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12-11-2016, 12:25 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2015
Location: CT
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Hey everyone,
I go back and forth with strictly sticking to the newer joes and going back to collect some "vintage" joes. It's probably not the most desirable era of Joes as it was the end of the line until its reboot but it was the era I remember most fondly as a kid. Anyways I digress. I was just wondering if there are any other fellow collectors that stick to the 92-94 era Joes, specifically MOC. My main peeve when buying older vintage MOC figures popped up this week when I purchased a Headhunters storm trooper and noticed that his elbow area was showing signs of stress that typically lead to cracked elbow syndrome which for me renders the figure useless. Are there any guidelines or reasons as to why some figures elbows can crack or show that stress when they are MOC? Any tips you guys would be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. |
12-11-2016, 11:47 AM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
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They are just made that way. From what I have seen, the general consensus is the plastic the guys are made from. I thought it was mostly contained to the Tiger Force era, 88-90.
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12-11-2016, 12:06 PM | #3 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Jun 2009
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You should be completely fine with the 92 - 94 Joes. In my experience, the chances of having cracked elbows is highest in 88 - 90. 88 Hardball, Repeater; 89 RnR, and Gnawgahyde are particularly notorious. 1990 figs are probably the worst. Finding an uncracked Ambush, Metalhead, Rampart, or Pathfinder is quite a challenge. Finding an uncracked Salvo is very difficult. As mentioned previously, the TF figs are horrible prone to cracks.
You mention stress marks, but I have found that stress marks do not equal cracked elbows. That may sound strange but I have yet to have a fig that had stress marks that lead to cracked elbows. Every cracked elbow fig I've owned has a distinct crack with no associated stress mark. A couple of different theories are out there to explain this issue. One theory is that the plastic was changed a bit and that, coupled with machinery that pushed the rivet into the elbow extra hard, yields elbow cracks. The other main theory is that this is a natural response to the uneven expansion and contraction rates of the metal rivet and elbow plastic when exposed to heat and cold. I personally think it is the former and not the latter. I grew up in Montana in the heighth of the 80s so my Joes were exposed to some serious heat and cold. None of them cracked. My 1990 Joes are ones I bought as an adult after I stopped collecting as a kid around 1989. Those 1990 Joes cracked very easily and they were all MOC. It is really a shame to because although the early years of ARAH get all the love, those later Joes were just as cool. I also love those years you are trying to collect. I wish they had personalized weapons, but the figs themselves are really cool and I have never had one elbow crack from those years. |
12-11-2016, 03:04 PM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LONG ISLAND
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I despised the 94 line. I was working at a pool place that sold toys for the winter and they were selling those figure for a dollar a pop. I bought a crap load of them and never opened them.
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12-11-2016, 09:41 PM | #5 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2015
Location: CT
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Good stuff guys Thanks for the feedback! I def think the plastic is the main culprit in terms of cracked elbows. I was going through a bunch of my o-ring ARAH joes from the early to mid 00s and they were made of a softer plastic and are all still in good shape.
I do get the lack of popularity with the 92-94 joes though lol but I think there are alot of underrated molds and figures. The weapon trees did suck though as did many of the vehicles. |
12-12-2016, 11:11 AM | #6 |
Crimson Guard
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among the weapan trees, it was the choice of colors for the weapans as well. yellow? pink? orange? wtf?
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12-14-2016, 05:26 PM | #7 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Posts: 306
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The colors were terrible for weapons, but fabulous as color coordinated accessories! C'mon guys Yo day-glo Joe!
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12-14-2016, 07:22 PM | #8 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: USA
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Some of the 92 figures aren't bad at all. The 93-94 figures could have had potential if it weren't for some of the colors. I think at some point in our lives, most joe's will suffer from elbow cracks, it's just something that seems to happen, although you don't see it as often on 92-94 figures.
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12-15-2016, 04:56 PM | #9 |
Cobra Viper
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Location: orlando
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Then there is the headhunter stormtrooper, one of the best figures in the entire line that came out in 93. And with black weapons.
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