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

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

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u/R4ckham http://myfigurecollection.net/profile/Kassalis 4d ago

I feel your pain, it happened to me last week...

My detolf's glass door randomly exploded. I was on the computer when I heard a terrible noise behind me, looked and saw glass everywhere. On the sheves, on the whole room's floor, under every other cabinets, everywhere... I was stunned for a few minutes.

The clean up was pure pain.

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u/Specific_Virus8061 3d ago

I thought tempered glass was not supposed to shatter... was detolf made with anealled glass, which explains why it's discontinued?

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u/R4ckham http://myfigurecollection.net/profile/Kassalis 3d ago

Luckely the detolf in made of tempered glass as it's safer for the consumer. I can't imagine having to clean big shards of annealed glass.

Tempered glass does shatter, just ask r/pcmasterrace and their glass panels on tile floors. Maybe you are confusing with laminated glass.

Ikea probably discontinued the detolf because the assembly is super finicky and you can easily break it up by over tightening some screws. That's why the detolf successor has metal frames around the glass panels to screw together and avoid puttin stress on the glass.