WFC (Siege, ER & possibly Kingdom)figures YELLOWING quickly

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  1. Boople Barp

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    Yes, search the thread. Th gas cans, apparently.
     
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    I know but I think the person that posted it said he had bulkhead near a fish tank or something
     
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    ….why would that make a difference? I have ten fish tanks throughout the house, haven’t been more or less affected than the average.
     
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    So, why has this yellowing issue not plagued Studio Series figures?
     
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    I think the person said something about the fish tank lights
     
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    It's certainly affected Junkheap and Sludge, there are images in this thread.
     
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    And Spike from what I’ve heard. And definitely BB Ratchet.
     
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    Yeah, my Ratchet is completely fucked. I'd forgotten about that!
     
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    That’s why I’ve kept mine hidden behind a bunch of other figures. If I wanna mess with the mold, I'll use Ironhide; likely won’t yellow, and has better tolerances.
     
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    I've hidden mine in a box within a box in an external storage unit.
     
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    The treatment for yellowing is Retr0brite.
     
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    What is that?
     
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    bleach blonde gel and, somewhat paradoxically, sunlight
     
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    How do you go about using it?
     
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    Depends how elaborate you want to be. Brush it on yellowed areas and throw it in a sunny window. Or perhaps you prefer a liquid solution in a tank surrounded by UV lights? As long as you’ve got hydrogen peroxide at a sufficient % and UV light, it should produce the chemical reaction necessary to remove standard bromine based yellowing. For more info, see

    Retr0bright - Wikipedia
     
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    This is the part I'm curious about; IS this standard yellowing? I'm genuinely asking, and wondering if this type of anti-yellowing product will have the same effect on this new rash of yellowing since it's supposedly not related to bromine.
     
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    DubV Lighten up, Francis.

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    That, sir, is the million dollar question. I don’t know that we have an answer but I have seen many folks adamantly insist there is no bromine in the modern plastics, so the efficacy of retrobrite may be an issue with this modern yellowing. Others have insisted it’ll still work. I’ve not tried it, personally, so I can’t say one way or the other. I’ve just accepted that I’ll eventually be painting every figure at some point.
     
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    Most retrobrite “science” isn’t solid anyway, ao I think it’s just a free for all at this point.
     
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    Has there been any yellowing reported on SS BB Thrust?
    I don't have a camera at the moment but my SS86 Blurr has a lot of discolored plastic
    My Siege Acid Storm also has some discolored plastic, but it might just be an isolated case.
     
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    So how much are you guys letting the yellowing effect your purchases?

    I've been hesitant ever since I started noticing it on some of my figures like Selects Artfire & Cyberverse Arcee. Like I wanna dive into the Wreck N' Rule collection cause I legit want every character in it, but don't know if it's gonna be worth it like 2 months from now, ya know?