by fuzzd0rk » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:19 am
First off, I'm new to this site, and this is my first post. Hello, everyone!
Anyways, not sure if this has been brought up or not. Last weekend, I took my son to the zoo. He brought Real Gear Spy Shot with him. He had it in his pocket while we walked around. After about an hour, we sat down to get something to eat. When he took Spy Shot out of his pocket, all the red paint had rubbed off his one leg. I checked the paint in other areas of the figure, and it was a little tacky. Some blue had rubbed of his head, and some of the grey in other areas was beginning to wear off, as well.
It doesn't really get that hot here in Buffalo. I think it was only in the 70's. Is this normal for paint to come off this easily, or did Hasbro use some really poor quality paint for these figures? The figure was only about 12 hours old, but it looked like it was about 20 years.
Part of the reason I'm asking is I would hate for this to happen to anyone else. Thankfully, Toys R Us was understanding and let me exchange it for a new one.