Fix It guide - Cheap De-yellowing of vintage MOTU figures
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2014
- A guide on how to cheaply and easily de-yellow vintage mattel He-man and the masters of the universe figures. Costs £1.
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Thanks for the tip!!
I should have known before.
Not only old toy figures/characters suffer from this discoloration.
Also newer toys figures has this problem.
As an example, A made by Hasbro, Disney Stitch has nearly the same color blue but discolors to yellow to green to Brown.
I am a collector and my figures do not come in contact with sunlight.
I think it's because of the use of cheaper plastic types in the production but perhaps this blue pigment is more sensitive to heat,cold,light and discolored much faster.
By the way,,i re painted my Stitch blue again.
This technique I used on three vintage He-Man figures that were very much discolored from the sun thanks for this video it worked great! highly recommend it.
What did you apply on them to take off the yellowing of the chest?????
@@lorddiosliving did you even watch the video?
@@fenton412 I'm not talking to you
@Corey This guy you're trying to help seems new to life, or something... 😒
@@bentonrp hey
Very helpful video inspired me to do this myself but I used a different method. I hung the figure upside down by a piece of string inside a coffee jar with about half an inch of peroxide at the bottom. Peroxide is more expensive since you made this video cost me £2.44 at Asda pharmacy . A smaller pharmacy wanted £3.99
EXCELLENT VIDEO I LOVE THE COMPARISONS
I got a kenner Star Wars figure lot and it has tons of yellow on the plastic... Going to have a lot of fun with you method.
Amazing! Thanks for this video.
One of this days I’m gonna have to see all your videos
Can I suggest placing a mirror under your pint jar so that the light of the sun is bounced up onto the figure's shoulders? I would think that would help both the amount it removes and the time it takes to remove it.
Adam Moore Nice idea, I will try that next time.
Aluminum foil will work as well with the reflective side
A UV artificial light in a dark room might work well. I've seen it done with computer parts.
Just wrote about that mate!! Thought the same ;P
super cool, thanks!
Might I suggest you put that jam jar in a brown paper bag out of direct light. Hydrogen peroxide is very light sensitive which is why, like beer, it is sold in a dark bottle. Your peroxide will last much longer if stored away from light. Btw, love your videos!
Grat video . Thanks
Great video! Any chance of a custom painting MotU vid?
Thank you...as always...thumbs up...
Could the shoulder area not returning to its original colour be because that region was a little occluded from the sun?
Came to my mind to put the glass with peroxide &figure over a mirror so the sun can get to the shoulder spots better, just did that, hope it turns out good
Here I am again. This is one of your oldest videos, I think. But I do watching everything you made.
Thanks!
@@toypolloi You're welcome
Thank you. Great video! I have a little problem with a Scareglow that I just bought. It has some little dark stains on the head and the legs probably due to time passing. Have you any idea on how to clean them? Thank you
Great video! Could you make one for making a Kenner Super Powers cape?
Question on the yellowing, has it returned and do you know of anyway to reduce or prevent it from returning?
So will this process affect parts of a figure that are not white plastic? Say I have a figure that is partially blue plastic, and other parts that are white plastic but have blue paint on it...will this process allow the figure to maintain its blue color?
How does the peroxide go with the paint? Does it strip any off? My sorceress has yellowed, but don't want to attempt it if all the paint starts coming off
Great, any idea for de-yellow a blister bubble please ?
I got a Galactus BAF but haven't assembled it yet. Some parts are very light blue and few yellowed green patches. The parts should be dark blue but the fading it aweful I was thinking of using this but unsure if it will be successful.
A lot of collectors use this method to de-yellow old video game consoles and computers. It works but some says they tend to yellow one or few years later. Is it your case ? Does it work for other figures like Trap Jaw ?
Thanks for the tip. So i guess Hydrogen Peroxide is safe and does not cause any problems on the inner spring of the torso?
do you know what would this do to rubber like with dolls who have a yellowed plastic body but the rubber limbs are fine
is it safe to do this with the rubber limbs still attached ?
How can i fix a Masters roboto yellowes torso? the head cant be removed
How do you get the yellow out of action figure that is not open yet that’s still in the box and has a yellow tint on the plastic… I can’t find a video and that only videos I can find are figures out of the packaging
Do you think this would work for a faded alittle yellowed clark kent kenner superpowers figure toy ?
What about the discolorations between legs and pants.. is there any method for this... ?
Mister toypoloi would this work on a heman first edition that has gotten yellowed up???
Will this trick work on Extendar? I know of his legs and hands to discolor
great video. does this also work with yellow blisters or is there a problem with transparent plastic? thanks a lot and greetings from germany
No. It doesn't. The blisters are very delicate and liable just to crack and fall apart. Best to leave them.
The figure does not de-yellow very well in the shouders zone because it wasn't expose too much to the sun (because it was upside down)
Sadly my MOTU 2002 Skeletor and other figures they’ve faded and discoloured a bit. :(
Some 40 volume hair bleaching creme will annihilate that yellowing in direct sunlight or under a blacklight.
Some skeletor head repaint videos?
With this work with the he man bare chest too mister polloi??
I hope this works on the modern ones. My 2002 Skeletor has the same problem too. Many of the 2002 figures suffer this too with paint apps fading badly. A friends Whiplash (2002) has a discoloured belt.
Ah, seeing this, I doubt it’ll work on the 2002 Skeletor, can’t get the head of that.
I got 5 boxes full of 1981 he-man toys need start cleaning my battle cat lol
Here in Norway its around 20£ for 100ml hydrogen peroxide. Its insane prices.
For my Galactus I may need stronger percentage.
Thanks very good video. I’ve have an issue with my Scare Glow, it have a redish color on its body and arm. Can i use this method? Thanks
Is the red all over, or just patches? This method is only for yellowing.
Red colour appear all over his arm and leg. small patches on his head.
Has anyone tried this on G1 Transformers?
I love this technique. but, may I ask, in't it risky to damage the waist spring with rust after this and the washing?
Yes, I wouldn't do it this way now. Use the salon 40 cream. You can' apply that to just the outside.
Any update on motu crotch rot? Remedies other than the video posted on it ?
I've not looked at it again since this video. Might be fun to have another go.
I have a similar issue with ScareGlow. His arms have become a darker, reddish color.
Do you know whether this peroxide method would work on ScareGlow's arms ?
I don't want to ruin him either but the arms are different enough in color compared to the body that it would be worth giving this method a try.
I've never tried it on glow in the dark plastic. Would be worth testing first before doing it on a rare figure.
@@toypolloi Definitely going to test first !! Will report back if/when I do this.
Thanks for the response !
Hi, great video. Recently I recuperate my 80s MOTU figures and they have te arms and legs yellow but not the chest. This method works with these parts? If not, how can I fix them. Thanks
This mostly only works on the harder plastic of the body. Cheers
Ohhhh, thank you.
How can I get the purple off Scareglow's arms? On mine the purple cape has stained the arms
+ZachAttack84 Try this: ua-cam.com/video/Hi2evKECdx0/v-deo.html
Would this work on a battle bones? mine has 2 shades of white / yellow
@toypolloi
Would this get rid of the sticky residue from the figures being kept in the attic for many years?
+Michael weatherford No. Those just need a wash in hot soapy water. That is caused by the plastic degrading.
@@toypolloi Washing a figure wont remove plastic degradation stickiness it my experience, might make it less sticky but thats about it.
Although, not expensive, if you are going to save hydrogen peroxide, you need to store it in a completely opaque container or in the brown tinted translucent container. Any light will eventually cause the hydrogen peroxide to separate into oxygen and water making the liquid inert for your purposes.
That's why it comes in the tinted glass bottles. I tend to pour it back into those and keep it in a dark cupboard when not in use.
Wouldn't the process of dunking the figure in the hydrogen peroxide ruin the spring? I have an early 8-back Skeletor with a yellowed back that I would love to try and bring the blue back, but worried about ruining or damaging the spring.
It can do. I would do this differently now. Use peroxide cream. That way you can just put it on the surface. Cheers
@@toypolloi Awesome, appreciate the info, I will give that a try. Thanks!
The Skeletor figures I de-yellowed with hydrogen peroxide became yellow again after a few months or maybe after a year. Did you experience the same thing?
It does come back over time. Depends how they are stored.
@@toypolloi That's why it unfortunately doesn't make any sense to de-yellow a Skeletor or other figures. Because normally you would like to display your figures. To store them somewhere protected from oxygen and light kills every fun you can have with collecting figures. Concerning Prince Adam's often yellowed chest you can use white (solvent-based) lacquer instead of peroxide. Because this will last longer against yellowing.
i have a sorceress with yellowish torso, can i make this? her chest have grey paint details and i dont want to loose them
You can use Hydrogen peroxide cream instead. Then you can avoid the painted areas.
thank you very much for the answer, and thank you for your videos
Any idea how to get 40yr old black marker off a Master Sword?
Yep, check out my video on removing ink from action figures.
I’m sorry, a silly question thats outside of this video but how do you do yellow plastic’s that have stickers in them without damaging the stickers is there a certain technique or do I have to cover the stickers up with like paper or cloth and tape it or like what’s the best way to do that if anybody can please answer me that question I really appreciate it. I have a Star Wars power of the forest land speeder in a Star Wars micromachines death star
You can use hydrogen peroxide cream and just apply to the areas you want to do. Or remove the stickers. I have videos on that.
Toy Polloi you so much Toy Polloi wondering is there a particular cream I should be looking out for or just any hydrogen peroxide cream? I want to thank you very much for all your videos you and retro blasting have really reignited my love for my old Kenner power of the force figures again and I’ve been now lately clean them up and washing them and trying to restore them a little . thank you for all you guys do!
would this work for old gi joes
Brandy Cook should work really well. I have used it on some 3 3/4 inch mego buck rogers figures and they came out very white.
thank you
Yellowing, is it coming back after couple of months?
It does come back, but not on all. Depends on the plastic and how they are stored. Cheers
Would this work on Price Adam or would it strip the paint? Thank you
It would most likely damage the paint. You could try hydrogen peroxide cream.
you try maybe with hydrogen peroxide cream? I got Prince Adam who have yellow on his chest..not sure how to do this.
How do you remove the head without damaging it?
I have a video from a long time ago on this.
ua-cam.com/video/0nQ-kNZ9DYg/v-deo.html
Can you please tell me how you removed the head from the body
STARFLEET2486 If it is a soft head figure you can just gently twist and pull and the head will come out. If it is a hard head version, you can't remove this without damaging the body. Hope that helps.
Thanks I didn't want to damage laser power he man with dolph lungren head I want to swap heads with an original body now I just need to find a laser power skeletor for his head to have to a movie skeletor
For a skeleton, he does not skip any day at the gym.
Skeleton? He literally has a fleshy, muscular body.
only his face is a skull because it got melted off with acid
Life on Eternia is hard. It is practically a proto-planet hence all the barbarian cultures there.
Muscular physique is more of a matter of survival there rather than a lifestyle choice.
Why, if it wasn't for the Overlord of the Eternal Dimension, they would have no technology there at all!
But then, there would be nothing to stop this murderous demon and all of the primordial world's beasts from using their ceaseless ruthlessness to gain power. Even over the whole Universe, hence the name Masters of the Universe.
You see, magic is strong there, and when coupled with evil such as Skeletor's, time and space are vulnerable to finding no mercy.
The same thing happened on our Planet millennia ago when magic on Earth was strong, but The Overlords prevented the Universe from collapsing.
That is why Dinosaurs, Titans and Mammoths are all but a distand memory rather than Masters. Hope this helps!
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