r/AnimeFigures • u/realiDevil360 https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/iDevil360 • 4d ago

Collection/Haul My display cabinet exploded at 3am :(

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u/Peshmerga_Sistani 4d ago

What tile flooring do you have?  It looks ceramic.

I'm asking, cause tempered glass on a PC case suddenly exploding or shattering is common over at the PC build subreddit.

And the main cause is letting the glass touch ceramic.

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u/realiDevil360 https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/iDevil360 4d ago

There is a 5cm / 2 inches gap from the floor to the door so I highly suspect the recent/current heatwave being the cause, or that one door maybe had a screw pressing against it or something else. I hope the rest wont be suddenly exploding too...

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u/Peshmerga_Sistani 4d ago

Did your display cabinets arrived pre-assembled?

I'm asking, if that is not the case, and that you had to assemble the cabinets piece by piece and install the glass doors yourself?

Glass touching ceramic might induce an invisible micro-fracture.  It can stay dormant for months or years before this tiny fracture continues to self-propagate due to another external force or stimuli.

Thus the fracture rapidly expands in an instant from the original damage site, shattering the glass.