1988 Donatello. Pink eyes?

[tmntskid]

Hello everyone,

I just got as a present a Donatello from 1988 in his blister but opened. It came complete with all the accessories.

I have two questions:

His eyes are not totally white. It looks kind a soft pink. I don't know. Is it common with this figure?

My other question is about the stickiness of the figure. It is kind of sticky, and I noticed this before with another figure that also came in his blister but opened. I'm not sure if the figures get sticky from being so many years stuck in their blister packs. Anybody knows something about it?

Thank you

[TurtleWA]

Originally Posted by tmntskid

Hello everyone,

I just got as a present a Donatello from 1988 in his blister but opened. It came complete with all the accessories.

I have two questions:

His eyes are not totally white. It looks kind a soft pink. I don't know. Is it common with this figure?

My other question is about the stickiness of the figure. It is kind of sticky, and I noticed this before with another figure that also came in his blister but opened. I'm not sure if the figures get sticky from being so many years stuck in their blister packs. Anybody knows something about it?

Thank you

It will be sticky forever. If it displays well set it up and forget about the stickiness. That’s what I’ve done with a couple.

Also check this thread...

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=43109

[IndigoErth]

Yeah, you're not going to get rid of that stickiness.

My mom had grabbed a few old loose ones from a flea market a few years ago that were like that. I tried hard to clean them up, only to eventually come to realize and learn that it's probably the plastic and not able to be remedied.

Though I really do think and agree that it's probably related to attic heat... Because on the other hand, I bought an original Lieutenant Leo (loose) from eBay a while ago (specifically because I was not impressed with the paint job on the remake), and he's not sticky at all. So it's really a matter of luck with these older guys.

As for the eyes... haven't seen any like that. Age maybe? Light color bleed when the paint job was applied?

[***First of Two Latin Kings***]

Scrub your sticky figures with an old tooth brush and some dish detergent. Ah guarantee they won' be sticky no mo'.

[inaheap]

It's not attic heat. My playmates Star Trek Lt. Worf is like that too. I have never even had an attic. My other star trek figures did not do this. I just wash him periodically in some baby shampoo.

This might be of interest. Check out the Plasticizer Leakage section
http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html

I wonder if the pink eyes is a little paint bleed from the purple mask mixing with the white eyes.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by inaheap

It's not attic heat. My playmates Star Trek Lt. Worf is like that too. I have never even had an attic. My other star trek figures did not do this. I just wash him periodically in some baby shampoo.

This might be of interest. Check out the Plasticizer Leakage section
http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html

Hm. Kind of weird that some do and some don't.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by ***First of Two Latin Kings***

Scrub your sticky figures with an old tooth brush and some dish detergent. Ah guarantee they won' be sticky no mo'.

It works sometimes, temporarily, but seldom is it a permanent fix. Sure, if you're removing cola from days past, it'll be gone, but usually this is a matter of plasticizer leaking. The 'ole chemical flexibility used on these before factory release can seep out after time, causing an eternal stickiness from which there is no return (that I am aware of).