Dannii Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Dear friends, I don't know if you have already talked about this topic, but I was selecting my Iron Man mates for a group picture and I noticed that some of them are losing that cool and bright gold paint of the armor and helmet. They are turning into copper... Do you have the same problem with your old Iron Man figures? I noticed this change with my Neo Classic Iron Man, Heroes Return and the Through the Ages boxset. Do you have any special treatment for these gold minimates? Edited July 30, 2016 by Dannii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannii Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 My Rich Raider Nova has lost all its gold paint as well... now it's just copper and that gold detail on its armor is just brown/dark green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 45 minutes ago, Dannii said: My Rich Raider Nova has lost all its gold paint as well... now it's just copper and that gold detail on its armor is just brown/dark green Same goes for me. I repainted it, but it's not the same (we could use an updated Rich now that he's getting a solo again). My "solution" for newer figs with gold/silver paint, is to just keep them in ziplock bags. Not an ideal case, but it'll do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannii Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 51 minutes ago, Kostisfire said: Same goes for me. I repainted it, but it's not the same (we could use an updated Rich now that he's getting a solo again). My "solution" for newer figs with gold/silver paint, is to just keep them in ziplock bags. Not an ideal case, but it'll do. But I also keep them in ziplock bags, but it doesn't seem to do them any good... If my Professor X's floating chair turns to copper it will look so damn ugly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostisfire Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, Dannii said: But I also keep them in ziplock bags, but it doesn't seem to do them any good... If my Professor X's floating chair turns to copper it will look so damn ugly!! Yeah, it varies from mate to mate with mine as well. Just plain ol' luck I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKrisLyons Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) I don't think zip lock bags are an ideal storage solution. the bags may be reacting adversely with the paints and plastics, which could be causing discoloration. I store my minimates in individual acid free archival quality bags, and then store those in ziplocks. Edited July 30, 2016 by TheKrisLyons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I store mine in plastic craft boxes I get at Hobby Lobbg for a couple bucks a box and I've never had any problems with this on any of my stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modefan Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Do you have any pics of this? I'm curious what they look like now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannii Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Yeah, I'm going to take some pictures and post them here by tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannii Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 I took some pictures of Lady Loki, who has also lost her golden color, as well as both versions of Nova so that you can see the difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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