Jakks rubber jackets melting

The figrue I have that it is happening to are Rocky Michael Buffer, RA Vince, CS blue ultimate warrior with the trench coat, CS sherri's top, CS harvey wimpleman, CS howard finkel, and Demolition helmets. They are all from different series and also different types of figures.

For example, 3 pack paul bearer with red hair, brother love, gorrila monsoon, all of 4 of my jimmy harts, all 3 of my bobby heenans, eric biscoff, pink suit super star billy graham, and captain lou are all normal and just fine.

my jackets are sticky to touch too, thats what I meant as melting. But to reply to your question, I do have them stored stacked on each other in a plastic box. I keep all my collection that way in air conditioning.

Do you think it has to do with them being kept near in plastic?

Yea it really pisses me off as a collector to. I got a bad feeling in 10 years any of the suited jacket jakks figures will not be around.

i did get a really good suggestion from a friend to try using clothe because like you said the plastic on plastic seems to be the problem.

Yeah it is a bitch. Just put some material to divide the stacks of wrestlers to prevent rubbing.
Should be ok.



They should be ok. Mine are atm, I have many Batman figs and they're fine. The plastic capes are of a harder plastic, and I think stand the test of time better. But I will eventually stack my figures with dividers to prevent plastic touching plastic and preserve paint jobs.

Pictures?

Oh wow could I see a pic

I hope that mine dont strt doing this.

I believe that Jakks used lesser quality plastic on some of these figures. I have Sherri, RA Vince, CS Warrior w/ coat, and the Demolition helmets and they are all sticky like yours. I bought CS Mr. Fuji brand new from Toysrus when he came out and the collar on his jacket was sticky right out of the package. I also have Brother Love, Gorilla, WM9 Jimmy Hart, and Paul Bearer with the cloth shirt and they are all fine. Interesting enough my Demolition helmets that came with the two pack are fine as well, it was just the single carded helmets that are degrading. My figures were stored in bins in a climate controlled closet with acid free paper between rows of figures.

In my experience with this line of toys, Jakks was no stranger to cutting corners when it came to production. They must have used cheaper plastic on some of the figures. There is no way that this could not be the case if so many people are having this problem. It's a shame that figures from 2006-2007 are melting like they were made in the 70s or 80s.