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Re: Keeping only original toys or keeping CHUG/WFC
For originals there are a lot of reissues from the last 20 years. They would do fine as replacements for your originals as they get more and more fragile/broken.
Or yeah, the modern stuff that updates the original G1 toys/characters is also great.
The reality is that it will become a bigger, and bigger, issue as the years march on. It is happening with both MOTU and ARAH GI Joe figures. The MOTU figures are degrading to the point where the inner bands are breaking down and the legs/feet no longer hold the figures up properly. For GI Joe there is the usual O-ring degradation, but that can be fixed with a new O-ring. However there have been years of broken thumbs, and now more and more reports of ankles/feet breaking, or cracking so that the figure is basically useless.
The reality is that the plastic in the 80s toys was never meant to last, and we are now 40+ years on from the original releases for some of them. They are going to keep degrading, and the G1 figures especially with the mix of metal, plastic, and clear plastic windows are going to suffer the same fate. So I am sticking with reissues for the G1 toys I really want.
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