LEGO Mini figures, smell factor?

Coolsplash

This might have been discussed in past but I recently stumbled onto something quite weird. As my son collects CMF's so we got 2 of collectible mini figure carry cases (red and green in color) and these are excellent to carry around the mini figures. But, what I have noted a few days back, upon opening the case there is a faint weird kind of smell in the case and the mini figures...

What should be done to remedy this? To air the case and the mini figures as I know keeping these in the sun is not a good idea....any tips you guys?

margot

I'm guessing it's the case, they do smell. Not sure you can do anything about it.

andhe

What sort of smell? Chemical? As new plastic often has this type of smell.

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

That's the sweet, glorious smell of the People's Republic of China!

graphite

Or that not so sweet smell of your kid peed in the storage container!

akunthita

You can keep some backing-soda in the storage countainer for a few days. It should absorb the smell.

Coolsplash

I do its the due to the case as @margot said and also agree with @Lego_Lord_Mayorca :P but I will try your tip @akunthita as before we kept the mini figures in other plastic storage containers but never had this problem...

Pitfall69

I'm sorry, but I like that new plastic smell. When I open up a new Star Wars figure I take all of that smell in. I like the new car smell as well.

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

Yeah, to clarify my earlier comment, I kind of like the smell as well. Granted, my only exposure to it was when I started dabbling in Collectible Minifigures back in 2010 and 2011. Opening those little bags for the first time, the smell caught me way off guard, but I got used to it. I kept the bags, and last I checked, even after being open for three years, the smell still lingers faintly.

TheLoneTensor

It's like watching that dutch couple on Youtube build their sets. They always take a hit off the freshly opened bags.

legomatt

Judging by the way TLG love to add ridiculous minor descriptions as selling points, can we start looking forward to the following:

*Complete with its own aroma!
*Adds a distinctive LEGO brand case-smell to all your minifigures!

But careful now, or they'll charge extra for it!

:oP

Coolsplash

Hahahaha....good one @legomatt....but guys, it is the Mini figure case smell....so will try the baking soda trick....

Brickfan50

TheLoneTensor said:

It's like watching that dutch couple on Youtube build their sets. They always take a hit off the freshly opened bags.

They are French actually (nickname2001). Great videos!

Pitfall69

Scratch n Sniff minifigures!!!!

piratemania7

Every time I open a bag whether it be of bricks of a CMF I'm brought right back to the lovely days of my childhood...must be the fumes.

sgarrahy

It was very pronounced on some of the Simpsons figs. Seemed like the soft heads (Mr Burns, Itchy, Scratchy) were worst but a couple of the others were pretty bad too.

bobabricks

Pitfall69 said:

I'm sorry, but I like that new plastic smell. When I open up a new Star Wars figure I take all of that smell in. I like the new car smell as well.

RIP Pitfall died of nose cancer after sniffing and I quote "Chinese foil bags" :P

Rainstorm26

^And my little ponies.

bobabricks

sgarrahy said:

It was very pronounced on some of the Simpsons figs. Seemed like the soft heads (Mr Burns, Itchy, Scratchy) were worst but a couple of the others were pretty bad too.

Yeah, some of them get pretty smelly I like to keep a febreez sprayer with me just in case :P

CCC

If they are too smelly, just leave them in fresh air for a while before playing with them. Don't spray more chemicals on them. That just masks the smell anyway.

bobabricks

I said just incase like if it gets out of control and I'm about to kill my self etc. it gets emotional when I open CMFs XD

TheLoneTensor

Pitfall69 said:

I'm sorry, but I like that new plasticpony smell. When I open up a new Star Wars figurepony I take all of that smell in.

Fixed :)

bobabricks

Lol

legomatt

^This reminds me of a kenner star wars action figure i had as a kid. My Tie-Fighter Pilot had an aroma completely distinct from all the other figures i had... a kinda sweet smell... and it never left him. I still have it somewhere (i found and boxed a load of stuff up a while ago, and yes, after thirty years he still had his (what became to me) 'like new' smell).
:oP