Re: Hot Toys - MMS DX 02 - TDK- BATMAN full spec and pics
No, it doesn't. Why? It wasn't the abs leaking, it's the suit proper. The method HT used to cure the rubber was flawed.
The abs on batches 1 and 2, which were part of the suit, had improper rubber curing, which caused the leaking (a chemical reaction).
Hence the use of hard plastic in batch 3, which was not rubber and did not need curing, and thus did not leak. Meanwhile, the abs in all three batches used the same rubber, and do leak in all three batches.
It was the oil in the boots which was the result of too much lubricant. The abs and biceps are completely different. Get your facts straight.
My comment about too much lubricant may be confusion with the boots story and the abs. It's been awhile.
Nevertheless, the fact is that hard plastic will not leak since it does not need curing like rubber. Furthermore, this is backed up by the fact that most of the owners of the DX02 batch 3 have not reported leaking in the abs.
Mine had shown a damp patch on one of the abdominal plates after Hot Toys replaced it in June, 7 - 8 months later. The other figure remained flawless but there's no damage on this. I even looked in below the belly of the figure since it had been fitted with the clear transparency film by Hot Toys. Dry. Even taking the belt off, dry. I can't find it anywhere but it keeps coming back even to this day. Sometimes it takes a few days to show but it never glistens. It's like the effect from oily fingers from crisps touching a matte surface.
It's my understanding that most, if not all, replacements were not from the DCDirect batch (hence the clear transparency film). So unless yours is from the DCDirect batch, with the plastic abs, I'm not sure what your point is.
I'm not saying none of the DX02s leak, I'm just saying none of the DCDirect DX02s leak from the abs (at least, not directly from the abs, in the manner which batches 1 and 2 did).