Heavy smoker here, I smoke cigarettes (around 5~6 per night)

>>6379421
Well aside from the slight yellowing, the smell isn't something you can get off overnight

The smell is one of the hardest to remove smells possible.

It's not just "a smell" it's the tar binding itself to the material

Worry more about the damage to your room.

Smokers are the scum of the earth.

I wouldn't risk it. All kind of chemical shit can affect your figures over time and just the entire room really. Take it outside or find a separate dedicated room

Hard mode: quit smoking and spend the extra money on more figures

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>>6379421

Smoke outside, anon. I know you don't see it, but your things are coated in ash and tar. Non-smokers feel it and see it like hawks, even when they're not looking for it. Even if you blow it into a fan pointing out your window and ash in water, it builds up.

I'm not trolling, don't stop smoking if you don't want, but I'd recommend for everything, not just your toys, that you smoke outside and if it starts to annoy you, let it build up over some years and help it motivate you to make a change. If you're smoking half a pack a night, you probably are up to around a pack a day, think about being able to afford 3-4 new Figmas or models a month. I'm not going to preach to you about smoking, god knows it looks cool from afar, but it's expensive and you can spend your money better.

Just my opinion man.

Your toys are ruined, sorry anon, they will never smell normal again

>>6379483
Smokers don't realize just how much they and everything they own (including their house and car) stinks because they can't smell anything at all

>>6379421
Let's put it this way: I got an enormous deal buying figures off of a smoker, because no one was buying off of him even at the lowest of the low prices. I'm talking like 80% off of normal loose prices, and that was with shipping.

The smell absolutely does not go away, there's no chemical that is harsh enough to tackle the smell permanently yet gentle enough to not fuck up paint. You've fucked over the resale value of everything you have.

It can also discolor plastic in a similar way to yellowing.

>>6379421
If you never plan on selling them it's fine. Smoking indoors is bad for all your possessions really; makes everything a bit yellow.

Also, all your toys will get cancer.

>>6379436
Says the guy who probably jerks it to pony and trap porn.

>>6379421
>if I decide to sell them?
no one will want to buy your stinky toys. you've gone nose-blind from your stench but as soon as someone opens your parcel they will regret buying from you.

>>6379807
And will start a paypal dispute for false advertising damaged goods.

Balcony/outside smoking is fine, right? With closed doors? I still try and wash my hands a few times before whooshing my plastic pals, enough for the smell to go away from my hands at least.

Like how good is safe? (semi-heavy/heavy non-indoor smoker here)

>>6379421
I recently got a figure that wreaked of cigarette smoke. I managed to fix the problem by burying the figure and accessories in baking soda and putting it in a sealed container for a week or so. Gave it a fresh scent from the baking soda and no cig stench.

Do that for any of your figures you plan to sell (assuming they're loose). Boxes should work the same way but I haven't tried it yet.

>>6379822
Not good enough. You are still a stinker. You're fucked for good.

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>>6379845
But but

No anon, say it isn't so! I don't even touch them after meals until after I've touched cigarettes. Could whatever residue from my hands, or the air that could get through two sealed balcony doors and one room door, have such a detrimental effect?

Please tell me you are merely - but temporarily - pulling the wool over my eyes, as a mean-spirited joke!

Please...

>>6379807
>>6379815
never happened to be in my history of selling figures. only autistic people care this much

>>6379859
you only sold to smokers

>>6379847
Just wash your hands before handling your toys. This should be standard procedure for everyone.

>>6379483
This, I'm a light smoker but I refuse point-blank to smoke indoors. I also scrub my hands clean after each cigarette and handle my collectibles with archival gloves.

>>6379873
I use a set of robotic hand to handle my figures with. I do whipe the controler after every use with rubbing alcohol, just to be safe.

>>6379861
I'd rather buy a figure that came from someone who smoked than one of the autists on this board that hotglue their figures

I collect vintage, multicolored vinyl toys and have since I was about 12. From 12-18, my collection was at home with my parents who both smoked. Every white toy was destroyed. They avoided sun, the room was humidity controlled, UV protected, etc. But every single white vinyl toy I had was yellowed to the point that no one wanted them and they had to be junked out. Since then I've had to replace them all. Just make no mistake, a big chunk of my collection was ruined.

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I was going to make this same exact thread but about cat piss. Does anyone know if you can get out the smell of cat piss? Some of my toys have been passed on by cats but others have just spent 15 years tucked away in a musty basement filled with cats and piss. Washing clothes doesn't get rid of the smell from them but is there any hope for my toys?

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You touch a toy, you wash your hands.
You touch a toy, you wash your hands.

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>>6379876

>>6379890
This is why I don't buy any second hand female figures in general...

>>6379992

> catcucks

>>6379421
You should be worrying more about the damage to yourself than your toys OP.

I have about seven friends coming over once a week and most of them smoke in my living room. I have the door to my bedroom shut the whole time with a window open inside, but I'm still paranoid that it can damage my figures somehow. Am I overthinking it?

>>6380046
No. Smoke will get in your room. When my parents smoked in my house when I was younger, there was nowhere I could get around that smell. It filled the whole house, making me nausea. You are not over thinking it. If you want to protect your stuff, make them smoke outside.

>>6379421
Just to give you some perspective, sites like mandarake usually list the item condition with a bunch of tags, like "damage to package" "faded paint" "opened" and so on. Smoke smell is so bad and so notoriously persistent that they have a sperate "tobacco smell" for it. Needless to say those items are always a lot cheaper.
Smoke outside anon. Also if you buy anything new I'd put the old figures in a quarantine display so not to infect the new ones.

>>6380046
Once a week seems fine, if it's aerated. It really have to be a near constant smoking to soak permanently into items.

>>6380046
It will absolutely get in your room. My dad invited some friends over a long time ago and only ONE person lit up a single cig and that shit got in my room and woke me up. The place reeked all fucking day long despite me trying to air it out. The smoke didn't stick to my stuff luckily but if you got seven friends coming on a weekly basis it will start to adhere to shit.

Non smoker here. I HATE the smell. I live in an apartment and I can smell it when my neighbour smokes. So you're retarded if you think being in a different room in the same house helps.

And it's pretty impossible to get the smoke smell off plastic toys completely. Soap and baking soda can only do so much.

I once bought a large set of figma from yja. Nothing was said about smoking, but it turned out the owner was a smoker. I threw away all the packaging because they were startinh to stink up my place (You can't get the smell out of paper).

Baking soda did nothing. I eventually gave the figures a looong soak in vinegar and a good airing over the course of 6 weeks. They smell decent enough but up close they still have the cigarette smell.

So fuck all you smokers out there. Your stuff is all fucked.

>>6380146
So if you start smoking, you can buy cheaper figures. A smoker won't mind that smell as much as little non-smoking pussies.

>>6379421
You have a problem, anon. Please, quit smoking. It's an incredibly bad and destructive habit. I mean I don't give a shit about your health, but think of all the figures you've damaged/ruined, and all the money you COULD be spending on figures that need a good home.

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>>6379876
The thought of an autist on this board using pic related to meticulously pose his anime schoolgirl figures for hours on end might be the most fucking hilarious thing ever.

>>6380321
I also use it to fap.

>>6380213
Not really, not every smoker is a filthy slob who smokes indoors and has a stinky house no one wants to go to. Also not every smoker is cheapass who likes his figures nice and yellowed.

>>6380374
I always smoke outside. Also smoking is legal, learn to live with it.

>>6380425
Smoking outdoors is fine, it's when the smell gets trapped indoors and saturates everything in the room that it's an issue to any visitor who isn't a smoker.

>>6380425
Yeah turn the smugness down a notch, I'm a smoker myself, what I said is that not all smokers want smelly shit, smokers won't automatically be ok with buying smoked figures.

fucking going smoking is legal on me an shit

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>>6380175
Welp, I guess I'm stuck with my collection for life then. Not really that bad of a fate I guess.

>>6380451
>turn the smugness down a notch
>after calling occasional indoor smokers filthy slobs, smelly and cheap asses
wew lad

>>6380923
Well... they are. And they have much lower testosterone than normal men, can't forget about that one.

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>2017
>people smoking
>70 years after the discovery of its cancer causing effects
I hope you guys are just smoking to lose weight or have very stressful lives.

>>6379702
Not true. Get a sealable container (Tupperware, etc) and place the figure inside. Cover the figure completely in plain baking soda. Seal the lid on the container completely (add a weight to keep it firm if you want) and place somewhere cool, dark, and dry for 1-2 weeks. Remove the toy after the time has passed and inspect its smell. If still smokey repeat the process for another week. If the smell is gone, wash gently with warm water until all powder is cleaned off.

I did this with a Revoltech that wreaked of smoke and it worked like a charm.

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>>6380984
you did it in reverse.

wash it first, to get all that tar-y crap off and THEN seal it with baking soda/activated charcoal to get any lingering smells off.

Washing it off is a HUGE HUGE HUGE part of getting rid of smells and after you do this, you probably only need to keep it in a sealed container for a day or two until the smell fully comes out, if washing it didn't take it off completely.

guys if you want cancer, there are more effective and cost efficient ways of getting it, stop wasting your time and money on smoking

>>6379822
>enough for the smell to go away
It hasn't. You're just too nose-blind to notice, being such a heavy smoker.

>>6381222
This. I had some rotting trash in my house and I literally couldn't smell it because I was in my house for days. I went outside for a walk and when I came back it was PUTRID. The brain is really good at ignoring things it becomes used to. Most smokers don't realize how much they and their stuff reeks. Even when they think they get the smell out it's still horrible for anyone else.

>>6380959
I have a very stressful life. Smoking and playing with toys helps alleviate the stress.

>>6381411
You can get the same brain chemical soothing effect that a smoking addiction gives from masturbating more than normal, playing video games and many other things you can form a mental addiction with. Smoking is a shit choice for your addiction needs but do what you want it's your life and you know the risks. Just realize it's not smoking calming you down, it's feeding an addiction calming you down.

>>6380204
>I threw away all the packaging because they were startinh to stink up my place (You can't get the smell out of paper).

I bought some DVDs with mostly carton/paper boxes and mostly managed it with a standard desinfection / hygiene-spray (called Sagrotan here). It took a bunch of rounds of spraying it on and seeing how it smells after a day but it worked in the end. Maybe there is a teeny tiny smell left over but it's barely noticeable and it could also be my paranoia.

>>6381420
I don't want cancer, but I just can't quit smoking. I tried many times. At this point I just accept the fact that I'm handicappedin that way.

>>6379921
My mom's a heavy smoker but I've always made sure to have the door to my room closed. She's mostly a couple rooms away at least when she's treating the burning devil.
Maybe, I've got a bad case of smoker's nose from second-hand smoke, but my figures and books so far seem fine. I'm very anal about it.

Where did you leave your collection? Did you leave the door to your room open? Did anyone smoke directly around your collection?

>>6380945
>being this butthurt over someone's personal choice to smoke
>>6381236
just as well i don't invite people over then & spend most of my time alone

>>6381432
Just use alcohol next time.
It's safer and cheaper too.

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>smoke around my toys 24/7
>implying that's the worst thing I do to my toys
>implying i don't sell them on the bst

Smoking your toys help keep bees away from them.

>>6381564
> get smokey toys from Ebay
> leave neutral feedback
> sell them again without remarking that they are smokey

>>6381473
>gets told he has low testosterone
>gets upset like a woman would
Hohohoho

>>6381637
where did i say i was upset? presumptuous as well as arrogant :)

>>6379421
Nope they're fucked for life OP. You'll either keep them and their stink forever or junk them out on ebay for next to nothing or end up giving them away after every buyer reports the items as damaged, as they should.

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>>6379890
at least hotglue doesn't cause cancer
just sticky hands

>>6381649
> Bad habits are susceptible to logic.

And this is why anti-smoking shit fails so hard.

>>6381638
>was assblasted
>pretends he wasn't
>his low testosterone is giving him mood swings
Smoker-kun, ganbatte kudasai!

>>6381669
>caring this much about someone else habits
lmao

>>6379421
5-6 per night in your room? How bout you add just the slightest touch of class and go the fuck outside? Thats bullshit.

>>6381464
No one directly smoked around my collection. It was in my own room with the door mostly closed. The truth is, that just doesn't do much. Over time, it was all ruined. I didn't notice until I started buying after a hiatus and my parents had stopped smoking. I got 1 white toy and realized everything I had looked like shit.

When I met my boyfriend, I told him he had to stop smoking or we had no chance together. I told him I have too many nice toys and he wouldn't be ruining them for a stupid-ass habit. He gave that shit up with the patch and neither of us have ever stopped being proud of that. He saves tons of money and now has his own toys and a girlfriend. Win win.

>>6381978
Did he at least get lots of sex out of it? Then it could be worth it.
I just eat Smints 24/7. I can't help it I'm handicapped. I do hope never to get terminally ill. Would be awesome if I could skip that one.

>>6379490

This. Don't smoke near your toys dude. Though you've already murdered the resale value.

So how many of the people here who smoke are asian in a third world country?

Seems like its the only place that still has people who smoke in significant numbers.

>>6382102
That's different though. Chain-smoking is more of a thing there. Rice farmers all smoke, in order to kill nasty parasites that live in the water the rice grows in. Nicotine is a great pesticide and it's better to die from lung cancer then swallowing loads of parasites and dieing even sooner.

>>6379421

the smell will stick to them. Why do you think people write "comes from a smoke free home" on listings? It's because smoking is fucking gross and makes everything reek.

>>6380959
I work in illustration. A cigarette every few hours does wonders for your concentration and focus when you spend a solid 12-18 hours a day slaving over a Wacom tablet.

Also most networking in this professions seems to be done around an ashtray.

>>6379429
worry more about the damage to your lungs

>>6381446
what about nicotine tablets

>>6382927
I never used those, since using them will mean I'd still be addicted to nicotine, just in another form.
I did try vaping for about a year. But that still isn't as good as smoking real tabacco.

>>6382174
How much cheaper is smoking there than buying medicines and nicotine gum/patches?

There is no excuse.

>Asian remedy for cancer: smoking cures it

Also, i really don't know about farmers, i was mostly talking about people in the cities and even in Japan.
Fucking gross.
Only country over there that tries to keep shit civilized is Singapore.

>>6383016
Singapore is a bit crazy though. If you drop gum on the ground, you have to pay a massive fine.

There is never a good excuse for an addiction, which is why people call it an addiction.

>>6383069
Singapore has smoking laws similar to the USA and states like CA, so i don't think its all that bad.

Keeping that shit out of the way for health of the public isn't crazy. They can slowly poison and kill themselves in their own niche areas all they want.

>>6383081
Everybody uses drugs, wheter it's smokes, coffee, pills, alchohol, fast food and snacks or all of the above. Why not just accept the fact that this is part of human nature anon?

>>6383129
I'm cool with people doing whatever they want as long as it doesn't affect me.

So I'm glad I live in a state that keeps you guys as far away from me as possible while you do stupid shit.
Sucks that i've been suckered into buying damaged products though, but complaining to ebay makes me happy either through partial refunds or keeping stuff for free because it's not worth the money to ship things back.

>>6383155
It's kind of sad you look down so much on handicapped people.
Also worrying about second-hand smoke is kind of silly with all the shit cars are blowing into the air you breath every single day.

>>6383182
Cars are in the streets, on freeways, and out in the open. They're isolated from individual people in such a way that their fumes can disperse. Smokers on the other hand hang out directly on the perimeter of where others gather, and their nasty shit smells waft inside enclosed areas or blow into the face of people that have to walk by on the sidewalk. If you're in a restaurant lobby waiting to get seated, and a smoker comes in from the outside having just smoked, their smell follows them. You can't smell the car they drove in on, you autist.

>>6383189
>I get mad at people not smelling like I want them too.

And I'm the autistic one? You might not smell exhaust fumes, but the negative health effects of those are way more serious then second-hand smoke.

>>6383195
>And I'm the autistic one?
You are if you think that purposefully obfuscating the point of the conversation with side tangents and false correlations will work to "win" a conversation. That's like 5th grade levels of debate tactics, amigo. Cigarettes are smoked in or directly near the areas where people dwell, that's where the heart of the conversation is. Cars are irrelevant to the discussion because nobody parks their car with it left running and the exhaust facing a living area, thus you can stop bringing them up (you probably can't, because your ego won't allow you to let go of the only talking point you have in defending smoking).

>>6383676
That's not how air pollution works, oh all knowing anon.
Which lines do you collect btw?

>>6379859
....who do you think makes up the majority of toy collectors?

>>6379890
.....I'm sorry, what?

I'm not new to this board at all, but please explain. Why would ANYONE do this?

>>6383735
It's way cheaper if you just don't care about it.

>>6380959
>the discovery of its cancer causing effects
I don't think the science is in yet

>>6383182
>It's kind of sad you look down so much on handicapped people.
pffft, you're never in my thoughts 99.9999999996% of the time, and I thank government regulations for that by forcing you to hide away.
Out of sight, out of mind.
It's rare as hell to come across one of you smelly shits today.

>>6384001
Just like evolution and the world not being flat.

>>6384470
I hope you die sooner then me.

>>6387946
statistically, if you're a smoker and living in a third world country like most smokers, that's unlikely to happen.

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>>6381565
Underrated post anon, have a (you)

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>>6379421
At least your Snake has more authenticity now.

Seriously though, nothing triggers me more than smokey toys. I won't even bother trying to re-sell that shit, either I'll try for a refund or it's going in the trash. Between having my toys smoked on or smeared in dog shit, I'd take the dog shit since at least you can wash it off.

>>6381000
I don't think that actually gets rid of the smell, it just covers it up. If anything it'll just smell like baking soda mixed with tobacco.