Fans Reporting "Fungal Growth" on Amazon Exclusive Nacelle Figure

Bumblevivisector wrote:But seriously, this is more disturbing than real life instances of MISP Cosmic Rust infections. We eventually got another MP Megatron, but in MW Starscream's case, it seemed like some some sort of curse the mold suffered for trying to escape Skyquake's GPS.

Not sure how this makes me feel about falling behind on a lot of online exclusives lately. If this is from improper storage somehow related to Amazon's ------ TF exclusive distribution, maybe this will be the straw that breaks the Carbombian camel's back and gets Hasbro to stop giving them so many.

Here's hoping Nacelle isn't just patient zero in what does turn out to be a toy-demic.

Bounti76 wrote:None on mine, thankfully. It does make me a rich leery about ordering another one to keep MISB, though.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, this is one way to give us a new kind of Seeker mold.

It's not mold! It's release fluid they use to get the plastic out of the metal tooling.

Till-all-R1 wrote:^ That's what I kept trying to wrap my head around, how in the world would mold even be able to grow on plastic unless it was sitting in actual mold for several years. If it was a simple case of them being stored in damp conditions where the mold would first appear on cardboard packaging, it would then be so sever there in order for it to move to the product.

Something about this supposedly being mold never made any sense to me.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:^ That's what I kept trying to wrap my head around, how in the world would mold even be able to grow on plastic unless it was sitting in actual mold for several years. If it was a simple case of them being stored in damp conditions where the mold would first appear on cardboard packaging, it would then be so sever there in order for it to move to the product.

Something about this supposedly being mold never made any sense to me.

For assurance, I did Google "mold on plastic", and it can actually happen. The circumstances for that to happen are quite specific however; molds have a hard time breaking down plastic into something they can actually process (tho some of the fillers are easier), but if there's an, o say, a crack that allows it to get to the center and take hold, it can stick around.

That said, glad we got an answer on what it actually is (and making us look silly in the progress. Our fault entirely). Better update that News Item.

SpaceEagle wrote:Good to know it's likely not a fungus! Still hope this gets rectified nonetheless because that'd suck having a splotchy mess on your copy.
Makes me feel a bit more confident to get one later. Maybe even as Chuckdawg suggested with a rerelease in the Toxitron line (though hopefully they consider using the Thrust mold instead in my honest opinion).

chuckdawg1999 wrote:So far my Nacell is fine, I wonder if the figure is going to be retroactively added to the Toxictron line.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:^ That's what I kept trying to wrap my head around, how in the world would mold even be able to grow on plastic unless it was sitting in actual mold for several years. If it was a simple case of them being stored in damp conditions where the mold would first appear on cardboard packaging, it would then be so sever there in order for it to move to the product.

Something about this supposedly being mold never made any sense to me.

For assurance, I did Google "mold on plastic", and it can actually happen. The circumstances for that to happen are quite specific however; molds have a hard time breaking down plastic into something they can actually process (tho some of the fillers are easier), but if there's an, o say, a crack that allows it to get to the center and take hold, it can stick around.

That said, glad we got an answer on what it actually is (and making us look silly in the progress. Our fault entirely). Better update that News Item.