Differences in kits

[Steve-the-Duck]

Not wanting to get into potential flame war about the Abrams Star Wars - Now is neither the time nor place - but if you put all the esoteric jedi-stuff together in one movie, you would have a brilliant film

Or you could watch anything by Tsui Hark...

[PaulTRose]

Modern hard styrene kits don't use mould release.........the old soft type of plastic did and needed washing and the habit just stuck.

could you tell that to Fujimi as i am in the middle of one of their kits.....brand new......had a paint reaction which i suspect is due to release agent as i forgot to wash the sprues first

[Steve-the-Duck]

I still say, as hard a habit it is to break, kit cleaning is still a good idea.
Also, I didn't realise Fujimi were still going

[Tim Marlow]

I have some 28mm Northstar fantasy figures that come as four identical sprues in a box, three sprues are clean and dry and one is oily to the touch....must be mould release, cant be anything else.