DX09 KEATON BATMAN: residue in abdominal area, has yours shown signs of it?

[Avenger]

I didn't have the Batmobile on order, but the Joker got the axe with Batman, and if I had ordered it, it would've gotten the same. The movie was called Batman. Not Joker and not Batmobile. To me it seems pointless to have those without the main character.

I have to admit, Joker was my favorite character in Batman 89. So, for me, I could ditch Bats and still want Joker.

 

[intothevoid]

All or nothing for me, at the moment its nothing. But i'm not too bothered, which indicates to me I could live without this line anyway.

 

[thenammagazine]

All or nothing for me, at the moment its nothing. But i'm not too bothered, which indicates to me I could live without this line anyway.

[ame]https://youtu.be/J6_1Pw1xm9U[/ame]

 

[Preshea]

Advice, and please, without sarcasm. Mine was leaking one time on the shoulder. It wiped off. I contacted SSC's and they offered to let me return it for a refund, not including shipping. I have checked it every day and don't see anything, but I don't know about the long term. Would you return it, and watch the thread to see how widespread (if at all) this becomes and then since it is basically open ES buy it later if it seems to be okay? I have the 1989 Joker coming so I am very disappointed the Batman may have a problem as I was looking forward to posing them together. Serious advice please. Thanks.

I'd send it back without feeling bad one bit about not having it. Odds are you'll get another chance after the dust settles and HT releases the same figure with a Keaton Wayne sculpt come time for Batman Returns. Sure its a great looking piece but how far does that get you especially once you have confirmed there's been an issue with the residue.

Not to mention about the other symptoms that followed with the dx02. First the oil, then no oil, then oil again, then no oil, then the suits showed signs of melting. Then the cracking rubber may be an issue, I saw one on eBay just recently that was wrecked with that problem! It was bad, all over the knees of the fig and everything. You wann a dish out 250 for these potential problems with your dx09?? Better safe now than sorry however much later bro.

 

[DiFabio]

Odds are you'll get another chance after the dust settles and HT releases the same figure with a Keaton Wayne sculpt come time for Batman Returns.

It wouldn't be the same, it would be the Batman Returns armor version with a new suit, new gadgets and new weapons.

 

[Preshea]

It wouldn't be the same, it would be the Batman Returns armor version with a new suit, new gadgets and new weapons.

To clarify my meaning...Essentially the same, as in Keaton's representation of Batman as what counts most.

 

[banthafett]

I opened the rest of mine two nights ago. Took the tape off and magnets out on all of them. Just to be safe, and I wouldnt display any of them with the weapons on belt anyways.

Checked this morning and no oil on any of them. I'll check in a month or so when I will start working on a dio for one of them. Other than that, Im done with this ____. This is just to much of a badass figure to worry about and not enjoy.

Picked up the Ikea Granas table. Dont know what Im gonna do with the stupid chairs. But cant wait to start working on this big thing.

 

[Ropen]

So, there's no apparent fix to this issue? Nothing a little shoe polish can't fix?

 

[thenammagazine]

So, there's no apparent fix to this issue? Nothing a little shoe polish can't fix?

What this dude said:

Coat it in Vaseline, strip naked, put Batman in the center of the floor, spray varnish or 303 on your nethers and do a rain dance to Tim Burton's juice.

 

[Avenger]

Nam, if I may, I think what's happening is that the plastic is absorbing moisture from the air, and liquifying over a long period of time. The process is very slow, as the polymers in the plastic are reacting with the H20 on a molecular level. The answer to this is quite simple.

Every week, take the figure out of your display case, and give it an ice bath. While this sounds contrary to the above, what this does is causes the porous plastic to harden and contract, which in turn resolidifies the body material, essentially "resetting" the deterioration process.

It will be important to get the water out of the figure after each bath, so you will need to throw it in the dryer on high with a pair of old tennis shoes, until the figure is dry inside and out. You will know this has been accomplished when the figure has a lavender scent like a fresh spring meadow breeze. At this time, it will be safe to return the figure to the display case for one week.

If you notice water has remained inside the figure after completing the above process, it is recommended that you dip a clean cloth into used motor oil and wipe the figure with the oil vigorously. What this does is coats the figure in a protective shell, as you rub your figure. The metal engine shavings in the oil will act as a sort of exfoliating material, ensuring your Batman will have a clean complexion for years to come.

If you still find the figure is not to your liking, one final step would be to mix a solution of 50% ammonia, and 50% bleach, and let the figure soak in that for one hour. (Please see below for an important safety message).

P.S. Do not mix ammonia and bleach. This will kill you.

P.P.S In fact, it's best you don't attempt anything I've said. I was clearly talking out of my a$$.

 

[thenammagazine]

Nam, if I may, I think what's happening is that the plastic is absorbing moisture from the air, and liquifying over a long period of time. The process is very slow, as the polymers in the plastic are reacting with the H20 on a molecular level. The answer to this is quite simple.

Every week, take the figure out of your display case, and give it an ice bath. While this sounds contrary to the above, what this does is causes the porous plastic to harden and contract, which in turn resolidifies the body material, essentially "resetting" the deterioration process.

It will be important to get the water out of the figure after each bath, so you will need to throw it in the dryer on high with a pair of old tennis shoes, until the figure is dry inside and out. You will know this has been accomplished when the figure has a lavender scent like a fresh spring meadow breeze. At this time, it will be safe to return the figure to the display case for one week.

If you notice water has remained inside the figure after completing the above process, it is recommended that you dip a clean cloth into used motor oil and wipe the figure with the oil vigorously. What this does is coats the figure in a protective shell, as you rub your figure. The metal engine shavings in the oil will act as a sort of exfoliating material, ensuring your Batman will have a clean complexion for years to come.

If you still find the figure is not to your liking, one final step would be to mix a solution of 50% ammonia, and 50% bleach, and let the figure soak in that for one hour. (Please see below for an important safety message).

P.S. Do not mix ammonia and bleach. This will kill you.

P.P.S In fact, it's best you don't attempt anything I've said. I was clearly talking out of my a$$.

If your assumption was correct, EVERY rubber suit figure from HT in a moist environment would be leaking like a siv. And it would only be those in a moist environment as drier environments would lack the moisture for the suit to absorb. However, we already know it's not limited to moist environments. Additionally, per your assumption, the first OC, the re-released OC and the MMS71 would also be leaking. But they don't have this issue. The process is the process used to make the rubber suit were changed (via HT's own admission) with the DX 02 and somewhere in that new process the rubber components weren't allowed to cure long enough. The oil is those chemical compounds separating. This is why the leaking doesn't stop. With Comedian and this figure leaking, it shows HT has yet to nail the curing time, assuming they cared enough to alter it in the first place. It's all right there in the DX02 thread people.

 

[Avenger]

If your assumption was correct, EVERY rubber suit figure from HT in a moist environment would be leaking like a siv. And it would only be those in a moist environment. We already know it's not limited to moist environments. Additionally, per your assumption, the first OC, the re-released OC and the MMS71 would also be leaking. But they don't have this issue. The process is the chemicals used to make the rubber suit were changed (via HT's own admission) with the DX 02 and somewhere in that new process the rubber components weren't allowed to cure long enough. The oil is those compounds separating. This is why the leaking doesn't stop. With Comedian and this figure leaking, it shows HT has yet to nail the curing time, assuming they cared enough to alter it in the first place. It's all right there in the DX02 thread people.

Nam, man....

sat·ire

NOUN: A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

The branch of literature constituting such works. See Synonyms at caricature.

Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.


In other words, I was joking. I thought it was pretty clear....

 

[thenammagazine]

Nam, man....

sat·ire

NOUN: A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

The branch of literature constituting such works. See Synonyms at caricature.

Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.


In other words, I was joking.

That's to serve the newbs who think you aren't, hence the "people" at the end of the post.

 

[Avenger]

I see. Shame that would even be necessary.

 

[thenammagazine]

I see. Shame that would even be necessary.

Is a frog's ass watertight?

 

[toylion]

Is a frog's ass watertight?

 

[Avenger]

 

[thenammagazine]

I take it you found out first hand?

 

[SideshoMel]

Is a frog's ass watertight?

It would be once you cram an oily DX09 in there.

 

[Rorywan]

That's the single most disturbing image that I have seen on here. Not because it's Kermit but because someone mailed me a "human" version which looked quite similar recently.