MacBook Pro Retina power supply is surprisingly hot

The power brick seems to get a lot hotter than my previous MacBook Pro power supplies. Anyone else noticing this?

Just got my new 2013 retina MPB, and the powersupply is charging the battery in the MPB at an amazing rate (faster than 1% per minute) but holy Hephaestus batman that power brick gets lava-hot.
This is my 10th Mac laptop (personal) and none of the other power supplies have ever heated up like this. Other Mac laptop power supplies got very hot but never too hot to touch. This retina power supply, at the temp it was at earlier today, would cause burns if left on skin. So hot I am concerned about the plastic melting. Will check but I would not be surprised if when all the lights are off there isn't a slight glow to this lava powered adaptor.
My retina seems to love it and it does not get hot in the least. As i typed this message, the charge went from 40% to 67%. (freekin awesome) and the power supply is very warm but hot yet.
I cannot help but wonder if this is not related to the powersupply on house wiring with the reversed phase... My brick does not get hot all the time and not everywhere I plug it in.
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