GrimKid
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Whattya want from me?
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Post by GrimKid on Sept 14, 2011 21:45:44 GMT -5
Hey Just noticed one of my intercontinental titles from E8 Drew McIntyre is now SILVER instead of gold?!?! How can this be? Did it oxidize and the gold just melted away? it has no playwear what so ever and its not customized, and the side plates still are slightly gold? anybody else have this problem? Heres a pic  |
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Post by JCF on Sept 14, 2011 21:48:50 GMT -5
YES!!!! I've been waiting for someone to mention this. Also my WWE title too but I got a new one. Horrible!
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wfindonesia
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Post by wfindonesia on Sept 14, 2011 21:50:03 GMT -5
damn! i hope not mine >.<
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ComicHaulics®
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Post by ComicHaulics® on Sept 14, 2011 21:52:44 GMT -5
Mine has faded as well.. dissapointing but hey, it's still a great looking belt.
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Post by sunglassessteve on Sept 14, 2011 21:57:35 GMT -5
nope have not had that problem.. how does that even happen?lol i had my E8 Drew since April when pre orders first shipped out and its still gold and nice.. your actually gonna make me go back and look at it now too make sure its not fading haha but there had to be somethin ya did, like do you touch it alot and i mean ALOT? or do you smoke cigs and maybe the cig smoke started too eat away at it?? or anything you can think of for that too happen?? just tryin too think of the logical explanation for this cause i just dont see it fading sitting on a shelf being posed.. idk though let us know cause thats the first time i ever heard anything like this and thats just crazy haha whatever it was that took that off i dont want too do the same too mine for sure
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Sept 14, 2011 21:59:18 GMT -5
Is there any part of the day when your figures are in direct sun light? Or perhaps your room has a bright light which shines on the figures for long periods of time?
I have no idea, but those are only some suggestions I have which may cause fading or color change.
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Post by mrhoss on Sept 14, 2011 22:04:27 GMT -5
Mattel probably knew this would happen. That's the real reason for the dull belts, why pay the money for gold plating when it will disappear in 2 months. Let the conspiracy begin.
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Jorge
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Post by Jorge on Sept 14, 2011 22:10:12 GMT -5
If this happens to me i'm gonna be REAL mad
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GrimKid
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Post by GrimKid on Sept 14, 2011 22:13:07 GMT -5
Mattel probably knew this would happen. That's the real reason for the dull belts, why pay the money for gold plating when it will disappear in 2 months. Let the conspiracy begin. dude i thought the same thing...no wonder they switched to the dull belts lol There was a similiar issue with a Takara Transformer figure..Masterpiece Megatron..$225 brand new...and 9 months to a year later..his vac metal on his feet just flakes off...without even touching it...what a waste...could be a similiar problem here... |
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Post by kemonito on Sept 14, 2011 22:20:50 GMT -5
If this happens to me i'm gonna be REAL mad  me too |
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Post by flamez0321 on Sept 14, 2011 22:32:49 GMT -5
kinda to my wwe title
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Post by mrhoss on Sept 14, 2011 22:40:18 GMT -5
Mattel probably knew this would happen. That's the real reason for the dull belts, why pay the money for gold plating when it will disappear in 2 months. Let the conspiracy begin. dude i thought the same thing...no wonder they switched to the dull belts lol There was a similiar issue with a Takara Transformer figure..Masterpiece Megatron..$225 brand new...and 9 months to a year later..his vac metal on his feet just flakes off...without even touching it...what a waste...could be a similiar problem here... I have one of those Megatrons from the first run. I haven't looked at in ages. It's in the box, I hope it held up well. So far my Mattel belts look fine. But the vac metal always seems iffy, sometimes it doesn't last. |
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gawd6sic6™
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Sept 14, 2011 22:42:42 GMT -5
my belts are all fine... and my masterpiece megatron.. which is first run.. and been on display since i opened it ... is also fine... wierd...
let me add.... i think it looks amazing in silver... but im not a fan of gold... so thats prolly why i like it.. ;D
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Sept 14, 2011 22:42:59 GMT -5
Hmmm light or exposure to air seem like the likely reasons as to why the gold hasnt lasted. Unless this came from the first batch of belts produced or something? This needs to be asked to the design team so they can check it out and find whats going on.
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dizcoduck
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Post by dizcoduck on Sept 14, 2011 22:43:15 GMT -5
OMG that's terrible. Mine are still gold. I will be super pissed if this happens with mine.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Sept 14, 2011 23:07:31 GMT -5
Whoa, that looks kinda cool but sucks for you bro!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 23:47:10 GMT -5
What the crap!?
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zombiesnake
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Post by zombiesnake on Sept 15, 2011 0:03:30 GMT -5
That's very weird. It just turned silver. Mine is still fine.
Usually what happens with vac-metalizing is it flakes (as several people have noted) which is why Mattel originally decided against the process in their MOTUC line (which they've since changed), but this just turned color without flaking. It looks neat, but it's really weird.
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Post by juicewinslow on Sept 15, 2011 0:27:36 GMT -5
That sucks! I just checked mine and they are fine.
That's pretty weird and disappointing.
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The Hitman
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Post by The Hitman on Sept 15, 2011 1:11:09 GMT -5
My WWE title is doing that. IC is still good. But one of the wings in the WWE design is fading to silver also.
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