[game_preservation] Preserving the "toys to life" genre

[Judith Haemmerle]

The real work being done in this field that is relevant is in the museum
conservation field, which we follow closely to preserve consoles,
controllers and other hardware. Some suggestions for digging:
http://cool.conservation-us.org/    search "plastics" for a number of
articles ranging from the understandable to the highly technical.
 https://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx The Canidiian conservation also
published papers on the conservation of plastics.
Matt, there are a number of books and articles available that come from
England, and the government run museum association has a lot of resources
available.  Feel free to have your student contact me for more suggestions,
but her best resource might be finding a sympathetic conservator at a
museum of modern art, where their problems of conserving modern works with
plastics are a very immediate concern.

Alex, as for the statuettes - we unpack them and store them in archival
materials, because often the packaging can speed deterioration. We unwrap
sealed games because we have found things in Infocom boxes, especially,
that will deteriorate and damage the contents.  We found a balloon in one
and put it in an archival polyester bag so that when it breaks down, as all
balloons do, it won't ruin the other feelies. When we are not sure and an
item is safe in a molded plastic insert, as they often are, we line the
insert with archival paper and the re-insert the item.  We also use
Intercept bags, which are ion scavengers, when we know that we have a
plastic that is outgassing - which would include every flexible electrical
cord!

Matt, best wishes to your student, send me a copy of her paper when it's
done!

Judith




Judith Haemmerle, Executive Director
Digital Game Museum
3553 Ryder Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
http://www.digitalgamemuseum.org



On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Matthew Barr <Matthew.Barr at glasgow.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> One of my Masters students is doing her dissertation on the specific
> challenges associated with preserving the "toys to life" genre (LEGO
> Dimensions, Disney Infinity, amiibo, etc.) and I wondered if there was any
> work going on in this area I could point her towards. Of course, all of the
> usual issues are relevant, but the physical nature of the toys seems to add
> an additional dimension (pun intended). Perhaps there has been work done on
> preserving plastic toys, or similar?
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> Any suggestions gratefully received!
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> Thanks,
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> Matt
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