What kind of damage is this?
 

Hello,
A few months ago, I picked up a used G1 Tailspin. He has some kind of ragged plastic on his chest, where a hole should be. Does anyone know what might have caused this? Thanks!

Re: What kind of damage is this?
 

It resembles the realistic "battle damage" my friend used to give his G.I.Joes with a magnifying glass or lighter. :doh: Kids are dumb sometimes. It could also be melted from friction but I have no clue why someone would grind his crotch off.

That's a shame, Tailspin is my favourite figure from the Autobot Race Car Patrol.

Re: What kind of damage is this?
 

Definately lookls like a lighter or maybe left on a electric heater for too long.

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Could also be some sort of hobby plastic glue as well. Plastic glue "fuses" pieces together by essentially melting them together.

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Yes that too. I once had a g1 devastator that started to break on me so i used half a bottle of superglue to fix it and then put it in combined mode while wet. (I was 8...)
The resulting amputation looked a lot like that when it was done. Poor devy was never the same. He died a sad sad shadow of his former glory...

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I figured it might have been some kind of burn damage. I just thought it was strange that the melted stuff was in the hole (which is mostly untouched). Thanks for the help.

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wife or gf angry at the hobby? :D

Yeah. Looks like there's residue from another piece. There's also those yellowish marks.

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There is a chunk of plastic missing from his waist area, including a red sticker. Some of the residue could be from that. No idea about the yellow.

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I've had this figure since 1988 and there has never been a red sticker on him. Only the Micromaster bases came with stickers, not the 4 packs.

Re: What kind of damage is this?
 

Might have been red paint, then. I'm just going by what TFWiki shows.