Does Sideshow do random checks on figures coming back from its various (six?) Chinese production plants to ensure that there is no lead in the paint?
Unless your gonna lick or eat your Darth Maul's head for breakfast, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Its not his head I'm worried about, but his lightsaber, since I remember Pix posted a pic of himself with Maul's saber in his mouth
I don't see how it really matters with these collectibles since we (I hope) are smart enough to not want to put them in our mouths. The Fisher-Price stuff is understandable since all little kids want to put everything in their mouths (keeping them away from the collectibles should be obvious, even if they don't have lead).
Its not his head I'm worried about, but his lightsaber, since I remember Pix posted a pic of himself with Maul's saber in his mouth
Well, it seems the consensus is most of us would rather not know, because we don't think it matters. Nevermind, Sideshow. I'll just buy a kit and test mine myself.
Since lead can enter your body through the skin and thought the respiratory system, I suppose you suggest to touch them with gloves, and certainly NOT to breath when you are around them? Thanks for the good advice!
Seriously, if lead-based paint can be avoided, why use it? Besides, it is not said that there's lead-based paint used on the Sideshow Stuff. We are merely asking if... What's wrong with that?
Like I said, it may not be a big problem for us grown ups, but you might consider that some of the collectors here do have young kids, which are much more prone to saturnism.
...and that's how babies are made.I'm not sure if this is related to lead paint, but I incidentally found that Darth Maul's head is ferromagnetic. I was experimenting with the idea of using magnets to attach his head to a neck post. When I was positioning a magnet inside his head, I quickly felt with my fingers a slight attraction/repulsion between the two objects.
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