I'd recommend wrapping the blast effects in paper. Plasticizer shouldn't react at all with paper and as long as it isn't an ungodly amount, it should just evaporate through the pores.
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I think I'm just gonna toss em. Wasn't all that fond of them in the first place, but if they're gonna damage other stuff in the bin, better to just get rid of them.
There's nothing wrong with using them, you just don't want to LEAVE them for a long period. For a picture or something they work great. The paper trick does work, though. For safety's sake I'd wrap them and put the in a drawer or something where they can just do their plastic off-gassing safetly. I have most of mine in a cardboard box separate from anything else, though I do have the parts from Saber and Deathsaurus separate simply because of what they are. They're behind them on a glass-bottom shelf so I can get them if I want them for something, and they aren't in contact with paint or anything else reactive.
On a very strange note, a building block set of an officer and trooper with a motorcycle and border station that a friend got me to repurpose into Ciaphus Cain and Jergen has had a similar issue with the officer's coat. The rubbery plastic is getting harder, and has leached so much plasticizer out that it soaked the little red cloth ribbon I had tied around the figure's waist. In THAT case, it didn't do anything. Whatever MegaConstrux and similar figures are made of does not seem to react with that chemical, giving it a bath in the sink with soap and water fixed it. Though the coat is still drying over time.
I'm probably way too paranoid, but melting plastic is just so annoying. When I had the hose on Ghostbusters Optimus stick to the light bar of his backpack (came right off but did leave a small dent in the bar) I knew this was going to be a problem and stopped buying any Transformer with rubbery parts that can't be set to the side.
On a very strange note, a building block set of an officer and trooper with a motorcycle and border station that a friend got me to repurpose into Ciaphus Cain and Jergen has had a similar issue with the officer's coat. The rubbery plastic is getting harder, and has leached so much plasticizer out that it soaked the little red cloth ribbon I had tied around the figure's waist. In THAT case, it didn't do anything. Whatever MegaConstrux and similar figures are made of does not seem to react with that chemical, giving it a bath in the sink with soap and water fixed it. Though the coat is still drying over time.
I'm probably way too paranoid, but melting plastic is just so annoying. When I had the hose on Ghostbusters Optimus stick to the light bar of his backpack (came right off but did leave a small dent in the bar) I knew this was going to be a problem and stopped buying any Transformer with rubbery parts that can't be set to the side.
Wait, they emit gas that'll ruin plastic?!?
How the hell is Hasbro still including these things?! It's practically criminal!
What sort of paper is ideal for keeping these in? TP? Paper town? 8x11 printing paper?
they don't emit gas that damages the plastic lol
I keep them in the box that came with the fire colors Triceratops fossilizer.
no, they secrete minute droplets of plasticizer that eventually evaporate. The gas itself won’t harm the plastic but if conditions are not conducive to evaporating, they’ll remain in the harmful liquid state
Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to cause a panic. I was referring to just that, the evaporation of the chemicals as the plasticizer leeches out. This is why a toy on an open shelf will often age better than one 'MISB' when it comes to these reactions. And anything porous works fine, I keep mine in an open cardboard box too, no problems so far at all.
Ah, I see.
I'm keeping mine in my Kingdom Rodimus box, which is itself in a plastic tub. So, probably not the best for breathing.
Is it only the rubbery blast effects? Or do the harder ones do it, too?
And I still can't believe Hasbro keeps releasing them without addressing the issue wait this is modern Hasbro, yes, I can.
Hell, I don't think I'd be too surprised at this point if they had someone come over to your house to break your old toys so that you'd have to buy new ones to replace them.
I'm keeping mine in my Kingdom Rodimus box, which is itself in a plastic tub. So, probably not the best for breathing.
Is it only the rubbery blast effects? Or do the harder ones do it, too?
And I still can't believe Hasbro keeps releasing them without addressing the issue wait this is modern Hasbro, yes, I can.
Hell, I don't think I'd be too surprised at this point if they had someone come over to your house to break your old toys so that you'd have to buy new ones to replace them.
Probably only the soft blast effects. They add more plasticizer to the mix to make them squishy.
Won't they eat through the container?
Only if they get hungry.
Or if they see what they want. Then they'll take it.
I’d expect some disfigurement or scarring at worst but not enough to put a hole through the container.
I just wrap my effects parts in tissue paper and store them in a ziplock. The tissue should absorb any of the nasty stuff.
I mean blast effects are still cool as hug just don't like...leave them permanently attached to your figures and store them separately when not in use.
Exactly! I use them all them time when posing for a cool picture or something. Then I take them off and put them back into the container. They're just fine for limited use like that.