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I agree with everything mentioned above. But, I'd also add: paint.

Some paints (enamels for instance) can chemically react with the soft vinyl materials, leaving a sticky mess that will stay tacky forever.

Acrylics and polyurethanes can inertly lay over the top of soft vinyl, but can experiencing chipping or pealing- especially around the joints, where movement may occur.

Vinyl paint is the only way to achieve a true chemical bond. It's formulated to basically act like liquid vinyl. So, if you prep the surface of your toy (clean it with dish soap/rinse, or wipe off with alcohol to remove any mold release or oils) and then wipe it with some vinyl thinner before painting, you'll get an extremely durable finish. Depending on the paint, possibly without the need of a clear coat.

Yeah, I was looking at Vinyl Wonder paint, if I did decide to go forward with this. I’ll probably get cold feet again…but I’m still thinkin’ about it.

Gojira themed bird feeders? They take the seeds out of his mouth?

@The Moog not quite, but I just did a quick Google search and found a zombie, a beholder, and a sasquatch.

A buddy of mine bought a decent amount of N Scale and uses them for his 1:6 scale figures. Sometimes they look a little hokey, even for toy’s sake, but more often times than not it looks pretty rad.

When I was a kid I built one of the model railroad scenes with tunnel, rocks, grass, scale buildings. Wish I still had it.

. . . or rocks, shells, beer coasters, pins . . . just about most anything other than overpriced, overhyped and intentionally limited Japanese soft-vinyl.

That’s why I also hoard bottle caps, at least those are free!

Glittery lames are sweet too!

Thanks gang! There are several things I’m still after where I don’t have a clear favorite, so I’ll probably try to keep my colors diverse. I tend to end up with greens.

I try my best to get a lot of variety of color but I am seriously lacking red, orange, and yellow in my collection.

Is there porn in this Disney Cars fan fiction? Lmfao

Blanks need protecting from vandalism. Ornament is crime!

I personally only collect painted... because if I collected both, I’d be broke!

I love unpainted toys, collect a ton of it...but think too many unpainted toys are being released in general.If almost half of a toymakers releases are unpainted, that is way too many. Keep blanks to a few incredible unpainted or marbled colors, but paint the majority of the rest.

In a collection, I love seeing shelves of unpainted toys together. Especially in all of a single color, or really good color mixes.

Dude the maker of Crap Hound magazine has put out a book called The Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness and you would dig the most.

maybe, but its better than spit and sea men

Yet, an actual kitchen phrase is, "You really put your foot in it!"

Does having seen nearly all kaiju films produced before '89 count?

I think Yamanaya started in '98. Amapro, Nostalgic Heroes and Tsuburaya Communications were all active late 90's too. Medicom, but like Bandai they have a lot of stuff made in China, so is it strictly Sofubi? Sunguts started in 2000 so just misses the list.

Thanks Moog! I totally missed out on this style of toy when I was a kid, so I was wondering just what I missed. All my Toho toys were solid plastic, had dull colors, and had very apparent seem lines. I'm gonna throw Sunguts into the mix. I love his Godzilla sculpts.

Yeah, Sunguts is an interesting one. He started off making Ultraman type dudes, then his own original Kaiju plus original manga style characters, whilst also doing licensed Kitaro/Yokai. Then more recently, licensed Godzilla. He's multi talented.