Peter, my TOA130 has more frequent flyer points than Kevin Rudd. It has been back to Japan 4 times now. Mind you one of these trips was my fault and the other was caused by indiscriminate spraying of repellent by someone that caused my coatings to become "stuffed". The original problem I had was astigmatism, which the local rep here I dont think believed could happen. I then decided to deal directly with Takahashi and they were first class. They got me to send the scope back to them for which they paid the freight, and fixed it, sort off, but it was not satisfactory. So they then sent me another 130, at one stage I had two of them here, and I picked the best one of the two. Incidentally this was the one I "dropped" and then both scopes went back to Japan. The damaged one was rebuilt, new lens cell and OTA, dew shield etc. (Insurance is good)
If you need the name of the guy I used, PM me and I can give it to you. I certainly dont believe you should be getting any color regardless of cooldown. What I would be doing is taking an image which shows up the problem and email it to the guy I am referring to from Takahashi, he will refer it to the relevant optical technicians they have, and they will take it from there.
If possible do a star test and send that as well
EDIT; I just realised you are in the USA, definitely contact TNR they are 1st class I believe. If you are not a member of the takahashi uncensored yahoo group, I recommend you join. I gather it is run by TNR, but I stand to be corrected on this.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UncensoredTakGroup/
Cheers
Peter