Some of the tape seals on my MISB vehicles are on borrowed time. Some are starting to come undone, some are going so yellow they are very brittle. While I'm fairly confident carded figures will last for decades yet, I'm also fairly certain that some of these tape sealed items will not stay sealed for more than a few more years.
What do you think the long term solution is? Should we just let time take its toll and for the boxes to naturally open, or are we going to need to change our opinion on double taping, reseals etc to keep these boxed items factory sealed?
I'm warming to the idea of adding more tape (in a previously untaped area) as I know it will then stay sealed for another 20+ years. There are two problems with this though - firstly it's obviously frowned upon so I wouldn't do it, and secondly unless I took a video or something there would be no proof that the box was never opened.
I know grading is one option, but to me an open box with dried out tape in a sealed acrylic case is not sealed. Any other ideas?
What do you think the long term solution is? Should we just let time take its toll and for the boxes to naturally open, or are we going to need to change our opinion on double taping, reseals etc to keep these boxed items factory sealed?
I'm warming to the idea of adding more tape (in a previously untaped area) as I know it will then stay sealed for another 20+ years. There are two problems with this though - firstly it's obviously frowned upon so I wouldn't do it, and secondly unless I took a video or something there would be no proof that the box was never opened.
I know grading is one option, but to me an open box with dried out tape in a sealed acrylic case is not sealed. Any other ideas?