Nasty surprise (and warning about Star Wars 12" Zam Wessel)
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 7:53 pm
Ok, so I've been a little more productive thanks to a thingy called a kanban board, but still scatterbrained due to Aunt Flo visit. Somewhere in the combination of those two and while plugging doll measurements into a spreadsheet I decided I was finally going to get Zam Wessel's clothes off...
That sounds worse than it is. XD
Ok, I have a 12" Zam Wessel from Star Wars Ep 1 that I snagged on sale on Amazon ages ago, partly with thought of mugging her for her clothes. Turns out her clothes were sewn on, and the arms are actually sculpted and painted to look dressed. I expected about half of that. Somehow I never got around to seeing just how hard it would be to get the clothes off, tho, partly because she felt kind of scrawny and I wasn't sure what to dress her in over on the Star Wars shelf if I managed to ruin what she was wearing at the time.
Anyhow, the top was sewn on, but I managed to get the padded pants, boots, and most accessory stuff off with minimal trouble. The nasty surprise and warning is this: Her legs are already oozing plasticiser, a situation that's basically a 'terminal vinyl breakdown'. (I have an experiment planned for this summer for a knockoff barbie head with the same condition)(Oh, and the top has been cut off now while I plan how to modify it for easy putting back on. I'm pondering some slightly non-canon side straps with velcro)
It's made the inside of her pants and boots all sticky, and given that the boots are also plastic...
Anyhow, I have plans to handwash all items thoroughly today in the hopes of getting the greasy-sticky mess off. Does anyone know if contact will cause this to spread to or damage other plastics and if I should be especially careful of the boots and/or subject them to extra examination due to having direct contact with the leaking legs?
I pulled her head off to salvage it, damaging the neck peg of the original body in the process (not a big loss under the circumstances), and currently have her on a Bellybutton barbie body (she didn't lose much in terms of poseability), but it's not a great match for her odd skin tone. Her head did actually fit on a barbie neck with a lot of warming, though, in case anyone needs to do an emergency swap... but even a Fashionista Raquelle is too pink in tone and Twilight Barbies are too pale. She'll be a hard color to match. Thankfully the character's tendency to cover up pretty much head to toe will cover issues enough for me and for now (since she's not one of my more higher 'ranking' character dolls)
I just wanted to let everyone know, because if you have this doll, you may want to pull off a boot and check the leg vinyl to see if there's leaking. Playline dolls aren't made in batches of one, so I know mine's not going to be the only one with this problem.
That sounds worse than it is. XD
Ok, I have a 12" Zam Wessel from Star Wars Ep 1 that I snagged on sale on Amazon ages ago, partly with thought of mugging her for her clothes. Turns out her clothes were sewn on, and the arms are actually sculpted and painted to look dressed. I expected about half of that. Somehow I never got around to seeing just how hard it would be to get the clothes off, tho, partly because she felt kind of scrawny and I wasn't sure what to dress her in over on the Star Wars shelf if I managed to ruin what she was wearing at the time.
Anyhow, the top was sewn on, but I managed to get the padded pants, boots, and most accessory stuff off with minimal trouble. The nasty surprise and warning is this: Her legs are already oozing plasticiser, a situation that's basically a 'terminal vinyl breakdown'. (I have an experiment planned for this summer for a knockoff barbie head with the same condition)(Oh, and the top has been cut off now while I plan how to modify it for easy putting back on. I'm pondering some slightly non-canon side straps with velcro)
It's made the inside of her pants and boots all sticky, and given that the boots are also plastic...
Anyhow, I have plans to handwash all items thoroughly today in the hopes of getting the greasy-sticky mess off. Does anyone know if contact will cause this to spread to or damage other plastics and if I should be especially careful of the boots and/or subject them to extra examination due to having direct contact with the leaking legs?
I pulled her head off to salvage it, damaging the neck peg of the original body in the process (not a big loss under the circumstances), and currently have her on a Bellybutton barbie body (she didn't lose much in terms of poseability), but it's not a great match for her odd skin tone. Her head did actually fit on a barbie neck with a lot of warming, though, in case anyone needs to do an emergency swap... but even a Fashionista Raquelle is too pink in tone and Twilight Barbies are too pale. She'll be a hard color to match. Thankfully the character's tendency to cover up pretty much head to toe will cover issues enough for me and for now (since she's not one of my more higher 'ranking' character dolls)
I just wanted to let everyone know, because if you have this doll, you may want to pull off a boot and check the leg vinyl to see if there's leaking. Playline dolls aren't made in batches of one, so I know mine's not going to be the only one with this problem.