I think with any of these figures, it's a roll of the dice based on composition of the rubber or other soft materials, storage conditions, light exposure. I know people that have had figures I own break down and I've got no signs of a problem. I've yet to see a consistent patter that can be used to understand the chances of your figure breaking down. The only common problem I know of is paint flaking off the ALIENS warrior figures, seems like a lot of people had that and the AVP one doesn't look painted so my guess is that was a case of painting something that paint won't adhere well too, which could be the upside of this Alien being made of PVC, the detail of paint work on the proto looks great but my first thought was that it'll likely flake off like the Aliens figure, but PVC might take better and last.
