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<blockquote data-quote="ScruffyLookingNH" data-source="post: 453938" data-attributes="member: 6563"><p>Yeah, this is my experience too. I bought some "Generations" Star Trek (OK, leave it) figures when they were a quid each in about '97. I stuck them away in a box and they've been there ever since. Never seen the light of day since bought. I dug them out about a week ago and two have gone yellow and the rest remained clear. They had all the same environmental factors, were packaged at the same time in the same factory with (I'm in no doubt) bubbles made of the same exact material. I think there must be something inside the bubble which is causing the yellowing, or perhaps lack of air if these seals are better than the others? Who the hell knows. Point is there's nothing that can be done to stop plastics like these deteriorate. They weren't made to last and it's a happy chance when something looks good 40 years after it was made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScruffyLookingNH, post: 453938, member: 6563"] Yeah, this is my experience too. I bought some "Generations" Star Trek (OK, leave it) figures when they were a quid each in about '97. I stuck them away in a box and they've been there ever since. Never seen the light of day since bought. I dug them out about a week ago and two have gone yellow and the rest remained clear. They had all the same environmental factors, were packaged at the same time in the same factory with (I'm in no doubt) bubbles made of the same exact material. I think there must be something inside the bubble which is causing the yellowing, or perhaps lack of air if these seals are better than the others? Who the hell knows. Point is there's nothing that can be done to stop plastics like these deteriorate. They weren't made to last and it's a happy chance when something looks good 40 years after it was made. [/QUOTE]
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