Batteries' Limit

here's a late post..
it's about my discovery last week..
and a day after that, i underwent a surgery, that is why i was not able to post about it immediately...

anyway, here's the story..
i was performing the general cleaning of my room when i remembered about the batteries of my old version of Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (my only battery-operated Star Wars unit)..
and for some reason, i just had the hunch that i need to check its status..
so i took the time to see how it is doing..
from the outside of the figure's battery compartment, everything looks fine..
the lightsaber's light is still functional as well..
but upon checking the inside, i was surprised to see that after a very long time of being there, the batteries had started to corrode...

let's see..
so this Ben Kenobi figure makes use of two (2) x 1.5 Volts A76/LR44 button cell batteries..
and it has been utilizing a certain Alkaline Cell GPA76 ever since i bought it..
i had this figure from as early as 1998, and i must say that it was really impressive that it remained operational for more or less 20 years..
but unfortunately, batteries don't last forever...

in a way i felt lucky that i had that hunch to check on it..
because of that, i was able to save my action figure from possible battery leakage..
i mean, i have seen it happened to other toys and devices before..
and it can be really messy and hard to clean or restore...

here's what it looks like when i disassembled the figure..
there were a few rust-like stains in the removable cover of the battery compartment, but it was still easy to clean though..
the corroded batteries had left a light greenish discoloration on the metal conductor inside the action figure (that greenish thing near the figure's left shoulder), and i was not able to completely clean it off..
the greenish discoloration is one of the usual results of having a corroded battery inside a device, and it is really hard to remove..
for the batteries, both had started to become a bit rusty, and one was a bit bloated already...

here's a closer (but blurred) look at those corroded cell button batteries..
thankfully, i was able to remove them on time...

2018 Most Wanted

so i still haven't found anything new to add to my Star Wars collection...

first reason, is because Hasbro is mostly releasing less-articulated figures lately..
second, is because it's hard to look for local toy stores or sellers who have the interesting units..
third, because it's scary to import the items from other countries nowadays, due to the possibility of having to pay massive taxes... :(


i'm still eyeing on the 3 & 3/4 inch scale Darth Revan..
Hasbro has already released a very nice 6 inch version (it actually looks better), but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the price of the 3 & 3/4 inch scale..
so far there's a single source within my country, but i can never consider its price..
well, maybe if i acquire a lot of money out of luck, then i'd probably consider that rate...

plus, the recent addition to my targets is the more articulated version of the Scarif Stormtrooper..
this one is actually a Squad Leader, and it's from the Black Series..
it was love at first sight after i saw this Stormtrooper's helmet..
the helmet is actually the first thing that i consider when buying a trooper action figure...

all featured photos in this particular post belongs to Rebelscum.com ..
so the credit goes to them...

plus here's a link to my WishList ..
just in case you know a local seller or toy store who has any of my target item...

The Sweating Jabba

Thank You! :)

first of all, i would like to thank everyone for helping this blog reach 20,000 Hits..
i know i haven't had a good update for a while..
but that's because it's hard to search for my target action figures within my country, plus the latest 3 & 3/4 releases of Hasbro are not fully articulated...

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(you may not notice it due to the low quality photo, but those shiny things on his belly are the 'sweat')

and for the actual update..
i have some more bad news for myself, aside from the occasional molds.. :(
it was only this July 2017 that i was able to check on my Jabba action figure again, i believe 2016 was the last time that i did..
and i was surprised to see that its lower body was very wet, with water (sweat) droplet-like particles..
i'm not sure what it was, but it's only during this year that i experienced such thing..
what i noticed is that it's extremely hot now in our country during the Summer season..
probably the result of climate change and the continuous industrialization and commercialization in our city..
and for the past months, i unintentionally placed my storage cabinet near the window, and so it was exposed to sunlight..
the lower body of Jabba is made of rubber material, unlike its upper body and most of the Star Wars action figures..
in addition, the paint material also seems different..
so i'm assuming that the 'sweating' has something to do with the rubber or the paint, because it's the only part of Jabba that became wet..
i wiped it off my action figure, and the liquid substance kinda felt sticky, and it was also erasing some of the paint...

after that, i checked on all my other Star Wars action figures, and everything looked good (well, except for the occasional molds on some of them)..
as a temporary solution, i was forced to move my storage cabinet inside my room where it can no longer get caught by the sunlight..
i just hope that it will do the trick...

Sun Fac Sold! :D

after more than a year, i managed to sell another item on eBay..
it's only my third transaction there as a seller..
and only the second time that i sold a Star Wars unit...

actually, this particular action figure has been bought (or won through bidding) for 3 to 4 times already if i'm not mistaken..
but this is the only time that a buyer really ended up buying it..
i'm not sure about the others, they probably thought that my payment option was complicated (actually it's not)..
and the second to the last buyer (who was using a new account) seemed suspicious, like he was only waiting for me to provide him with all my (very complete) GCash account details, but he never contact me after that...

and regarding my latest transactions..
i've been selling my sellable Star Wars units at a cheaper price..
like my Mint Nien Nunb action figure, which logically costs Php 542.00 based on the bundle price, but i only sold it for Php 450.00..
and for this Sun Fac action figure, which logically costs Php 429.00 based on the bundle price, i decided to just sell it for only Php 250.00 since it is already Loose...


my last statistics was:
Number of Units: 122
Total Value (in Php): 60,660 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  497.21

and after selling this item, my Estimated Rate (Total Value / Number of Units) went up again:
Number of Units: 121
Total Value (in Php): 60,410 +
Estimated Rate (in Php):  499.26

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and i have some bad news (especially for myself :( )..
after the 3rd year of being stored, i noticed that my mint condition items (i still have 3 for sale) already have some mold-like stuff in their plastic (the bubble packaging)..
i'm not yet an expert action figure collector, so i don't know what caused it, how to clean it, and how to avoid it in the future..
the mold-like stuff are situated inside the bubble packaging (at the plastic itself), at the lower half of each bubble (around the leg area of each action figure)..
i suspect that it was caused by the changes in the weather condition, and also because these particular
items have a packaging design that has an opening (not glued to the card) at the bottom... :(