As long as it's a dark place i don't think it would hurt them, the older cardboard backed ones might be a differnt story.
My wife and I just bought our first house and I'm having some trouble picking a place to store my non displayed figures. I have many large tubs full of carded figures, as well as many tubs full of loose figures. I don't really have the option of storing things "inside" - like a closet or what not - but we do have a decent sized garage.
So I was wondering - what do you guys think about storing tubs of carded and loose figures in a garage year round? It's not a finished garage or anything - no real climate control, although it does seem to stay relatively cool in there even when it's really hot outside. I guess I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice on the subject - the pros, the cons, etc. All the figs are in sealed tubs with salt packets...other than that, I only know the basics of figure preservation (keep them out of sunlight, away from smoke, don't feed them after midnight).
Any advice or help is appreciated...thanks [img]smile.gif[/img]
As long as it's a dark place i don't think it would hurt them, the older cardboard backed ones might be a differnt story.
your not supposed to store your toys in cold or hot temperatures because they say the cards warp. you should keep them in a relatively climate controlled room. with that said, my buddy stores all of his in an attic. he has thousands of figures and they look just fine. his attic get really cold and gets really hot but the cards have not warped and the plastic hasnt seperated from the boards. i personally wouldnt do it but ive seen it done without problems.
For what it's worth, I had to move fro AZ to CA
and had to store all open and packaged figures in tubs to move. I had no troubles with the packaged ones but did get some heat warp with some of the loose figures. Just from driving for a day in
the heat. I have AC too. It was no biggie because the way to get them to their original shape was to
(ironically) use more heat! I hit them with a blow dryer and cooled them after and they were
fine. I knew to do this from an old CC flyer 'custom tip' You can resculpt a figure's pose to an extent with heat..and if you change your mind..heat it again and it's back to normal.
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ May 02, 2004 06:14 PM: Message edited by: DARTH POOH ]</font>
cool...thanks for the tips guys. It looks like I am going to store the tubs in an alcove / cedar closet in the lowest floor of the house. It's dark in there all the time (no windows or light getting in) and the tempature seems to stay relatively the same. That arangement will actually be pretty close to what I had at my last apartment - I kept all the tubs in a completely dark storage space / closet behind the wall and everything seemed to survive fine for the 3 years I was there.
thanks again [img]smile.gif[/img]
And that cedar repels the evil moths !!!!! [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">well, of course, the evil cedar moths are my primary concern, but I didn't want to come right out and say so [img]biggrin.gif[/img]Originally posted by sculpey:
And that cedar repels the evil moths !!!!! [img]wink.gif[/img]
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