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<blockquote data-quote="Dannywhiteley" data-source="post: 453752" data-attributes="member: 6547"><p>Direct sunlight is obviously a killer with regards to UV exposure and print fade on the cards themselves, but those sealed yellow bubbles have been subject to high doses on heat and humidity, the two real enemies of carded figures. </p><p></p><p>Think about it, heat speeds up all chemical reactions, it's a fact of science. So bubbles are bound to degrade and become brittle far faster in a hot, humid climate than a cool, dryer climate. Plastics later in the series (Jedi/ POTF) yellow quicker, I once read due to poorer quality plastic (as a result of the oil crisis), but I always found European carded figures tended to fair better on average than the majority of US/Australian carded figures where generally it's hotter/more humid. This is especially true if they are sat sealed in an unvented box in a hot attic/storeroom for 30+ years. </p><p></p><p>Fwiw, how long has plastic been around? About a 100 years. How old are the oldest plastic things that remain in existence? Not that old. Cardboard is less of a concern, there are old paper parchments that are thousands of years old still existing today in pretty good condition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannywhiteley, post: 453752, member: 6547"] Direct sunlight is obviously a killer with regards to UV exposure and print fade on the cards themselves, but those sealed yellow bubbles have been subject to high doses on heat and humidity, the two real enemies of carded figures. Think about it, heat speeds up all chemical reactions, it's a fact of science. So bubbles are bound to degrade and become brittle far faster in a hot, humid climate than a cool, dryer climate. Plastics later in the series (Jedi/ POTF) yellow quicker, I once read due to poorer quality plastic (as a result of the oil crisis), but I always found European carded figures tended to fair better on average than the majority of US/Australian carded figures where generally it's hotter/more humid. This is especially true if they are sat sealed in an unvented box in a hot attic/storeroom for 30+ years. Fwiw, how long has plastic been around? About a 100 years. How old are the oldest plastic things that remain in existence? Not that old. Cardboard is less of a concern, there are old paper parchments that are thousands of years old still existing today in pretty good condition. [/QUOTE]
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