Seibertron wrote:robofreak wrote:Amelie wrote:It seems unlikely that we could allow something to sink into the plastic in the case of GPS - don't forget the breakdown is caused by the metallic flecks breaking the plastic apart.
But... I think we could coat the plastic, maybe in a layer of resin\varnish to help hold the plastic together. Although even if that did work, you'd still be left with the issue that the new layer has left the toy rather still\unable to transform fully.
How about we just recast all the GPS affected parts and use a plastic that isn't as weak for the new batch?
That way, we can just replace all the parts.
I keep hoping a 3rd party company does this.
Give me a year, and I'll start pounding away at it. I've got some friends in injection molding and what I have been thinking about doing is creating a master set that can be bought that would have all the parts you would need to replace the plastic on a GPS figure. I should be able to find a completely new gold plastic that shouldn't have the breakdown issues.