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News Credits: 11 · Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:35 pm

I was lucky enough to find RTS Windcharger the other day, which is suprising because we havent had anything new here in AGES. He's a pretty cool figure, but I'm a little concerned about the plastic they used.

From pictures it's not noticable, but it turns out that the red parts are that metallic plastic where there are flecks of metallic material swirled around in a base color, which might actually be clear in this instance, as it's almost transleucent in parts. It seems kind of thin and flimsy or even brittle compared to the usual non-metallic plastic they use, and I'm worried we might be seeing the advent of RPS (Rainbow Plastic Syndrome). :lol:

Anybody else share my concern?

News Credits: 241 · Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:34 am

Not really, all plastic may seem clearish when thin enough to let light through. I've noticed that red and yellow plastics are especially prone to this, probably due to wave lengths of those colors of light.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:11 am

Hmm, I guess so. It just seems worse than something like Universe Sideswipe. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid! :lol:

News Credits: 16 · Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:20 am

You know, I'd like to see this for myself. You wouldn't happen to have anymore Windchargers near you that you could share with us, right? :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 11 · Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:45 am

Haha, uh...not readily available, no. I'll let you know if they become shelfwarmers.

News Credits: 33 · Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:19 pm

I'm not sure about plastics, but with paint red and yellow are notoriously hard to work with because the pigment is always very thin - if the same is true of plastic, that would result in a slightly transparent plastic.

Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:41 pm

I forget, is he scout or deluxe class?

Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:45 pm

headsortails wrote:I forget, is he scout or deluxe class?

Scout.

News Credits: 20 · Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:33 pm

It Is Him wrote:You know, I'd like to see this for myself. You wouldn't happen to have anymore Windchargers near you that you could share with us, right?

Dunno if he's actually out yet near us but Kohl's seem to get scouts and deluxes faster than other places. They're a bit more expensive but they're an option. Have you tried them?

News Credits: 16 · Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:29 pm

Flux Convoy wrote:
It Is Him wrote:You know, I'd like to see this for myself. You wouldn't happen to have anymore Windchargers near you that you could share with us, right?

Dunno if he's actually out yet near us but Kohl's seem to get scouts and deluxes faster than other places. They're a bit more expensive but they're an option. Have you tried them?

Oh yeah, I forgot they get scouts. I'll have to hit them more often.