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by **OmarJT82** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:49 pm

Next week my apartment will be treated for bed bugs via Thermal Remediation, which uses intense heat between 120-135°F to kills the bugs in one treatment.

Because I have most of my Transformers action figure collection stored in 2 large cardboard boxes in one of my closets, I worry that the heat from the treatment will damage/melt them! :-s

Will the heat damage/melt them? :???:

Should I remove them all from my apartment or leave them stored where they are? :???:

by **Treetop Maximus** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:56 pm

Remove. I've heard of a blow dryer melting paint off of Transformers. Don't risk it.

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimus1138** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:59 pm

I would definitely remove them.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:31 pm

Oh, you should absolutely remove them. Even if you could get out of it unscathed, it's not worth the risk.

by **Doubledealer93** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:44 pm

Treetop Maximus wrote:Remove. I've heard of a blow dryer melting paint off of Transformers. Don't risk it.

um, yeah, i did that before, i was repairing my RTS wreckgar with a hair dryer and his paint was melting off. DONT RISK IT!!!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:38 pm

Doubledealer25 wrote:
Treetop Maximus wrote:Remove. I've heard of a blow dryer melting paint off of Transformers. Don't risk it.

um, yeah, i did that before, i was repairing my RTS wreckgar with a hair dryer and his paint was melting off. DONT RISK IT!!!!!

Wow, this makes me curious about taking a transformer I don't much care for to work and trying our heat gun on it. Hmm, I had already promised my 10 year old nephew we'd try my blow torch out one too. Maybe this is a better experiment.

by **Treetop Maximus** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:55 pm

Doubledealer25 wrote:
Treetop Maximus wrote:Remove. I've heard of a blow dryer melting paint off of Transformers. Don't risk it.

um, yeah, i did that before, i was repairing my RTS wreckgar with a hair dryer and his paint was melting off. DONT RISK IT!!!!!

That's the exact example I was referring to. =P

by **MGrotusque** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:32 am

This gives me an idea about when Scourge put the matrix inside of him and he got all bubbly and warped looking. He got "the touch" so to speak. lol.

Maybe if you had a beater Scourge laying around and put some paint on him and heated it up to a blister point without burning the paint you could get the effect from the cartoon.

Just an idea..... :-?

by **Treetop Maximus** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:46 am

Maybe you could buy a Legends/Legion Class and stick it in a toaster oven to find out. =/

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:29 am

Treetop Maximus wrote:Maybe you could buy a Legends/Legion Class and stick it in a toaster oven to find out. =/

Only if you plan on never using that toaster oven again. Plastic fumes are toxic.

Also, I love the Y U NO Guy sayings in your sig.

by **alternator77** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:30 am

this is a bit tricky for one the heat is designed to kill them wherever they hide and secondly they may hide in your transformers. i suggest you contact the company doing the work and see if they have any way/suggestions for cleaning the figures prior to removing them. id hate for them to clean up the place to only have those pests come back by hitchiking a ride on your figures.

good luck

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:30 pm

alternator77 wrote:this is a bit tricky for one the heat is designed to kill them wherever they hide and secondly they may hide in your transformers. i suggest you contact the company doing the work and see if they have any way/suggestions for cleaning the figures prior to removing them. id hate for them to clean up the place to only have those pests come back by hitchiking a ride on your figures.

good luck

That's my thoughts. The TF could very easily be a hiding place for the bed bugs.

You'll want to remove them, but you can't just bring them back in. The will have to be sterilized.