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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by Tiermann on Today at 02:42:01 »That's an interesting sounding technique, I will have to give it a try.
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by klickyklack on April 02, 2025, 08:09:18 »I think there is a big difference in prints too... in my experience, some are WAY easier to remove than others.
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
I thought that might be the case (some prints being easier to remove) but so far the rubbing alcohol & magic eraser has made quick & easy work out of each I've tried (i, & no need to do extra work to remove scratches or dull areas after.
It's worth a try anyway if you already have rubbing alcohol & a magic eraser at hand. I think probably using a q-tip with the rubbing alcohol on would waste less of it, & I always cut my magic eraser into smaller cubes before using them.
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by tahra on April 02, 2025, 07:31:39 »I think there is a big difference in prints too... in my experience, some are WAY easier to remove than others.
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
Lately I have been using fine wet sandpaper.. much easier, and finish with magic cotton (metal cleaner)
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How-To / Re: Cleaning torsos the Tahra-way
« Last post by klickyklack on April 02, 2025, 00:55:37 »Was just revisiting this topic because I'm working on a custom atm & had some printing i needed to remove.
I've used the rough end of an eraser method that's mentioned here before & found it hard going + the dull finish afterwards (though I have a way around that).
Thought i'd try something tonight based on some of the other stuff people have talked about.. Rubbing alcohol (regular, not denatured) PLUS magic eraser.
I wanted to remove the printing on the chest of 7176 (My Life lady with dalmation). I put rubbing alcohol on a piece of folded up kitchen roll & wiped it over the area I wanted to remove, then went over it right away with the magic eraser, kept on doing that (wipe, eraser..) & the printing came off SO much easier.
I thought I might end up with a dull finish at the end, but no, it doesn't look any less shiny than the back of her torso (which i did nothing to). If it had I would have tried some fine Novus polish (polish for plastic, great stuff) but it totally wasn't necessary.
Feeling pretty jazzed right now. I'll try & do some more another day & take photos before & after (I have a pretty busy schedule with hospital stuff over the next few days, but will hopefully fin the time & energy over the weekend).
ETA.. tried another with a larger & darker print (the b&w no1 racing car guy that comes free with orders) & that came off really easily & quickly too (with this one it helped & made the removal go faster when I put some of the rubbing alcohol on the sponge itself).
I've used the rough end of an eraser method that's mentioned here before & found it hard going + the dull finish afterwards (though I have a way around that).
Thought i'd try something tonight based on some of the other stuff people have talked about.. Rubbing alcohol (regular, not denatured) PLUS magic eraser.
I wanted to remove the printing on the chest of 7176 (My Life lady with dalmation). I put rubbing alcohol on a piece of folded up kitchen roll & wiped it over the area I wanted to remove, then went over it right away with the magic eraser, kept on doing that (wipe, eraser..) & the printing came off SO much easier.
I thought I might end up with a dull finish at the end, but no, it doesn't look any less shiny than the back of her torso (which i did nothing to). If it had I would have tried some fine Novus polish (polish for plastic, great stuff) but it totally wasn't necessary.
Feeling pretty jazzed right now. I'll try & do some more another day & take photos before & after (I have a pretty busy schedule with hospital stuff over the next few days, but will hopefully fin the time & energy over the weekend).
ETA.. tried another with a larger & darker print (the b&w no1 racing car guy that comes free with orders) & that came off really easily & quickly too (with this one it helped & made the removal go faster when I put some of the rubbing alcohol on the sponge itself).
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Mystery Figures Series / Re: Series 27 - 71760 and 71761
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 31, 2025, 20:33:25 »Thanks for the pics. I got mine through the usual Greek dealer on eBay, but have only opened a few so far.
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Mystery Figures Series / Series 27 - 71760 and 71761
« Last post by Tiermann on March 31, 2025, 15:57:41 »I have updated my Figures pages and done a blog post about the newest Figures series 27.
Overall a really strong series again. Some figures there I really liked.
You can visit the Animoblog post for an overview and my comments
or go to the Figures Pages for Series 27 to see the detailed views of each.
Here are the group photos linked from my Flickr page. The above links are more comprehensive than at Flickr but maybe?? the photos at Flikr will still post to the public here.
Playmobil Boys Figures 27 by Tim, on Flickr
Playmobil Girls Figures 27 by Tim, on Flickr
Thanks to GrahamB for the help in getting these!
Overall a really strong series again. Some figures there I really liked.
You can visit the Animoblog post for an overview and my comments
or go to the Figures Pages for Series 27 to see the detailed views of each.
Here are the group photos linked from my Flickr page. The above links are more comprehensive than at Flickr but maybe?? the photos at Flikr will still post to the public here.
Playmobil Boys Figures 27 by Tim, on FlickrPlaymobil Girls Figures 27 by Tim, on FlickrThanks to GrahamB for the help in getting these!