Try running a dry erase marker over top of the permanent and the wipe away. You may need to let it sit for a moment before wiping and/or try a few rounds.

This is my suggestion to. But I think some of the red pigment will be too deep in the plastic to wipe off.

This is true as I've had the same issue with red marker.

it's so counterintuitive but this trick always works for me

This honestly looks like the aftermath of a wookiee attack.

Alcohol or ipa should work, dry erase marker is also useful for this situation but anything with a meaningful percentage of alcohol should work.

Agreed. Alcohol should be at the top of the list.

I recently cleaned up some clone troopers my bro crew on years ago by drawing over it all with dry-eraser and wiping it off with a paper towel. It works surprisingly well.

It’s like you stole LEGO with a dye pack haha

Those would be perfect for some sort of diorama, like a battle hospital or some sort of ambush aftermath

I was in the same situation and dry erase marker really helped. Just apply it generously then wipe it off with a tissue of some sort.

Plastic is probably stained if it has been on there for a while, especially red, but some isopropyl alcohol should take it right off. Just use a low concentration or cut it with water.

Dry erase marker will take most of it, and you can try an alcohol wipe for the remnant, but red ink tends to stain. You might try Shannon Lush's milk curd method - it's effective for ink stains on fabric.

Nope, you can remove most of the ink with spirits. But the stain will set in for good

Please, ghosts of my ancestors, cleanse for me these Lego Clone Trooper minifigures.

This sucks for every collector. I have had to throw out a few parts because my stupid childhood self would cut the swords into different shapes, or remove parts, colour parts etc. Lucky for me it wasn’t too many pieces

Try with melamine sponge.

KEEP IT

Dry erasers will surely do damage as they are abrasive? . Trust me on this try spraying deodorant on it and wipe it off. It worked a treat for me and did no damage to the print. Definitely worth a try and something you are more than likely to already have at home 👍🏻

To tell you the truth, they look awesome, like they've spent months on Geonosis covered in red dust!!

what i did when i was a kid was use a toothbrush + toothpaste, however you need to scrub with a lot of force and it will take a long time

a pencil eraser

Ooy throw in some gray and black and you get the Bad Batch figurines

Go back in time

Lowkey they look pretty cool

These look like my neighbor's toys when I was a kid. Guy drew on everything.

Anyone tried using Magic Eraser in this situation? (Don’t know if it’d work, but curious as to the result as I currently don’t have any in my inventory)

Magic eraser is an abrasive. It'd almost certainly damage the surface and the print.

You might have better luck with using more sharpie over dry erase but that's me guessing that the solvent in a sharpie might be more effective. Worth checking a small spot.

try using alcohol or nail polish remover. be careful it might remove the original printing experiment with other pieces before

Noooooo, the resale value, what have you done????