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Help!: My most prized Star Wars figure is ruined!!

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Ok, this is a theater edition Luke Skywalker that I got from ebay a few years ago.

As you can see, all of a sudden the bubble is off the card

I have no idea how that happened. But I want to glue it back so it’s not noticeable (nothing is torn so it IS possible).

Any recommendations what glue I should use and how to do it? Help!

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I've got a guy you can contact who might be able to help. His name is Michael Crawford. He runs a toy review site called MWCToys.com and, if he doesn't know the answer, I'm sure he can direct you to someone who does. His e-mail is mwctoys [at] mwctoys [dot] com. Sorry, don't want webspiders collecting his e-mail by typing it in fully.
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Keep us informed how it works out. I'm kinda curious.

Good luck and may the Force be with you.
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This was the reply

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Okay, here's the answer back from a guy that's done it many times for custom cards:

What worked best was SUPER 77 Spray Glue. Back when I was at Art
school I had much of that in supply around. I believe they still make
it.

But be careful of over srpay. You basically have to build a mask of
the area you want to glue... and spread paper out 2 feet in each
direction to protect your floor. I actually did my spraying outside.


But I'm not brave enough to try that :/
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The stuff isn't all that bad. We use it for mounting newspaper articles for display at work. Just give it some practice shots on other stuff. Buy a figure at the store and practice what it's like to do quick burst spraying on just the edges that touch the cards. See how everything else looks as a result. Practice on a few different figures just to see what method works best. It's really not that bad.
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This method looks like it's a lot less scary and stressful: http://www.ffurg.com/packaging/attaching_bubbles.htm
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Yeah, I guess that would work too.
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Of all the advice I was given, I thought the one on http://www.ffurg.com/packaging/attaching_bubbles.htm was the least risky. So I got that glue and I used small free sample lotion bottles that I found instead of paint bottles (I grabbed 8 of these for this).

That's how my SE Luke Jedi looks now:

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due to my vast Star Wars knowledge...
im guessing you got that figure during the ROTJ SE first day screening?
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Looks pretty good. Is it sealed on there pretty securely?
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Probably should buy a plastic sleeve for that figure to keep it from happening again.

Speaking of which, where are all my boxed up figures? Hmm.....
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I only have 1 10 gallon tub full of unopened figures(around 10 or so reg and some POTF deluxe).

I dunno, I was never really a fan of keeping figures in their boxes, the ones I do have in boxes I really don't care all that much about.
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