Batteries in MISB Toys

[1AZRAEL1]

Fun School Holidays for you Gok?

I remove the batteries from all my toys once I hear the sounds a couple of times.

It is my extreme reaction to an Energon Scorponok who decided that 2am was the perfect time to constantly repeat his noises.

I now never have to worry about running out of watch batteries!

Haha I had the similar situation with my G2 Megatron Tank.
Every so often he decided to "fire" his lasers and even once or twice we wanted to go on the "attack"
One early morning I decided to rip those batteries out.

My figures are all in storage now, which probably isn't good for he batteries, but hopefully soon I shall move and they will be able to breathe fresh air.
And remove the batteries of course

[bruticus]

hahaha, i aways rip out all my batteries, tape them up and then label where they came from... early signs of OCD perhaps?

I also disconnect all missiles from the spring loaded launchers as the springs loose their stiffness whilst under constant compression over long periods of time...

I would suggest only keeping MISB toys that dont come with any batteries or at least come with those plastic pull tabs to prevent discharge under storage....
Otherwise, open them up and put them back in box (BIB??) to ensure they wont leak and still maintain MINTY freshness.

Unless you are investing, then theres no real difference to the toy between a perfect MIB thats been put back in box and a MISB if you handle things correctly.

[MV75]

So how about spending 10 hours writing up a list of the toys that do have batteries and what type of battery Gok?

Could be a useful resource to those that may overlook a figure with batteries in it. The button batteries should be fine to leave, it's the "regular" AAA, AA, C, etc batteries to worry about.

[bruticus]

The button batteries should be fine to leave, it's the "regular" AAA, AA, C, etc batteries to worry about.

No, Im afraid the button batteries can still cause damage over time... Or at least this has been true for some secondhand TFs that i have bought with button batteries...

[GoktimusPrime]

It is my extreme reaction to an Energon Scorponok who decided that 2am was the perfect time to constantly repeat his noises.

Heh, that gimmick is pretty darn annoying. Ditto G2 Megatron (although after a while you get used to handling him without setting off his sound gimmick). When I discovered that EN Scorponok's gimmick was no longer working properly, I just thought to myself, "No great loss there." For some odd reason, my internal monologue voice sounded like Jack Black at that exact moment. Weird.

Otherwise, open them up and put them back in box (BIB??)

It would be MIB (Mint In Box): i.e.: a toy that's in mint condition in an unsealed box.

The button batteries should be fine to leave, it's the "regular" AAA, AA, C, etc batteries to worry about.

No, Im afraid the button batteries can still cause damage over time... Or at least this has been true for some secondhand TFs that i have bought with button batteries...

Me too. I wasn't sure about this, so I looked it up on the web and apparently watch batteries can leak if they're left in a watch that's not on. i.e.: watch batteries in watches usually don't leak because they're in constant use. Watch batteries left in an inactive toy over an extended period of time may leak. They probably have a less chance of leakage, but I'm not willing to risk it.

Having said that, 100% of toys I opened with watch batteries still have fully functioning electronic gimmicks, including my oldest TF with watch batteries - Laser Optimus Prime. I've never taken the batteries out of that toy and the gimmick still works fine. Those batteries would've been sitting in that toy for over 13 years now. But yeah... better safe than sorry.

[primatives]

Just wondering does the Encore Omega Supreme and Sky lynx comes with batteries? If so I'll have to remove them.

[GoktimusPrime]

Batteries are not included with those toys.