Hey guys bought this little feller the other day as I noticed the sticker looked a bit unusual and something I haven't seen before ? There doesn't seem to be any red print on the sticker so just wondered what your opinions are is it a factory error maybe the ink ran out during the printing process or is it just faded and lost its colour ? You can just make out the lightest bit of red on the right hand side biggest bar but all the others no sign of any colour back or front ? Look forward to hear what you guys think
I'd bet on fading judging by the condition of the figure, red is always a colour that is susceptible to loss of pigment especially with exposure to UV.
That's crazy the other colours remain bright like that, but again, judging by the plastic condition, this is fading.
Throw it on ebay as a "no red" variant, and you'll make a ton.
JUST KIDDING. Never do that.
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It looks very similar to that. Although there does appear to be a slight hint of red in there still and the figure is badly discoloured so wouldn't surprise me if there was an element of fading in there.
Actually one thing that stands out for me with both these figures is how bright white the sticker is considering the discolouration of the figures. Or perhaps its just the yellowed bodies make the sticker look whiter.
It is strange. I'll have to dig mine out and take a picture. It was nice and minty till it got sun damaged, but the red was affected much more than any of the other colours. As with the ones above the only other obvious damage was the white plastic on the dome.
Thanks everyone for your opinions it seems unanimous on it being faded the only bit still swaying me to possible error is there's no red on both sides does that seem weird to anyone else ?
It looks very similar to that. Although there does appear to be a slight hint of red in there still and the figure is badly discoloured so wouldn't surprise me if there was an element of fading in there.
Actually one thing that stands out for me with both these figures is how bright white the sticker is considering the discolouration of the figures. Or perhaps its just the yellowed bodies make the sticker look whiter.
I would be willing to bet my house that Christian's figure is similarly discoloured. It's not just a figure missing red apps, it's a figure discoloured all over - the plastic is yellowed, blue is faded, grey is really faded, and red is gone altogether. Not to assign any blame to Christian as I would probably have thought the same as him back then.
It looks very similar to that. Although there does appear to be a slight hint of red in there still and the figure is badly discoloured so wouldn't surprise me if there was an element of fading in there.
Actually one thing that stands out for me with both these figures is how bright white the sticker is considering the discolouration of the figures. Or perhaps its just the yellowed bodies make the sticker look whiter.
I would be willing to bet my house that Christian's figure is similarly discoloured. It's not just a figure missing red apps, it's a figure discoloured all over - the plastic is yellowed, blue is faded, grey is really faded, and red is gone altogether. Not to assign any blame to Christian as I would probably have thought the same as him back then.
Sounds like he got a good deal if he got $90 for it