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Translucent plastic

Postby AdamFett » Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:37 pm

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Is translucent plastic more susceptible to wear/breakage? If so, why?
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby RAcast » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:10 pm

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AdamFett wrote:Is translucent plastic more susceptible to wear/breakage? If so, why?

Yes, because it's a property of the material. I'm not a chemist, so I couldn't tell you why, but I can tell you that translucent plastic has a notably lower tolerance to stress of any kind, but is particularly susceptible to shearing.
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby AdamFett » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:13 pm

Motto: "''In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the aliens, but that humblest of all God's creatures, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.''"
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RAcast wrote:
AdamFett wrote:Is translucent plastic more susceptible to wear/breakage? If so, why?

Yes, because it's a property of the material. I'm not a chemist, so I couldn't tell you why, but I can tell you that translucent plastic has a notably lower tolerance to stress of any kind, but is particularly susceptible to shearing.


So Botcon cindersaur would be an unwise purchase when you consider the long run? :-?
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby JelZe GoldRabbit » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:17 pm

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AdamFett wrote:
RAcast wrote:
AdamFett wrote:Is translucent plastic more susceptible to wear/breakage? If so, why?

Yes, because it's a property of the material. I'm not a chemist, so I couldn't tell you why, but I can tell you that translucent plastic has a notably lower tolerance to stress of any kind, but is particularly susceptible to shearing.


So Botcon cindersaur would be an unwise purchase when you consider the long run? :-?


Actually, he doesn't have as many translucent bits as you'd think. Ideally, his blue parts would all be translucent, but the designers decided against it for tolerance reasons.

In short, he's safe. The makers are well-aware of the limits of translucent plastic, even with would be clear figures. ;)
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby AdamFett » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:03 am

Motto: "''In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the aliens, but that humblest of all God's creatures, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.''"
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Is cindersaur pretty rare then?
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby Mkall » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:08 am

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AdamFett wrote:Is cindersaur pretty rare then?

Not really. he was one of the least desirable from that Botcon year, so he's around for decent prices.
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby AdamFett » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:39 pm

Motto: "''In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the aliens, but that humblest of all God's creatures, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.''"
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So, crappy plastic, and him being not so rare, i wouldn't be missing out on much?
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby JelZe GoldRabbit » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:42 am

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AdamFett wrote:So, crappy plastic, and him being not so rare, i wouldn't be missing out on much?


I wouldn't go out of your way to locate him. The Beast Wars Anniversary mold has only been repainted three times:

- Cybertron Deluxe (which I have)
- BotCon Cindersaur
- United Beast Megatron, which has a deeper purple

Cindersaur was only meant to complete the G2 Firecons set, as only Flamefeather and Sparkstalker were released back then.
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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby gavinfuzzy » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:13 am

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Hasbro is capable of doing strong clear plastic items...

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Re: Translucent plastic

Postby craggy » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:52 pm

I see Botcon Cindersaur on ebay all the time. I have the United version of the toy, and really do quite like it, so Botcon Cindersaur is always a possibility, since I had the G1 Cindersaur as well. Kinda want my first Botcon toy to be someone decent though. If only Pyro wasn't so damned rare and expensive. I'd settle for the Sharkticons at a decent price.

Anyway, yeah, translucent plastic is always more fragile than opaque stuff, basically. Unless you're getting into the realms of submarine windows and the like, probably. Can't think of many TFs I have that have an abundance of translucent plastic, but my Dark Energon guys are in transit as we speak, and you'd better believe I'm going to be more careful with them than the normal versions of those moulds.
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