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'''[[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]''' (commonly shorthanded to '''GPS''') is fandom terminology used to describe the phenomenon of a toy's [[plastic]] decomposing and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. In the most extreme cases, toys have been reported to spontaneously crumble to small bits without any applied force at all, even if they're fresh out of their [[Mint in sealed box|unopened package]].
A '''bond, [[Binary bonding|Binary Bond]]''' between two or more Transformers, [[human]]s or [[nebulan]]s joins them a primal level, usually by sharing a single body.  Originally suggested by [[Arcana]], the Nebulan "Doctor Know" the process involved surgically re-configuring an organic lifeform to become part of the body of a Transformer, creating doubleshot he consciousness that boosted the living daylights out of their abilities and make them strong enough to bury anything.  The partner can also pilot in vehicle mode but some men just don't like being taken for a ride.


This breakage is different from the relatively more common stress-fracture type of plastic breakage that can occur in some [[Toy|Transformers toys]]. The condition takes its name from the gold plastics of late Generation 1 through to ''Beast Wars'', that have proved the most prone to this sort of breakage. However, despite the name, Gold Plastic Syndrome has been known to affect other types of plastic—most of them noted for a pretty metallic swirl in the plastic.
The process is not without risk;  The bonded duo/trio may become neurotic or devil-may-care. Really it's amazing their asylums aren't full of people who think they're Napoleon.  Or God.  A poor pairing can leave them on the rocks and shaken without a quantum of solace. The whole thing is a bit Win, Lose or Die.  And while you may think that death is forever their union is more live and let die; if one partner dies the other may survive to die another day, even carrying part of the original's personality with them!


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But remember; you only live twice, and [[Furmanism|nobody lives for ever]].
 
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Revision as of 18:41, 23 October 2012

"You must give me the name of your oculist"

A bond, Binary Bond between two or more Transformers, humans or nebulans joins them a primal level, usually by sharing a single body. Originally suggested by Arcana, the Nebulan "Doctor Know" the process involved surgically re-configuring an organic lifeform to become part of the body of a Transformer, creating doubleshot he consciousness that boosted the living daylights out of their abilities and make them strong enough to bury anything. The partner can also pilot in vehicle mode but some men just don't like being taken for a ride.

The process is not without risk; The bonded duo/trio may become neurotic or devil-may-care. Really it's amazing their asylums aren't full of people who think they're Napoleon. Or God. A poor pairing can leave them on the rocks and shaken without a quantum of solace. The whole thing is a bit Win, Lose or Die. And while you may think that death is forever their union is more live and let die; if one partner dies the other may survive to die another day, even carrying part of the original's personality with them!

But remember; you only live twice, and nobody lives for ever.

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