Princes Leia PF stains. Need some help from collectors.

Hi Guys, I am being offered an EX Princes Leia for $365 SHIPPED. It is in perfect condition with all the parts and both boxes intact but it does have two yellow / orange stains on her neck and the back of her hood as you'll see in the pictures. Do you guys recommend I purchase her anyway and try to get them out? They are on the back so I can experiment a bit with rubbing alcohol or something. Really need some advice from my fellow collectors. This IS an EX version which is why I am considering in the first place. What do you guys think? Thanks!

Funny enough, that's a very common problem with the Leia PF (not that Sideshow will ever admit it, ask them and you'll always be the first person/time they have heard of it).

Mine had a number of spots and marks like that and what I used to get rid of them was this:

Tide To Go Instant Stain Remover Pen | Walgreens

theguru1 said:

Funny enough, that's a very common problem with the Leia PF (not that Sideshow will ever admit it, ask them and you'll always be the first person/time they have heard of it).

Mine had a number of spots and marks like that and what I used to get rid of them was this:

Tide To Go Instant Stain Remover Pen | Walgreens

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Interesting. Were they removed completely?

You might wanna try isopropylic alcool and stain removers,
I had made a huge stain of paint on my captain Jack Sparrow pf's short and was able to successfully remove it..although it was applied right after the incident occured.

Amphion said:

Interesting. Were they removed completely?

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Yeah, pretty much, just have to take it slow and careful, just use a little bit at a time.

U should buy it. Nice price.

Mine has these dots at the front under her chin.

I had the same thing with mine. One spot on the front. Tide To Go stick cleaned it right out and didn't leave a bleach mark.

V8Falcon said:

I had the same thing with mine. One spot on the front. Tide To Go stick cleaned it right out and didn't leave a bleach mark.

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Those Tide sticks are awesome. I use them as well.

Interesting. My Leia has this as well, at a spot where her shirt was stuck to her, umm, chest.

Nice to know its a common issue (glue, I'm guessing??) and that there's an easy fix! Thanks!

Kind of regretting not buying it now that I know it's a common issue and there's somewhat of a fix.

Just be patient. I picked an EX up for the exact same price back in February, no stains on mine. The issue with mine was the packaging of all things. The picture sleeve that goes around the box was sooooo tight, it took me forever to get it off. I ended up accidentally tearing in very slightly. It was just as bad trying to put it back on so I ended up just not putting it back on for fear of bending it or creasing it.

I'd try a Tide stick and then a hand steamer to try at first. If that doesn't work maybe try a bleach pen?

Jagjaguwar said:

Nice to know its a common issue (glue, I'm guessing??) and that there's an easy fix! Thanks!

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I actually think its the skin tone paint, maybe someone handling and assembling the final statues which are just not totally 100% dry, and then touches the dress. Or the dresses were too close to where the statue was being spray painted and a bit of splatter got on them.

Either way, has always been a long term issue, no matter what Sideshow may say.