regarding the deteriorating dome of HT ED-209

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I have tinted windows and mine still did just like the above pics. It's a combination of sunlight and HEAT. The heat just dries it out and it splits. I'm in southern CA and it gets brutally hot and DRY. There was no way mine was gonna stay in good shape no matter what.

Thin rubber does not belong on toys at all. Just like the LOTR Cave Troll where they put it on his face. As soon as it flexes it starts to rip.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Contact Blind Voyeur. He came up with a perfect fix for this problem, and it worked amazingly well on mine. Looks better than new now.

 

[kairus]

I have tinted windows and mine still did just like the above pics. It's a combination of sunlight and HEAT. The heat just dries it out and it splits. I'm in southern CA and it gets brutally hot and DRY. There was no way mine was gonna stay in good shape no matter what.

Thin rubber does not belong on toys at all. Just like the LOTR Cave Troll where they put it on his face. As soon as it flexes it starts to rip.

hi i saw viraptor fix his ED really nice job too!
hope this helps
https://www.youtube.com/user/ViiRaptor#p/u/10/rPAZkWWus4w:clap

 

[Reaktwon]

I removed the old dome and used speaker cloth on mine.

 

[prefused]

hi i saw viraptor fix his ED really nice job too!
hope this helps
https://www.youtube.com/user/ViiRaptor#p/u/10/rPAZkWWus4w

that seems like a tedious pain in the ass and it still looks kinda lumpy. has anyone tried to cast the dome out of resin/plastic?

oh, and check out what this guy did with his ed209.
https://www.robocoparchive.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1848

 

[a-dev]

I removed the old dome and used speaker cloth on mine.

Speaker cloth, not a bad idea. How did you go about cutting it to shape?

 

[Reinhardt]

Listen to silentsurfer and contact blind voyeur for a resin cast of the dome. That's what I did as well.

 

[EndIessRAlN]

I feel like I am the only person in the world that has no damage on his ED dome. Knock on wood. I'm sure it's just a matter of time...sadly.

 

[prefused]

Listen to silentsurfer and contact blind voyeur for a resin cast of the dome. That's what I did as well.

hmm probably a good idea. what did that cost?

I feel like I am the only person in the world that has no damage on his ED dome. Knock on wood. I'm sure it's just a matter of time...sadly.

no mine is still fine too. but, i'm not taking any chances with it. i'd feel a lot better if i had a replacement that will actually last just in case.

 

[a-dev]

What about the rubber of the leg joints and the 'neck'. No one ever talks about that.

 

[prefused]

i think those are a different type of rubber and they're not stretched over anything, so they're probably fine. the guy from the link i posted earlier made some white resin replacements for all the rubber parts.

 

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I have but no response. I'll try again.

Listen to silentsurfer and contact blind voyeur for a resin cast of the dome. That's what I did as well.

 

[bandito]

If not too severe you can repair it.... but you no longer can stretch it long term as new breaks would appear:

Here: Before

After repaired with super-glue, if not too severe elasticity is not greatly effected.

 

[crows]

wow, this is really scary, this thread is old but, i never knew this could happen, makes me wonder what other figures can deteriorate, like the preds and their dreads...

 

[bandito]

wow, this is really scary, this thread is old but, i never knew this could happen, makes me wonder what other figures can deteriorate, like the preds and their dreads...

Not stressed... it should be fine/lasts...

 

[crows]

Not stressed... it should be fine/lasts...

oh, I hear you, i hope, i have berserker and might get classic, and thinking about the dreads falling gives me nightmares, just makes me shiver

 

[csutkakoma]

Hot Toys and their rubbers!! Crap as almost always.

 

[crows]

Hot Toys and their rubbers!! Crap as almost always.

yeah, i just spend the last 20 minutes looking at both threads speaking about this issue and...wow, i never knew this could happen, I mean, I know HT is extremely delicate and everything but for stuff to break without touching, wow
that's really sad, really bad,
I mean, When the 18 inch Neca pred netting issue came up, I mentioned that some types of materials break with time, but, Neca is Neca, I never thought this would happened to a figure like this,

people are paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of bucks for figures that have an Expiration date on them....
enjoy the HT figures while you can i guess...

 

[EndIessRAlN]

oh, I hear you, i hope, i have berserker and might get classic, and thinking about the dreads falling gives me nightmares, just makes me shiver

Don't worry about the preds dude. I got some of the oldest Leeds hot toys has made from the AVP line to the Predator 2 line and haven't suffered any deterioration on the dreads whatsoever. You'll be fine and these preds should last you a long time.

 

[csutkakoma]

people are paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of bucks for figures that have an Expiration date on them....
enjoy the HT figures while you can i guess...

DX Batman, Sarah Connor, Dutch, Rambo, Alien warrior, ED209...just a few with rubber problems.