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Post by LunarEchoes on May 6, 2018 17:27:25 GMT -5
Has anyone encountered issues with kits losing structure quality over time, particularly after being packed in storage? I assume this is not an issue when kept on display but I read on a collector's site about the rubber bits on the HMM's having issues in storage and my bf mentioned about his Gundams, after unpacking them, the joints seeming to be looser
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Post by empirewolf13 on May 6, 2018 20:30:38 GMT -5
The rubber deteriorated over time and some zoids I’ve seen that bang shield ligers color will fade too
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Post by LunarEchoes on May 8, 2018 21:14:14 GMT -5
Is there kind of an optimal way to store them? Using bubblewrap has been my method. Wondered if humidity could be an issue (especially me being in Florida, land of humidity)
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Post by empirewolf13 on May 8, 2018 21:37:45 GMT -5
I haven’t found a way yet, and I feel you on the humidity, Louisiana here
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Post by Maiasa Liger on May 9, 2018 6:57:03 GMT -5
Rubber parts like ammo belts are prone to dry rotting, so you should treat them with Armor All every once in a while. A humid climate should delay the rotting, but I'd still treat them every half a year. Colors shouldn't fade unless you keep the Zoid in a bright place or even direct sunlight (don't do that, Zoids don't look good with a tan). I can't speak for HMM joint degradation, but loose joints you can try to fix with a sliver of tape, or a coat of clear nail polish. Since joints hold their position by exerting force on the the surrounding plastic, I can imagine they might start to sag after a really long time.
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Post by LunarEchoes on May 9, 2018 14:35:16 GMT -5
Rubber parts like ammo belts are prone to dry rotting, so you should treat them with Armor All every once in a while. A humid climate should delay the rotting, but I'd still treat them every half a year. Colors shouldn't fade unless you keep the Zoid in a bright place or even direct sunlight (don't do that, Zoids don't look good with a tan). I can't speak for HMM joint degradation, but loose joints you can try to fix with a sliver of tape, or a coat of clear nail polish. Since joints hold their position by exerting force on the the surrounding plastic, I can imagine they might start to sag after a really long time. I think my models are protected now against sun exposure, though my Geno Saurer has an unfortunate discoloration on half that is noticeable on the purple armor. My Konig Wolf seems more off-white, particularly where the two halves of the head and the cockpit fit together, there's a nasty orange-ish tracing. I'll try the nail polish, the joints issue is one I'm particularly worried about
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Post by Maiasa Liger on May 10, 2018 7:44:31 GMT -5
Sun damage is fixable! I am currently in the process of writing a master post on deyellowing and such, so in the meanwhile you can just follow the same tutorial I did to deyellow my Zero and Reddra. I use <5% bleach from the discounter, throw that + oxy clean in the recommended ratio together, put that + the parts into a glass jar with lid and let that sit in the sun for a few days~
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Post by Darth Escargot on May 12, 2018 16:33:37 GMT -5
I've had the polycaps on HMMs just straight-up crack, and after a pretty short time too. It seems to be a complete crapshoot - some kits are fine basically forever, others fall apart after a few months.
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Post by LunarEchoes on May 12, 2018 18:48:35 GMT -5
Curious if the Wonder All Maisa Liger mentioned could work to preserve the polycaps too? Or some other treatment you could apply to prevent the disintegration/falling apart?
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Post by Darth Escargot on May 13, 2018 2:34:08 GMT -5
Curious if the Wonder All Maisa Liger mentioned could work to preserve the polycaps too? Or some other treatment you could apply to prevent the disintegration/falling apart? Maybe it would help keep the plastic flexible, but in order to get it in there, you'd have to unplug the joints regularly, which also wears them down.
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Post by Snowflake on May 13, 2018 15:04:37 GMT -5
I'm so worried about this, as my life has been such that my zoids have spent more time in storage than on my shelves, and that isn't changing anytime soon, but most recently they're in a damn garage. I know the heat and cold have surely destroyed the tiny batteries in the bio-zoids by now, but I don't want to go in there and find the rubber disintegrating
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Post by LunarEchoes on May 13, 2018 18:57:06 GMT -5
I'm so worried about this, as my life has been such that my zoids have spent more time in storage than on my shelves, and that isn't changing anytime soon, but most recently they're in a damn garage. I know the heat and cold have surely destroyed the tiny batteries in the bio-zoids by now, but I don't want to go in there and find the rubber disintegrating Yeah I don't know whether I will need to keep most of my kits in storage a year from now. The temperature can be a big factor (mostly heat in my case because Florida) I rarely utilize motorized features except initial testing and if I want glamour shots of the LED kits, so I removed the batteries from all of them for the time being.
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Post by Snowflake on May 14, 2018 12:39:00 GMT -5
I rarely utilize motorized features except initial testing and if I want glamour shots of the LED kits, so I removed the batteries from all of them for the time being. I learned the hard way about not keeping batteries inside kits, but for smaller things like the watch batteries inside bio zoids, I didn't bother removing them. It's been so long now I actually don't remember if I diligently removed all the remaining batteries that I did keep inside for, like you mentioned, LED-heavy kits like Soul Tiger
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Post by LunarEchoes on May 14, 2018 14:57:48 GMT -5
I learned the hard way about not keeping batteries inside kits, but for smaller things like the watch batteries inside bio zoids, I didn't bother removing them. It's been so long now I actually don't remember if I diligently removed all the remaining batteries that I did keep inside for, like you mentioned, LED-heavy kits like Soul Tiger Yeah especially if it's a pain to try to take them out of storage, out of wrapping and such x.x I removed the watch batteries as you said in my Bio Zoids just in case
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Post by Darth Escargot on May 25, 2018 1:26:32 GMT -5
Never, ever, ever store motorized Zoids with the batteries in them. I only made that mistake once and found my Deadly Kong basically standing in a puddle of battery acid.
Even so, though, I've found that the gearboxes just freeze up or die over time. The last two motorized Zoids I tried to run (OJR Madthunder and ZG Orudios) both wouldn't budge.
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