED-209 or Batman or seamless bodies) is due to heat/humidity exposure before I got the fig or accessory. Like it sits for a month or two in a somewhat elevated room temp and 70+% humidity then I buy it and a few years later that chemical change manifests.
The issue is especially bad on accessories you buy a year - or years - after the fig's original release. Buying a new fig is probably safer - buying parts off ebay you never know how it's been stored, for months or even years. Both Indy jackets I had go off were bought loose over ebay or elsewhere years after release.
I did think the Present Toys Indy was funny how they stated the jacket was "genuine leather" and when I excitedly got it I instantly saw that it was in fact bonded leather. Which is as "genuine leather" as particle board is "genuine wood."
I do often wonder if any pleather I have that goes off (or rubber like on the HT ED-209 or Batman or seamless bodies) is due to heat/humidity exposure before I got the fig or accessory. Like it sits for a month or two in a somewhat elevated room temp and 70+% humidity then I buy it and a few years later that chemical change manifests.
The issue is especially bad on accessories you buy a year - or years - after the fig's original release. Buying a new fig is probably safer - buying parts off ebay you never know how it's been stored, for months or even years. Both Indy jackets I had go off were bought loose over ebay or elsewhere years after release.
I did think the Present Toys Indy was funny how they stated the jacket was "genuine leather" and when I excitedly got it I instantly saw that it was in fact bonded leather. Which is as "genuine leather" as particle board is "genuine wood."
Yeah, regardless what HT tells us, I never really believe them. Nylon, pleather, whatever... will it last? Who the hell knows?
If you get 5-7 years out of it, that's pretty good in today's "obsolescence built" consumer goods.
If you get 5-7 years out of it, that's pretty good in today's "obsolescence built" consumer goods.
【News Update on 1/6th scale Darth Vader Collectible Figure】
Hot Toys is delighted to unveil the culmination of efforts in this piece - 1/6th scale Darth Vader collectible figure that masterfully captures the Sith Lord's ominous presence, down to the mechanical details of the helmet. This remarkable figure will preside over your Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi collection!
Hot Toys is delighted to unveil the culmination of efforts in this piece - 1/6th scale Darth Vader collectible figure that masterfully captures the Sith Lord's ominous presence, down to the mechanical details of the helmet. This remarkable figure will preside over your Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi collection!
Shocked that they actually updated the helmet! Looks better to me but look forward to the thoughts of those with the eye for helmet accuracy to ROTJ. Hopefully the body proportions got updated as well.
Looks like they accurately painted it as well with the opposing blacks and gunmetal colors on the cheeks and mouth areas.
Now I really hope my WL converts.
Looks like they accurately painted it as well with the opposing blacks and gunmetal colors on the cheeks and mouth areas.
Now I really hope my WL converts.
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Appears to be a whole new sculpt for the mask and dome along with updated paint apps. No longer using the ESB helmet sculpt like the prototype was
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the body is likely still the same
Looks like it may have been released in HK
@agonistes86 what do you think?
It's still the same pleather suit right?
If that's the case, it's reason enough to pass for me.
If that's the case, it's reason enough to pass for me.
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no change to that. still pleather, still ESB body with a new head
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The sheen on the suit looks like that of the OWK Vader. Helmet looks the same as ESB except for the revamped inner mechanisms. The dome might have been tweaked; can’t tell. Cape looks stiff like the OWK. Body proportions look the same as ESB & ANH.
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