QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ Oct 19 2018, 06:46 PM)
Grand Toys aka Griffon Enterprise going to bungkus? Preorders for few of their figures suddenly opened at Amiami with largely slashed price. Last time this kind of thing happened, the company for the figures bungkus afterwards. Can't remember which company.
Yes, Griffon is actually filing for bankruptcy. It was in the news in a post in MFC.
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To everyone else, yes, figures don't last. But, the question is how long do they last? Newer figures are quite durable compared to the older ones. I lock up most of my figures in their boxes, and they never get sticky. I believe they can last at least 10 years easily, possibly even longer.
Scale figures. Nendos and figmas tend to have this problem but I have not seen it happen to any scales I own. I've been collecting for 8 years, and I still have 2 or 3 figures that came out 10 years ago in 2008. I also don't expose the figures to UV radiation over prolonged periods (like, several months to years) - that includes fluorescent lights. Though, I no longer have those fluorescent tubes in my home; every lamp is replaced with down lights or LEDs, since they are more energy efficient. Figures that i dont have a box, I keep them in a closed wooden cabinet. No light gets in. I don't have space for detolfs at my home.
I'm lucky in a sense that I focus on photography, so, I don't aim for large figure collections, so I get rid of some of my older figures by selling before they become "expired" except my favorites. There are also those that i will get rid of, selling them in MIB condition not long after I photograph it.
This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Oct 29 2018, 09:13 PM