Unboxing a Vintage Star Wars Wampa! (IS IT YELLOW?!)

[@GoldenGodDennisReynolds]

Oh man I laughed so hard at the side by side shot where they looked identical 🤣

[@riffsandwich9541]

Not only have I never owned a Star Wars figure...I’ve never watched the movies. Yet I could not wait for this...the power of the pod baby.

[@jonathangraemeburns]

That’s cool but you should watch the movies! Even the shitty ones have cool aspects.

[@Arnold_Rimmer]

I saw them when originally released (except saw Star Wars during its re-release in 1978). The Empire Strikes Back is a masterpiece.

[@seank6016]

Bummer dude, you win some you lose some. At least you’re engaged to Chelsea Green.

[@chrisl9804]

Lol ain't that the truth

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Word!

[@uNY..]

the experience of unboxing an OG fig was worth it imo. at least for us fans...

[@donchimpson4934]

Its the type of plastic, it naturally yellows over time. Just look at certain batches of Super Nintendo consoles.

[@616Entertainment]

It was never going to be perfect white. It's not sun damage and whatnot that yellows them, so being in a package that wasn't vacuum sealed didn't make a difference.

[@johnhanes3450]

So close to 100,000. Keep it up. Thanks for the fun!

[@jasonrochefort6561]

The bromine in the plastic they used back in the day will eventually cause it to all figures. UV light, chemicals, etc will speed it up. I bet the top of the wampa had a piece of tape and it's a rebox. You can see the body piece prolly has a bit more bromine in the mix compared to the arms. Soaking the fig in Oxyclean with some UV light will pull out the bromine on a surface layer and make it white.

[@drew3493]

"you miss every shot you don't take" - Michael Jordan

[@adam_marc_539]

-Wayne Gretzky

[@ChrisHominski]

@@adam_marc_539 - Michael Scott

[@adam_marc_539]

@@ChrisHominski 🤣

[@drew3493]

@@adam_marc_539 just a joke bro lol

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Yeah but shots don’t cost 250 bucks

[@Duskk8]

Definitely had been taken out of box before, they scammed you.

[@DeathMetalJohnny]

That scotch tape was the giveaway

[@thomas8794]

@@DeathMetalJohnny that’s the type of tape they used on the originals.

[@CloroxBleachChannel]

there is a cleaning process to remove the yellow, they do it with old plastic electronics. you can find videos how to do it

[@VideosByChaz]

Your original figure looks perfectly fine to me.

[@DoubleK98]

Now that you got two Wampas, it's time for a lil custom job! Paint the used one white lol

[@themattsprouse]

I was on PINS & NEEDLES waiting for it to be opened. IF they were white in ‘81, I’m guessing it would have to have been hermetically sealed at the time for it to have stayed white. Been waiting for this vid tho and loved it! Still exciting!

[@JJMR22]

Does the "retrobright" thing work on toys?

[@MarvelWars619]

The intro is so sick! 80s style!!! Nice video guys!

[@superdimensionfoto]

Plastic will yellow over time and action features will weaken even when they've been sealed in packaging for 40 years.

[@stlnprfln1]

Especially if it was not in a climate controlled environment for those 40 years. That plastic allows yellows in elevated heat or extreme cold. The old NES systems are bad about it.

[@jwraper1498]

what did it look like after the fig bath???

[@doghouse408]

Broski, have you tried SALON 40? It will re-whiten yellowed plastic. You can "paint" it onto the figure and wrap it in plastic and leave it out in the sun for about an hour. It will remove that yellow. I do it on old GI Joe toys.

[@JediSteele]

Thank you for the content broski! You make me a happier person 👍

[@davev2232]

Been waiting on this for 2 weeks bro.

[@theslimjames]

You paid a premium for Schrodinger's Wampa.

[@robertvantine2810]

I think if you got one of those little camera attactments, where you slide a tiny hose inside the packaging to see what is what. It has a light on the end for the camera to pick up visual. This would allow you to keep $$$ purchases sealed in box to retain the value.

[@CodyIgor]

You gonna have to repaint that Wampa Broski

[@DeuceTreyz]

Yooo!! I opened a Wampa sealed last year, and the head the way it is package has common yellowing sadly :(

[@sampauwels]

As an avid Wampa collector (I have 270 wampas and counting) I can say none of them are 100% white. The yellowing in the plastic just comes over time. The more sunlight it gets the more yellow. The legs probably have an other chemical composition because the don't yellow at all. The yellow/brown on the head is indeed glue. Every wampa had springy arms, but the rubber band deteriorates over time. There are no variations in mold or paint, they're probably all manufactured in the same factory, or from the same mold. Because I have so many wampas I can compare and I did find one thing where you can see if it saw al lot of light or not: The eyes. If the eyes have a red hue, it's been in the dark for a long time. The paler the back in the eyes, the more UV light it got. Yours has a lot of red in its eyes, or so it seems in the video. So I guess it's always been in the box, or at least for a very long time. I'm not sure if it's the legit box. Tape of that age might go yellow and brittle too. Yours seemed to come off a bit too easy. On the other hand, I've seen 'em with good tape too. Too bad you did't cut the tape with a knife, I saw the tape took the print off the lid. Also, I'm not sure if it's the correct booklet. For what I can remember there are (at least) two booklets of that size. One with a brown-ish cover and one with a blue-ish cover. Yours is a brown one. I have a boxed wampa (open box) with a blue covered booklet. So this could go both ways. Oh and for the box: There are 7 variations in boxes. I have 6, and still looking for the Canadian variant. So if anyone has that one, drop me a message :) Anyways, thank you for this video, I really liked it. If I was you, I'd keep that wampa out of the sun :)

[@Arnold_Rimmer]

"Wampas" (no apostrophe if making plural). (Sorry, but it's my one grammar mission whenever I see it (and I do SO much).) 🙃

[@sampauwels]

@@Arnold_Rimmer thank you for letting me know, I fixed them (and other typos too) 🙂

[@carlrosati8160]

Flip that in the Patreon, you'll get that $250 cos people would love to own 'THE MWPF Wampa!'

[@MudSluggerBP]

This was one of my fave Star Wars toys as a kid 👍🏻

[@mikesmith2718]

The glue is the problem with wampas that's what's yellow on the top of the head but if you have one where the glue isnt visible you can whiten it with salon care 40 peroxide and UV light and make it look pretty good

[@Perfectly_Balanced930]

Hydrogen peroxide and UV light will make that yellow fellow sparkle white.

[@Jcc2224]

And then give it 6 months and it'll be yellow again, no one mentions that part. lol

[@Perfectly_Balanced930]

@@Jcc2224 none of mine have turned yellow again.

[@Jcc2224]

@@Perfectly_Balanced930 How long's it been? Cuz almost every figure I've treated has re-yellowed.

[@redroversk]

apparently it makes the plastic brittle too, that's why I just stick with my piss colored plastics

[@Perfectly_Balanced930]

@@Jcc2224 years

[@michael_stout79]

Alright spaceman bout time wooo

[@ronch182]

Air and moisture still gets in after over 35 years

[@senorbusyman]

It looks a bit more white than the old one but im guessing cuz the boxs wear & tear & it just sitting on the shelves collecting dust the color faded to yellow

[@oldgrimrascal]

that type of plastic must be heat sensitive to turn yellow while in the box? gutted but glad to see a follow up to the previous video

[@charliejeffreyjames1078]

The seal is broken! I have the same Wampa and I can’t open it. NO WAY!

[@dougknoth9996]

The yellow on the seam is from the glue used to assemble him. Tauntauns also yellow on the seam due to this. If there is a bigger ammount of glue like yours has on the head, that is the end result. Btw I was saving up for the stand you bought that day and was like 20 bucks away....lol

[@teddylong2590]

Super gabby swapped it with a ringer!! 😂😂😂

[@XandeRToXic]

Been waiting for this!

[@4646-u4f]

Try and Use some retro bright on one like you do on the snes might work

[@bashcrash9148]

“The Kenner Screwjob”

[@FrozenSurf]

I was so hoping for a shaft of bright white light to come out of that box when he opened it. SOOOOOOOOOO WHIIIIIIIIIIITE

[@redroversk]

the moment the world's been waiting for

[@elduderino1287]

Broski, the plastic just yellows with time much like the Super Nintendo, sadly the packaging wont prevent it. Look into a process called Retr0bright...it's basically a mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide (hair bleach) exposed to sun light (or any UV light)

[@germsgamingtheater7513]

He finally showed us his Wampa!

[@sdc3536]

Im guessing that thing was taken out of package before and put back in. That tape has me skeptical.

[@Retro_AO_1982]

Reverse the yellowing and submerge it in hydrogen peroxide and shine some UV lights on him and he'll be pure white in no time!!

[@knightwalker317]

Yup that new Wompa is yellow af, get ur money back Broskie 😂

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

The $35 Wampa's gonna go to Dude's chewing toy collection.

[@zevermoon]

Because it was sealed the oxygen mainly yellow the head got into the small gaps. Arms are the big things they should be fresh.

[@capojaymo23]

Like when u put 10 quarters in the gumball machine to get all the mini figs or stickers u didnt want

[@Bioanime]

I was legit waiting for this video, just to see how white the wampa may be

[@terrybrown5402]

Dude that box could have been tampered with any number of years ago. There's no way to know. You got suckered broski...but you still have a sweet box. Id put it back in the box and put it up on the shelf and keep the first one loose.

[@DavidSmith-vw5eg]

Now you need the new one in the retro packaging. You can fix the yellowing pretty easily, just KZbin it.

[@bonebreakingaction6815]

Oh snap been wiating for this. Dont look at comments no spoilers for this one.

[@saskscott26]

Just retro bright it. Put it in a hydrogen peroxide bath in a clear tub. Wrap the clear tub in tin foil and out UV lights on it. Leave it in the dark with the UV on for a day or two. It will look brand new.

[@goatmilk331]

Now you got two yellow ones👍

[@BigMcFlips]

You should try the retrobrite trick that gamers use on NES consoles. Just put it in peroxide and put UV light on it. It might whiten it. Worth trying on your $35 one haha.

[@jasonwells7246]

For someone who loves to let them breathe and figure baths you have to know how to fix this Matt. Happy to share if you don’t know how to make them sparkle white like new Broski!!!

[@tdfowler79]

Hydrogen peroxide

[@jasonwells7246]

I use something called sole ice and a ultraviolet light. Turns it Snow White

[@11goldmist]

Unfortunately where it was stored and the CARDBOARD touching the figure staining it and became yellowed..No tampering with figure🙄

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

It’s a wild snow beast, the reality is it’ll be a bit dirty so maybe it’s paint application and design as well as oxidation over time

[@Arnold_Rimmer]

Fun video, but uhg- masks. I was an anti-masker (and will be again if the bird flu hype or whatever takes off). Please, resist next time! 😛

[@hinesypoomusic]

Maybe do a little giveaway-ski

[@thebarondisco7741]

Everyone watches these just to see if broski goes mental

[@Kaido1412]

Wouldn't soaking the Wampa figure in 7% H2O2 Hydrogen Peroxide and placing it under UV light restore it to its minty white? There are many videos of people that use this method to restore yellowed plastic by doing this procedure. There are even videos of a Millenium Falcon and an X-Wing that were restored using this method.

[@michaelmatthews2759]

I just bought one of these sealed at my local star wars shop for 40 bucks

[@chrisbarrettFilmstudio]

skp - Asking price But the first one shown that youve had looks pretty white to me.

[@somebodyelse5438]

Those shorts!!!🔥

[@marvelsteveo]

Not all the arms were springy if I remember right.

[@eskimojoe6564]

You paid $250 for a repacked Wampa.If it was sealed it would be white as the driven snow.

[@Mavis72]

Time to give it a fig bath 🛁

[@ShifT818]

could u retrobrite it?

[@mikeybally4338]

I want those shorts

[@teddylong2590]

Your mad cordona !!! 250 for that! No and I mean no. Its yellow af!!

[@mrbluesteen]

If it was just chilling in a box like For all these then it's definitely yellow. Maybe if it was in a plastic bag inside the box then it might be white. Sorry matt not sure you will find a mint white figure.

[@NiteOWL82]

You can have all the wampas you want!

[@stevenimeson902]

two theories , 1 that tape peeled off too easy for 1981 it was tampered and 2 for the yellow on the top would be from the air hitting the plastic over time cuz off the box lookin crinkly ... lol who knows tho right? we may have to contact a former kenner employee who worked on the strikes back line?

[@alucard000000000000]

I thought that too with the tape.

[@anthonycaronna2712]

Yesss time warp times. Amount times I walked past and thought the same thing... the figure ruined

[@RandomPNW]

Poor one out for the Broski because damn...that pains me

[@stormyt8114]

Wampa! Wampa! Wampa!

[@sharkymark]

There are ways to de-yellow them. Just do a KZbin search.

[@Wastelander2258]

0:14 Do you Smell what Cardona is cooking?

[@marcuswhitlow548]

*N O*

[@Mundane05]

Lesson learnt. Never open dodgy boxes.

[@dustinmendoza5455]

Call up the guys who designed the toys and see if that's the color they are

[@awesome.gaming]

Can't you do the same technique they do for video game systems and whiten it? Something like retrobright? Google how to unyellow a Nintendo or Super Nintendo.

[@LeftCoastGraphics]

COLLECT THEM ALL! Send them to me, I can restore for you ;)

[@scottwelsh7381]

Oh Broski I'm sorry man.

[@WCWThunderRosa]

That box was really sus to begin with

[@Fardawg]

Look up the channel "Toy Palloi" on youtube to find out how to get the figure white again. I believe you need the right concentration of hydrogen peroxide and sunlight to make it work. The wrong concentration can make it look worse.

[@teddylong2590]

Omg I've just got diraohea!! Laterz

[@frankE91210]

the new one i worse put it back in the box and sell it up

[@KyotoSonata]

Oh man, it sucks to spend so much money on a figure that barely differs from your 30+ dollar version. I don't know if the store got scammed, or you got sold a dud, but it looked just as yellow as your cheap one. That's not right at all

[@Oddballbecool2015]

Wompa!

[@jayaddams4906]

So how much are you selling this for? Haha

[@archierko2410]

ArchieRKO 💙

[@masarothgames]

Regrets. Lol

[@aschrisdecays]

your old one was better in my opinion, and that tape is so suspicious!

[@patrickgwiasdowski8191]

I would have granted you very much that he would have been completely white.

[@kevinconn]

Lol, I’m such a mark. When you said “Hit Luke...” I thought you meant Luke Gallows. I HAVE SHAMED MY STAR WARS FANDOM LIFE, lol

[@TGuidry25]

Retro bright it

[@holyemperor5221]

Just restore it. It’s literally 20 min work