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Does the Sun melt the colors of the transformers?
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:40 amby magnusupreme
Does it? and it is a silly question but does it?
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:42 amby Briggs
Yellows some plastics over time, some can take it, some can't, depends how the finishing is on some toys I think.
I try not to put mine in direct sunlight.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:43 amby Omega Sentinel
The sun's core is plasma. It melts everything.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:45 amby magnusupreme
Briggs wrote:Yellows some plastics over time, some can take it, some can't, depends how the finishing is on some toys I think.
I try not to put mine in direct sunlight.
I have my transformers on a table next to the window but I'm scared if the sunlight will catch them and any ideas where to put them?
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:46 amby DREWCIFER
Yellowing is caused by UV light. The sun has plenty of that.
As for melting the colour, no. However, I had a friend who left a bumblebee out in the sun for about a week during the summer of '88 or '89. There wasn't much left. It looked like a Modern Art scuplture. At the time he was pissed, but hey, Sun + Plastic = a heap of crap.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:47 amby softimus_prime
nope, it's gonna ruin white colored gifures... it will turn yellow... (while keeping wreckage away from the windows...)
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:51 pmby Zeds
I have add UV transparent coverings to all my windows where I display my MISB TFs. Don't want issues later on.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:57 pmby Smokescreen85
I keep all my TFs far away from the sun, just in case.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:58 pmby i_amtrunks
Sunlight does not melt colour, but it can fade it over time.
AS has been mentioned, UV rays will turn white figures/sections yellow, in a surprisingly short amount of time. Other colours, such as Red and navy blues can fade if left in sunlight over a long period of time.
The sun can also weaken plastic, making it more brittle and likely to crack.