Vintage Collectibles Thread

[DPrime]

Gak! Those are horrible, Prime... Horrible!

If it's any consolation, it wasn't THAT easy finding such crappy Joes.

Seems like '02 was a particularly bad year...

 

[FLOSI]

I've never tried or heard of using peroxide... but the results in the link are pretty badass. I'll give it a try. I've got some peroxide at home, but not sure what percentage it is.

I think people use a beauty salon quality peroxide, not the standard stuff.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

My 8D8 figure turned yellow on me for no apparent reason. I had it displayed away from direct or indirect sunlight. When I bought him he was a nice white color, then a year later I picked him up and he looked like he'd been sitting in piss for the last 30 years

Luckily he's a cheap figure so replacing him is not a problem; still odd though when something like that happens for no reason.

Same thing with my SS, it's the fire retardent in plastic that causes abs plastic to yellow.

Hey, Joes and TFs were what got me back into collecting a few years ago, and YoJoe.com was one of the first toy message boards I joined, so I consider myself pretty familiar with that stuff.

Degradation of O-rings is also an issue, though for me, not a huge one. I think it is assumed that O-rings are gonna be switched out for older figures at some point. Easy enough to do. I certainly wouldn't hold it against a seller for not having the original O-rings.

As for yellowed figures, I haven't tried it, but some swear by the hydrogen peroxide trick:

https://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2010/12/whitening-yellowed-transformers-toys.html

From what I've read, sunlight doesn't necessarily play a role, as others with stored figures experienced yellowing. Seems to be the nature of the plastic.

www.smalljoes.com For replacement O-rings. But I'm sure you're similar with them...smarty pants.

I've seen a Wampa go from peepee yellow to bone white with the peroxide method, pretty sure it was on RS.


8D8 would be a good figure to test it out on!

I've never tried or heard of using peroxide... but the results in the link are pretty badass. I'll give it a try. I've got some peroxide at home, but not sure what percentage it is.

Tread lightly on the peroxide boys, you can easily ruin a toy and may strip a level off the plastic itself, leaving a slight sanded feel to the plastic. I have a link to a mixture of whiting techniques saved on my home PC. I'll post that later today.

 

[galactiboy]

Well it seems that I already must have replaced my 8D8... I had forgotten about that until I pulled out a nice cleaning looking one from my display

I may still have the yellowed one, if I do I'll try the technique (or one of them) on him.

 

[user 1190]

I have a couple yellowed r2s I could try that on. If it worked it would be worth restoring.

I did get a replacement for broken in shipment bespin leia , hoth Luke and 12" r2-d2(on it's way). Now I just need cloud car pilot, luke in combat poncho, barrada, a wing pilot, Ev-9d9 and yak face. After that in think i will try for creatures since i have spare figures that can ride

 

[FLOSI]

Six more! Awesome, Foga.

 

[user 1190]

I forgot I also got my fake vinyl cape for Jawa.

Six more! Awesome, Foga.

To bad that's like 300-350 dollars worth of figures
Even more if I get a blue snags.

 

[DPrime]

I forgot I also got my fake vinyl cape for Jawa.



To bad that's like 300-350 dollars worth of figures
Even more if I get a blue snags.

Jeez, I think Yak Face and EV-9D9 alone might cost you (and me for that matter - they're two I still need as well) more than that...

 

[DPrime]

I forgot I also got my fake vinyl cape for Jawa.

How's your fake cape, btw? Might be something I'd like to pick up. A real one is probably out of the question, at least at this point in my life - too much money and I'm too afraid it'd be fake anyway.

 

[galactiboy]

I
To bad that's like 300-350 dollars worth of figures
Even more if I get a blue snags.

If? Sheesh, when brother... when

Jeez, I think Yak Face and EV-9D9 alone might cost you (and me for that matter - they're two I still need as well) more than that...

I dropped around $200 on EV-9D9 and Yak Face alone... those guys were painful; but man are they cool Make sure you study up on EV-9D9 though; lot of QC and breakage issues on that one.

Mine came with some seriously warped legs, but a dip in hot water to loosen them up and straighten them out followed by a quick dip in ice water fixed him right up.

 

[DPrime]

If? Sheesh, when brother... when



I dropped around $200 on EV-9D9 and Yak Face alone... those guys were painful; but man are they cool Make sure you study up on EV-9D9 though; lot of QC and breakage issues on that one.

Mine came with some seriously warped legs, but a dip in hot water to loosen them up and straighten them out followed by a quick dip in ice water fixed him right up.

Do you mean $200 for both or $200 each?

If for both, that was a damn good deal. I expect to pay around $100 for EV-9D9 but at least $200 for Yak Face, but maybe I'm a little off on my going rates...

 

[user 1190]

$200 for yakface? You can get AFA gradded ones for that.
$100 for EV-9D9 I have seen MOC cards go for a little more then that.

 

[FLOSI]

Yak is going for 90-130 right now, depending upon condition.

 

[galactiboy]

Do you mean $200 for both or $200 each?

If for both, that was a damn good deal. I expect to pay around $100 for EV-9D9 but at least $200 for Yak Face, but maybe I'm a little off on my going rates...

Yes, $200 total... I got EV-9D9 for around $70 or $80 shipped and Yak Face was $120. I got a pretty good deal on Yak Face, especially for his condition.

I think you should have not trouble getting a nice Yak Face for under $150 shipped.

These are the one's I got:

 

[Deak Starkiller]

I think you got lucky Jo, unless "classic" Kenner figures took a total ____. I'd say to find a mint to near mint Yak Face you'd be paying more than $150. Hell there was a time when he went for more than $300! But there was a time when I could have bought a ton, literally close to 20 or more for $60 a pop. Seriously.

 

[DPrime]

Yes, $200 total... I got EV-9D9 for around $70 or $80 shipped and Yak Face was $120. I got a pretty good deal on Yak Face, especially for his condition.

I think you should have not trouble getting a nice Yak Face for under $150 shipped.

These are the one's I got:

Very nice - well I guess that's good news for me!

For some reason I thought Yak Face in mint condition would be somewhere between $200-250... But like I said, I haven't really been paying attention. I'm out of the game... for now. Just temporarily.

I was prepared to spend a lot for a good 9D9 as I've heard truly mint (i.e. unbroken) ones are quite difficult to find.

 

[galactiboy]

I think you got lucky Jo, unless "classic" Kenner figures took a total ____. I'd say to find a mint to near mint Yak Face you'd be paying more than $150. Hell there was a time when he went for more than $300! But there was a time when I could have bought a ton, literally close to 20 or more for $60 a pop. Seriously.

Just looking at completed listings for non-AFA figures it looks like they are from $100-$185 for Yak Face and $55-$85 for EV-9D9 (unbroken ones)

Completed Yak Face on eBay
Completed EV-9D9 on eBay

I did buy my Yak Face off of RS though; so part of my price was being able to buy directly from the seller which saves them on eBay fees, etc. And the other part was just watching for a good deal; I took a lot of time before getting Yak Face as I was pretty sure I could get one I'd be happy with for a decent price.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Very nice - well I guess that's good news for me!

For some reason I thought Yak Face in mint condition would be somewhere between $200-250... But like I said, I haven't really been paying attention. I'm out of the game... for now. Just temporarily.

I was prepared to spend a lot for a good 9D9 as I've heard truly mint (i.e. unbroken) ones are quite difficult to find.

He was when I bought him! But that's so Celebration III, and so 2005. EV-9D9 is a bit trickier, you don't want to move her arms because she's prone to breaking, but you want to make sure you don't buy a glued arm either. And SW guys are notorious for pulling a fast one over a buyer. Because they now we'll pay...

 

[galactiboy]

I've treated my EV-9D9 like it was fine china... very careful not to mess it up. Funny thing is that over time the weight of the torso causes the legs to start warping. I had to redo the hot water/ice water trick a couple months ago as the legs started bowing again.

 

[FLOSI]

He was when I bought him! But that's so Celebration III, and so 2005. EV-9D9 is a bit trickier, you don't want to move her arms because she's prone to breaking, but you want to make sure you don't buy a glued arm either. And SW guys are notorious for pulling a fast one over a buyer. Because they now we'll pay...

So how do you go about not moving the arms but figuring out if it's been glued or not???