Mods, please move this topic if it's in the wrong place.

Yesterday, I became aware of new safety regulations regarding button cell batteries, as well as products that use them, via a post on Reddit.

Product Safety Australia's page on the new standards: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/pro...coin-batteries

A look at the ACCC website this morning yielded this media release: https://www.accc.gov.au/media-releas...-laws-commence

Collectors of 1:6 figures are concerned, as numerous Hot Toys products use button cells, and although the button cells are secured in Hot Toys products, these figures may not pass the new regulations.

What does this mean for Transformers? Presumably, Hasbro's products would be compliant, however, these new regulations could have ramifications for Threezero's DLX Transformers figures, as well as new Masterpieces that incorporate electronics and are powered by button cells.

Popcultcha has already tagged in-stock non-compliant products as being for international sales only, including their Threezero Transformers.

Interestingly, a bill to similar effect has been introduced into the US Congress: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-...nate-bill/3278