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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 3283416" data-attributes="member: 1515">Yup, that's my experience with the D&amp;D minis.&nbsp; Hot tap water (which is somewhere around 140 degrees F, depending on where your water heater is set) isn't really hot enough.&nbsp; I use boiling water, and tongs to dip the mini into the water for about 5 seconds; that's usually enough to make the plastic malleable.&nbsp; And, in a lot of cases, this causes the mis-shapen item to spring back into its normal position (i.e., the shape it was molded into).&nbsp; Then, I run the mini under cold tap water for 10 seconds or so, making sure to hold the mis-shapen bit in the position I want.About the only time this hasn't worked has been an incredibly botched TIE Fighter I just got in a pack of Star Wars Starships.&nbsp; The &quot;solar panels&quot;, which are supposed to be flat hexagonal panels, were bent like those cup-shaped Tostitos.&nbsp; It took several rounds of heating to get them anywhere close to flat, and I think it still looks bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 3283416, member: 1515"] Yup, that's my experience with the D&D minis. Hot tap water (which is somewhere around 140 degrees F, depending on where your water heater is set) isn't really hot enough. I use boiling water, and tongs to dip the mini into the water for about 5 seconds; that's usually enough to make the plastic malleable. And, in a lot of cases, this causes the mis-shapen item to spring back into its normal position (i.e., the shape it was molded into). Then, I run the mini under cold tap water for 10 seconds or so, making sure to hold the mis-shapen bit in the position I want. About the only time this hasn't worked has been an incredibly botched TIE Fighter I just got in a pack of Star Wars Starships. The "solar panels", which are supposed to be flat hexagonal panels, were bent like those cup-shaped Tostitos. It took several rounds of heating to get them anywhere close to flat, and I think it still looks bad. [/QUOTE]

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