Talk:Gold Plastic Syndrome
About TM megs, I think the plastic used has some form of GPScombined with problems with stress. From what I've found, the Beast Wars Metals Metals Megatron does not have the problems Hasbro's TM megatron has, nor does Armada Predacon. That, and the post common breaking points on toys with GPS are stressed areas like joints, pegs, and fist holes. --FortMax 15:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I've been talking with Kyde, and he says that ABS plastic is the kind that GPS affects. (Versus PVC or nylon). I'll bug 'im to research it a bit more. You know, find out what causes the "swirlies." --ItsWalky 16:24, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Having talked with a few people who have snapped Megatrons, the breaks on that toy all sound very clean to me, and sound liek a "Gradual pressure" situation. As such, I can only conclude that the original TM Megatrons simply had the wrong kind of plastic for that joint, one that would not stand up to the constant pressure applied in transformation, not "bad" plastic. And as the article notes, GPS breaks are anything but clean... I've got a few toys that suffer from it... virtually all of them were like-new (being either purchased in sealed bubbles or were obvious display pieces), and they CRUMBLED near-instantly. There was no give, no pressure, just *turn * *CRUNCH* *flinders*. I'll be taking pictures of my GPS-affected Roadblock to illustrate. --M Sipher 19:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
RE: Joes: I clearly remember seeing posts in the Joe fandom, I forget where, though, that Serpentor suffered from GPS, and that one guy had Serpentor's entire thigh assembly collapse into dust and shards. -hx 23:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
