is it ok to store spare parts in acid free baggies like this? i dont want to have like 100 2x3 bags for each fucking hand, seems a bit sillyim worried about paint stain or paint rubbing if stored for 10+ yearsis that possible if i just store the baggie in a drawer with no friction ?
>>11738116I use quarter-gallon ziplok baggies, and have for years. They work just fine. And figures come with way too much shit to keep track of now. Smaller ones are OK for smaller figures that don't have a lot of accessories, but my experience is that in general the baggies made for individual figures rot and get holes in them much faster than ziplok baggies do.
>>11738118i purchased the baggies that specifically mention being acid free and made from that pro something something stuff that does not decaybas not food baggiesim just worried about putting spare parts in one baggie
>>11738123>does not decayscratch that but my worries still stand
>>11738123They're not comic books or anything paper that'll react to plastics in the long run. That really isn't an issue. IF the plastic on a toy discolors, then it's from the environment or from the type of plastic it's made out of as it begins long-term decomposing.
>>11738131so me storing these parts like in my images wont damage them if they just sit in a dark drawer?im worried about lets say one part touching other and paint rubbing or staining the otherin other words ocd and schizo is my affliction
>>11738134>so me storing these parts like in my images wont damage them if they just sit in a dark drawer?No. Sunlight and oxygen do more to damage toys than baggies in darkness do. Paint rubbing does occur with multiple things rubbing against each other, but that's not gonna occur for stuff that's just sitting there.
>>11738127>>11738116I try to keep the spare (for example Spider-Man) or Superman hands that came together with each other - some of it is easy, like the hands that come with the Negative Zone or Future Foundation suit but others are far less so. I would also worry about paint rubbing but don't plan to store things for 10 years either. I would air shit out ever so often. But I haven't done in yearly and stuff has been fine, but I'm redoing all that right this minute so the longest something was either still in the original box was 2 years (after I got it - or in some cases, 10 years since the box was factory shipped - and it's been fine). Of course, a cardboard box with a piece of clamshell window is not as air tight as a small plastic baggie. >>11738123>food baggies>>11738127>decayPICREL was a lot win with two other lots of heads and other things (stands), I sorted it out, listed some crap to sell and stored everything separately but the McFarlane lightening effects were all stored together in just a Dollar Tree baggie, the only thing that got separate good small sized baggies were the heads, and I am often playing with those and swapping them out that they are definitely getting aired out. But I had some of those effects, like your weapons in the second picture, in the same baggie for almost two years until the past week.
>>11738139I bought the three McFarlane Weaspons pack from a Chinese KO seller, dirt cheap, and mostly left them as they arrived - one came in the clamshell as McFarlane actually sells them, which made me realize these are either factory rejects or factory thefts, but the other two came into their own version of cheap sandwhich baggies and i just left them dumped together, but these were in a drawer, not a box. They are fine.I've been spending the last week collecting and sorting all this stuff, storing saw the weapons to a Red Hood figure together in their own acid-free baggie, but most of the stuff like the McFarlane and other weapons I have gotten as fodder and I have no clue what the fuck they are for or from, I am putting all machine guns together, all space guns together, etc.And they are going to go into pencil boxes or something like that. Right now they are clean new zip lock bags. >>11738134>>11738138>but that's not gonna occur for stuff that's just sitting there.Agreed - I also am not packing these baggies in, the stuff I was talking about - using cheap Dollar Tree baggies - all that was loose packed into a box, not tightly packed with no space. Nothing "rubbed" against each other - because that's my OCD as well.
wait but i was thinking a small ventilation in the bag is good for storage? in case some plastics give off gasses they will escape and not dmg the stuff inside as muchoh god so its bad if i made a small hole in my baggies?
>>11738158It doesn't make a difference.
>>11738162meaning? like i fucked up or not?
>>11738169No you didn't, There's oxygen in the bag anyway. Unless you place a toy into a vacuum then replace the oxygen with inert xenon that doesn't react to plastic, the oxygen will still do its damage over the next few decades. Here's a pic of a MOC Cobra Commander that's yellowing anyway in spite of having never been opened up. I wouldn't be surprised if the O-ring is busted or about to bust as well in spite of having never been played with by kids. It's not sun-bleaching because the cardback would be sun-bleached, and it's not smokers because the cardback would be yellowed too. That's what happens with oxygen and time, and none of us have a special vacuum pump with xenon gas-replacement capabilities lying around.
>>11738179that does not look that bad desu
>>11738192Yellowing is still yellowing, and that little bit easily killed around $1,000 off of the top end of the value for a MOC Cobra Commander.
>>11738194thanfully i collect only to have them for me, i rip the cardboard and pose them upif out of space they get put in a baggie and go to dark jail draweri mean im not collecting bright colour figures, mostly lotr stuff
>>11738116I've done it for several years and have had no issues so far. The only things that have discolored are just from paint transferring from one object to the other, nothing due to the bags themselves. I also make sure to get bags with holes in them and to also put holes in the lids of tubs so whatever gasses are being let off can escape.
>>11738116Acid free shit is for photographic stuff or paper in general. Nothing is going to happen to plastic inside regular bags
>>11738179he would have yellowed faster if he was opened.Aging and declay is inevitable, but you can use bags to keep shit fresh longer. Using a freezer and refridgator also helps too, but that's entering ridiculous territory unless you're rich enough to not share it with your food.Also, don't poke holes in your bag. Just open it every year or three/six months. It's also the perfect time to check on its condition.
>>11738158You should ventilate the stuff in plastic bag - once in a while. People suggest yearly but I have gone longer. You definitely do not need to poke a hole or small hole(s) in your baggies. If you are doing this and storing them thinking you can forget about them for years, what you really need to do is photograph and sell them, or collect them and donate them, or send them to the landfill.
>>11740468>You definitely do not need to poke a hole or small hole(s) in your baggiesbut doing that is harmless right? just retarded? asking for clarification
How do farts affect toys?
>>11741914it's better for them to be air tight, because oxidation is a thing. air ciriculation is bad and it's better to limit it to when you air it out every year or so.If you want to be anal, buy those oxygen absorber packets. silica/moisture packets aren't the same thing and aren't really needed for plastic.
>>11741973>because oxidation is a thingehhhh?I mean what about those collectors that have all the shit on display with no casesi refuse to believe some oxygen will damage everything if it sits on a table for 10 years
>>11742045>i refuse to believe some oxygen will damage everything if it sits on a table for 10 yearsBecause you don't know that oxygen is corrosive.companies already include antioxidants into their plastics to keep their products from shifting colors over time, but only when they actually know the color/plastic reacts to it negatively. Companies have been taking into account these things for at least half a century.That picture of the SNES is where the main body wasnt tested for longevity, while other parts made of different plastics remained grey. The chipped part shows that the inside of the plastic that didn't touch air (oxygen) has stayed grey too, but now that it's exposed, it'll slowly shift over time.Since plastic and color formulas are constantly changing, there's a chance new combination of color and plastic will cause it to degrade faster than normal. Or maybe China fucks up or cheaps out.So if you're an anal collector, you would want to also take into account all the bad things that are damaging to your toys and take precautions.Personally, i have boxes that are air tight, but only because they're way better made than regular plastic boxes. I don't insert anything with them, but i do put moisture packets in with my art/comic book boxes + electronics/media.pic is how connectors blocked airflow to certain parts, which allowed the plastics in those parts to remain their original color, while everything else that was exposed to air became yellow.
>>11738138>Sunlight and oxygen do more to damage toys tI am not psychologically built for toys, this shit causes me crazy anxiety. Every time I look at my figures, I just think of them evaporating away all the time, fading etc. I really struggle to get past it mentally.
>>11742119i read about this for a little while today, i have come to the conclusion that oxygen thingy is too much to care about, i mean even if you seal it in a baggie its not 100 percent sealed, if i were to care about oxygen then i would enter autism territoryi mean thats too muchi will just be satisfied with acid free baggies that each have diff accesories of some sort never touching in a dark drawer (baggies have one tiny hole or two.in conclusion im not that autistic
>>11742501oh, i agree with you, because I'm not planning to ever resell my shit. I play with my toys and even lose track of their accessories.But if you do care about maximum resellability and having everything in mint condition 2, 5 or even 20 years down the line, I'd take the extra precautions.Those oxygen absorbers are for when you can't seal them 100% and can't take out the air completely from bags. Like i said in an earlier post, aging and decay is inevitable, but every extra precaution you take will extend the life and condition of your toys by years and even decades.I used to work in a library, btw, so i had to learn about archiving shit properly. This includes plastics, since we also had to take care of CDs, films, and other storage mediums.
>>11743102Those oxygen thingies, is there anything like that for larger spaces like a display case or is that just a fools errand and there is too much air/air movement for it to ever have an effect?
>>11743106A display case isnt even pretending to be air tight, you'd be endlessly chasing your tail. You can put in those large packets, but they'd lose their effect in a month or so. An enclosed space is useful though, as it minimizes the amount of air circulation/contact. Slightly useful, but it's something.It should be worth noting, after 10-20 years, that's when you want to be vigiltant with anything plastic, because that's when plasticizers start to really come out. Dry rot also starts to take place. So a box is better than a bag at this point, because a bag will trap the gases and bags can touch the figure at multiple points, which causes the plasticizers to accumulate back onto the figure to cause (more) damage.
