CHECK or REMOVE your old BATTERIES

[heroic_decepticon]

oh gosh, now I am worried about all the TFs I have in Singapore with batteries and I have no way of removing...

[griffin]

I guess the one reassuring thing is - the smaller batteries don't appear to have enough in them to do enough irreversible damage (only seems to corrode the contacts, which people are able to resurrect with some scouring or sanding), while the bigger ones do indeed leak out a lot more, the acid doesn't appear to do much initial damage to the plastic (could weaken it for the long term though) and unless the electronics are gravitationally below the batteries (or a hole or gap in the battery compartment) usually only the contacts will be damaged, which may well be resurrected as well with a bit of sanding.

See the photos in the first post - the examples I gave show that the corrosion was limited to the contacts (Supreme Cheetor, Armada Jetfire gun), and where it was a complete acid leakage, it ran down out of the battery compartment away from the actual electronics (Armada Superpants Prime).

The worrying thing though is that just about all the new moulds since 2006, have the bigger batteries now, not the small button cells... which is more prone to big leakage. Since they are (cheap) Hasbro-brand batteries, they might be worse, or maybe a type they've specifically created so that it doesn't leak. It might be too early to tell though, as it was more than 5 years before notable leaking occurred in my toys.

[Arcee]

The worrying thing though is that just about all the new moulds since 2006, have the bigger batteries now, not the small button cells... which is more prone to big leakage. Since they are (cheap) Hasbro-brand batteries, they might be worse, or maybe a type they've specifically created so that it doesn't leak. It might be too early to tell though, as it was more than 5 years before notable leaking occurred in my toys.

They can't even improve on their toys which they've been doing for 25 years, how can they improve the batteries which is not their expertise?

[Bidoofdude]

My Cybertron Megatron had a teeny bit of brown on it and the screws were slightly rusted. Chucked 'em and I don't think I'll put any more in there again.
Time to retire ol' Megs.

[lancalot]

wow didnt know that at all...lucky i found this thread...taking my MP batteries out now !!

[lancalot]

i found this when i open my MP1 ... lucky just caught it in time before it get any worse! he was in the box all this time , 4year since i opened him last.
So THANKYOU for this thread!!!

[KalEl]

Did this early last year and now do it as i get them, highly recommended as it tends to be random of when they leak so just do them all

[tinyJazz]

I forgot my Device Label Soundwave when I removed my tf batteries. :| better check him when I get time, I don't know where he lives these days.
As for MP04 I couldn't for the life of me get the battery holder out. Then again, I have trouble opening soda bottles sometimes. I'll have to recruit someone and try again.