I've been on the hunt for Ben Cooper and AHI jigglers for a while now (and still am, *hint hint*) and finally got my hands on some, but now I have the dilemma of how to display them.
Do small doll stands work? I get nervous about having rubbery type toys "hang" to a certain extent, because I had a Manglord displayed that way and his legs ripped off under his own weight.
Any ideas? I know a bunch of you guys have some in your collections.
Thanks!
-Skylar
Couldn't you string thin fishing line through their heads, and make a hanging rack for them? or hang them somewhere?
Whatever you do, don't put them on plastic stands or risers. They will melt into the plastic. I have my small ones in a glass case, just kinda laying on a shelf. I don't like to hang them, either. For the larger ones, I use metal doll stands and they seem to work without damaging the rubber.
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii98/roheimiana/stand003Medium.jpg)
Yes, indeed, metal doll stands work very well. I also use them for Bend 'Ems because, in the hot weather, their feet get sweaty and they stick to furniture. My piano has tracks of little green footprints permanently etched in the veneer. >:(
I only have a few modern (read: last years batch) ones but I've got them stuffed into a Frankenstein Halloween bucket about 3/4 full of packing styrofoam popcorn. It seemed like a decent way to display them while also filling in the void in the top of the Frankenstein head. Never really gave any consideration to whether or not they'd melt, though..
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/nekrodave/100_2879.jpg)
Never did come across a Creature last year though. :(
Heah, NekroDave, whats this thing, its really cool
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h232/joshdawn/Picture4-3.png)
I have mine loosely tie-wrapped to the poles on my display stands. It makes them display good. Dracula was a bit tricky because of the cape. The Bride I just have standing on the shelf. These were the jigglers from a couple of years ago.
Hey Roh, did you paint your stands? does it react with the rubber?
Doc, some of the stands were black when I bought them. Others I spray-painted with Krylon Gloss. There's been no reaction by the rubber and, best of all, very little sticking. Metal is the only surface I've found that jigglers don't attach themselves to like the suckers on an octopus.
This reminds me that I need to find my jigglers from last year. I think they are in a box with the Halloween decorations. I should display them properly!
Josh, that's the corner of the box for the Collegeville Dracula Halloween costume.
Quote from: poseablemonster on August 13, 2008, 06:09:54 PM
Whatever you do, don't put them on plastic stands or risers. They will melt into the plastic. I have my small ones in a glass case, just kinda laying on a shelf. I don't like to hang them, either. For the larger ones, I use metal doll stands and they seem to work without damaging the rubber.
Have you had trouble with acrylic?
I used some of those plastic, "beanie baby" type display boxes and some of the rubber stuff melted into them.
Quote from: poseablemonster on August 17, 2008, 04:33:23 PM
I used some of those plastic, "beanie baby" type display boxes and some of the rubber stuff melted into them.
OK, I'll change some stuff around then, lol. Glad I read that.
How do I display jigglers? Why, I mock ridicule and insult them of course!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2787701785_bc7e939958_o.jpg)
HEY WHO TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2787701813_5cb7d54011_o.jpg)
Bride? What Bride?....Oh her, she's just my..my sister.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2788555912_13acc06c2b_o.jpg)
"Ray pull the damn lever! Quick!!!"
"Wait Terry, curl your left little toe slightly in...hmmm.."
Jigglers are best displayed in a tight low v-cut angora sweater. >:D
There's a guy down the street that displayed his jiggler and now he's in the county lock up.
Quote from: poseablemonster on August 13, 2008, 06:09:54 PMWhatever you do, don't put them on plastic stands or risers. They will melt into the plastic.
Quote from: poseablemonster on August 17, 2008, 04:33:23 PMI used some of those plastic, "beanie baby" type display boxes and some of the rubber stuff melted into them.
I don't understand why that would happen.
???
Quote from: Hepcat on June 03, 2019, 10:20:11 AM
I don't understand why that would happen.
Chemistry. :)
Well it's more advanced than first year university chemistry because I don't get it.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on June 03, 2019, 12:41:29 PM
Well it's more advanced than first year university chemistry because I don't get it.
:-\
Some sort of reaction that can take place between the rubber and the plastic, the plastic can actually "melt" into the rubber (or is it vice versa?). You used to see that sometimes with Major Matt Mason & Colorforms Outer Space Men figures who had been stored too long wearing their helmets. But I think it takes awhile...I have my Rubber Uglies on acrylic stairstep-type display shelves and a few folks pointed ou the possible reaction between the rubber & acrylic. It must take awhile though, as I've had them on the acrylic shelves for several years and have had no issues...but since I have some very rare figures I don't wanna take chances and am looking for alternate ways to display them. I am toying with the idea of wax paper, glass sheeting, or some other material to put on the shelves to provide a barrier between the rubber uglies & the acrylic, as the shelves were fairly expensive & I bought them specifically for displaying my collection so I'd like to still be able to utilize them somehow.
Quote from: japfeif on December 02, 2019, 09:10:25 PM
I am toying with the idea of wax paper, glass sheeting, or some other material . .
Maybe some felt?
Plastics don't really want to be all that flexible, left to their own devices, so plasticizers are added to them to soften them up. the problem is that those chemicals don't really want to stay there, hence the stickiness that sometimes develops on older soft vinyl toys (also why older comic-book bags stick together in the box). The plasticizers in jigglers, fishing worms, etc. will eat into certain plastics in short order, particularly polystyrene. Acrylic's fairly resistant, but metal or glass or your best choices. NEVER jumble rubber and harder plastics together in a box! in some cases, toys have been made with mixes of plastics that with eat themselves– Ask a Micronauts fan about that sometime. Even some jigglers can eat other ones– try not to let them touch each other, if you can. Generally not an issue with, say, a box of toys from the same original box, but it never hurts to be overcautious. As with pretty much everything, heat and light are their enemies, so don't store them in the attic or near a window.
Sounds like a "Philadelphia Experiment" reaction.