ALIEN: How long will Dallas' rubber suit last?

[nicky]

All this talk of rubber is reminding me of Danny Glover and his daughter's condom commercial in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989):

"Just you wait; rubbers on my desk, rubbers in the mail. Rubbers, rubbers, rubbers. You only couldn't keep your mouth shut."

 

[Darth_Pain]

You guys should e-mail Cinemaquette about this problem.
I believe, they have some type of powder they use on their silicone rubber statues.
It's said to keep new for decades.
Maybe, it could work the same for the HT rubber figures.

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

I wonder why HT used rubber for the Nostromians in the first place. Was a fabric space suit to expensive, not convincing, or not sturdy enough? I don't like the rubber space suit.
Just like the dome on the ED209. Why rubber? A metal grid in stead would have been great. As for the Aliens... not much choise there, except to use the ultimate rubber compound...

 

[Dr Daystrom]

I wonder why HT used rubber for the Nostromians in the first place. Was a fabric space suit to expensive, not convincing, or not sturdy enough? I don't like the rubber space suit.

Just look at one of the suits. Mass producing those suits in fabric would have either required a vast simplification of the design, or raising the price exponentially.

Me, I'd rather have the rubber. The details are crisp and for the most part spot-on, and it didn't cost more than a trip for four to DisneyWorld...

 

[ryan.miles.campbell]

If everybody is 'THAT CONCERNED'

Buy some of this...

'Silicon/Rubber Dull Coat Sealer'

It's in the form of a can...

I spray a light mist on ED-209, and my Predator Dreads once a year... (All of my collection is behind sealed glass)

GREAT STUFF... Never had any problems with it... ED-209 is as perfect as the first day I assembled him...

 

[Dr Daystrom]

If everybody is 'THAT CONCERNED'

Buy some of this...

'Silicon/Rubber Dull Coat Sealer'

It's in the form of a can...

I spray a light mist on ED-209, and my Predator Dreads once a year... (All of my collection is behind sealed glass)

GREAT STUFF... Never had any problems with it... ED-209 is as perfect as the first day I assembled him...

Brand name? Link?

 

[jkno]

Brand name? Link?

Indeed some more info please Ryan!

 

[Reinhardt]

need more info for sure! I am now intrigued.

 

[Jamal]

don't keep them waiting LOL they are hanging

 

[sladesuperagent]

If everybody is 'THAT CONCERNED'

Buy some of this...

'Silicon/Rubber Dull Coat Sealer'

It's in the form of a can...

I spray a light mist on ED-209, and my Predator Dreads once a year... (All of my collection is behind sealed glass)

GREAT STUFF... Never had any problems with it... ED-209 is as perfect as the first day I assembled him...

Do you mean something like this stuff?

 

[a-dev]

Got Dallas yesterday. Bump to this thread and the rubber suit concerns.

 

[buzzybean]

all this F'n crying over rubber on 12" figures what are the actual issues that have happened? and don't bring up the ED-209, or the Alien. I mean really.... people are acting like these things are going to crumble into little pieces within a year.
but I do wonder about my Wolf bust.

You say that now, tough guy so I hope yours is the first to crumble and then we'll hear who's whining!

And can't we expect a $150 collectible toy figure to last several more decades?


BB

 

[a-dev]

And can't we expect a $150 collectible toy figure to last several more decades?

Exactemundo. I'll be miffed if they degrade within my lifetime. A collector should never outlive his collectibles.

 

[wookster]

Exactemundo. I'll be miffed if they degrade within my lifetime. A collector should never outlive his collectibles.

Don't you mean 'A collector should always outlive his collection'?

 

[a-dev]

No. I want my collection to outlive me. I don't want to see it fade and die before I do. I want it pristine like new. After I'm gone I won't be in a position to care but until then....

 

[barryo]

And can't we expect a $150 collectible toy figure to last several more decades?


BB

NO........................but we can hope !!!!!!!!!.............

 

[sladesuperagent]

Sorry to necro-post, but I just moved my ED-209 and noticed the poc marks are becoming worse. Any ideas?

 

[Rotfish]

Does anyone even have a moist room? How does one moisten (should that be moisturise?) their room??

Get one of those air steamer thingies or something...

 

[galactiboy]

Sorry to necro-post, but I just moved my ED-209 and noticed the poc marks are becoming worse. Any ideas?

Do you have a picture? Mine still looks good (knocks on wood) but it is something I worry about as its one expensive-ass figure.

 

[SilentSurfer]

My ED's dome is so friggin' rotten now that there's no saving it. This thing is really horrible. The only way to fix it would be to find a suitable replacement material, or recast that part off of a good one.