[UrsaMagnus]

Thanks for the comments and help, folks.

Disassembling and washing the figure in warm soapy water is the very first thing I do. Typically, I've not had any kind of issues with this before. But for some reason the color Red has never liked me much.

As for the arm joint, I have no idea what's going on. Quite frankly I gave up on this and chalk it up to a failed experiment. I salvaged some parts from it (gloves, boots, head, and belt) and tossed the rest. I'll try again in the future with something different.

As for the star, it's a decal from a Pinewood Derby racing set. My boys had their race this past weekend and these stars were left over unused. So I thought I'd give it a try and it worked pretty well. Good to know for the future.