great thread!! lots of help !! thanks to all!!
Is this fading still an issue with more recent figures? I'm considering preordering the Mark 46 and I'd like to know what I'm in for.
There are three things, and it's usually a combination of one or two, that cuase the issue. Heat, (or extreme temp change) humidity and uv light. Heat can be climate, but it can come from direct light heating it up, or even your own body heat holding one section for awhile and it warms up, and if it's body contact that also tends to introduce the humidity issue. Though that part is rare. Shipping can cause it due to the extreme handling and temp changes. However it's a small percentage of the total produced that have this issue. It's just people don't go around talking about things that are not a problem. Lol you only hear about the bad ones.
It's a problem hot toys was/is aware of and they have taken steps to make sure that even if they use a rubber material it won't fade in this way...going forward.
There are three things, and it's usually a combination of one or two, that cuase the issue. Heat, (or extreme temp change) humidity and uv light. Heat can be climate, but it can come from direct light heating it up, or even your own body heat holding one section for awhile and it warms up, and if it's body contact that also tends to introduce the humidity issue. Though that part is rare. Shipping can cause it due to the extreme handling and temp changes. However it's a small percentage of the total produced that have this issue. It's just people don't go around talking about things that are not a problem. Lol you only hear about the bad ones.
It's a problem hot toys was/is aware of and they have taken steps to make sure that even if they use a rubber material it won't fade in this way...going forward.
Is this fading still an issue with more recent figures? I'm considering preordering the Mark 46 and I'd like to know what I'm in for.
yes they are, my mark 43 was hit. Not the body but his hands specifically the fisted hands. Also my Iron Patriot and Mark 3. So yes it is still going on.
What makes you think it's a 'small percentage'?
Mine were fine up 'til recently, at least the front. Looked at the back for the first time in a long while and it's faded as ****. The front will slowly do the same, I don't see why it wouldn't.
It has nothing to do with light. More than a few people have mentioned how they had theirs boxed, opened them up and the fade was there. The fade on mine was the side that was most shielded from light of any kind.
The material and paint are the same on every figure. The only variable is environment. Every last one of these will fade at some point if not already, it's inevitable.
What makes u think it's not a small percentage? Take a little time and look around. Count all the pictures posted and figures for sale you can find over any given period of time. And then compare how many are actually suffering from the issue and how many are not. I've done it over a dozen times in the last year and a half.,every time this "widespread" issue crops up. And not once has the percentage gone over 20. And most of the time it's under 10%. One in about 45 figures. And probably much less. I just stopped counting after a short look.
As for it having nothing to do with light...your wrong. It can happen from light. But if you read what I said, it's main cause is heat. Which can happen even in a box. As I said.
As for your assertion that nothing has changed..that's not true. The plastic has changed, they have added diecast, and it's not the same paint. The soft material has also changed. The thing commonly called rubber.
And non of the newer figures have that rubber material on the body. So the odds of getting a figure after mk6 with a faded part on the body(or anything other then a pair of hands) is pretty much zero.
And just to double check...to be sure to back up what I'm saying and that there wasn't a sudden rash of faded figure...I checked the first two pages hon this section for iron man and searched for fade issues. The marketplace. Then eBay. I found 8 mentions of figures with fade issues. And I stopped at 1300 for sale on eBay without it and another 200 on this site without it. Clearly, not every figure suffers from this issue. And as I said, it's not a widespread issue.
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