Plastics with funny smell

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Have any of you ever run across any plastics (game or otherwise) that emitted a bad smell after being unwrapped from plastic? The odor smells like a$$ and it has the same smell as a just opened metal tool box that had plastic containers in it.

At first I thought some pet or rodent took a leak on it but by chance I opened a metal tool box I had and there was that smell. Has anyone been able to successfully get rid of odors on plastics?
 
Plastics outgas.

Some more than others.

Try to put it in a place with good ventilation for a while to let it air out--the smell should decrease over time.

Good luck.

-Jason
 
Yes - this happens with some materials. Oddly you'd think it might smell like gasoline or petroleum but it comes out smelling like methane.

Your avatar, while amusing (I'm a big Family Guy fan) makes this thread look like a setup!:p
 
I've been saying this for years, and NO ONE knows what I'm talking about.

But I remember my He-Man figures when I was a kid... when I first opened them, they smelled.

It wasn't tell years later when I met my first dirty hippy that I finally had a name for the smell.

Long story short... He-Man figures smelled JUST LIKE petrulli when you first opened the package.
 
I had some taco shells last week.. they TASTED like the plastic they were wrapped in...

chuck'd em in the garbage..
 
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