Hi everybody,

As I'm sure a lot of us have seen, it's been made pretty apparent from a post yesterday that Legacy Beachcomber's tires are dissolving his wheels as a result of the plasticizer responsible for softening their material.

How to Slow the Melting:

I have a cousin who works with plastics at their job and graduated with a Master's Degree in chemical engineering, so I felt it would be a good idea to pick their brain on this, and I felt the info was important to share. First and foremost though, take this all with a grain of salt! They don't have a way of knowing the exact compounds or methods used in the figure's product, so these are general statements.

Heat is a major accelerant of the plasticized tires melting parts it touches! If you live in a hot place, or have your figures displayed in a spot they're receiving a lot of direct sunlight, plasticized materials on them will begin to melt/dissolve contacting plastic much, much faster than in a cooler environment.

To slow down the rate at which the plastic melts, keep your figures with these materials displayed or stored in a cool place!

The largest piece of evidence pointing to this is that my copy of Legacy Sandstorm, which I acquired upon release and hasn't left my freezing basement's display since, has minimal to no melting where the tires touch the plastic. There could be some very minor reactions with the plastic, but I wasn't able to see or feel any.

Obviously, the best long-term solution is to remove these materials from the figure completely, but then there's the matter of replacement tires.

Replacement Tires for Beachcomber:

After combing through the initial post making the rounds yesterday, the following LEGO tires are suitable replacements for Beachcomber's. Thankfully, they're very common as well, costing around $0.30 USD per part. Part numbers and counts are below:

- 2x Lego Part #50861

- 2x Lego Part #61254

Other Figures Potentially Affected:

Other figures potentially affected by this include Legacy Leader Sandstorm and Legacy Deluxe G1 Universe Optimus Prime, as well as all of theirs and Beachcomber's mold mates. If there's any I missed, please include it in the comments.

Mods, if this post isn't compliant with sub-rules, feel free to take it down, but please communicate this info to sub members! I'd hate for someone's copy to be damaged irreparably when it could've been saved.