When I first came to ebay I bought a toy from the late 60's for a relative. It was called Strange Change toy. You'd put a cube one a hot plate and it would open up into different monsters. You could put them into a compartment and turm a wheel which would compress them back into a cube.
I decided to buy more cubes off ebay and it turned out the seller was one of the scientists who developed the toy. He sent me a nice letter with the scientific explaination of the cubes. He mentioned they were trying to develope a more flexible plastic, discovered these properties and marketed the toy.
He gave a little run down on the history of plastic and why is wasn't widely used at first. Something about the flexability and ability to mould into easiliy into different shapes....cheaply. Actually gave a molecular breakdown of the plastic he developed.
If I can find it I'd post it. I asked why he was selling the stuff...forget the answer and lost that email. I think the old guy was bored, lol.
Assuming that you are posting on a computer 
then there just may be some plastic component silverfaun. Just about everybody is guilty at some level.
A few years ago one of my largest selling products was an eco cup because the landfill waste from take away coffee cups alone is massive, it was short lived because the consumer if they really cared would continue to use them, fact is it was a fad.
It is unfortunate, Australia is very behind the times with recycling, I remember having to buy plastic bags in shops in the UK in the 80's. When people have to pay, they will sharpen up which is why the carbon tax was such a good idea.
We are open for business apparently, does that mean encouraging more large polluters?
Think about it.
@*jimmy1717* wrote:When I first came to ebay I bought a toy from the late 60's for a relative. It was called Strange Change toy. You'd put a cube one a hot plate and it would open up into different monsters. You could put them into a compartment and turm a wheel which would compress them back into a cube.
I decided to buy more cubes off ebay and it turned out the seller was one of the scientists who developed the toy. He sent me a nice letter with the scientific explaination of the cubes. He mentioned they were trying to develope a more flexible plastic, discovered these properties and marketed the toy.
He gave a little run down on the history of plastic and why is wasn't widely used at first. Something about the flexability and ability to mould into easiliy into different shapes....cheaply. Actually gave a molecular breakdown of the plastic he developed.
If I can find it I'd post it. I asked why he was selling the stuff...forget the answer and lost that email. I think the old guy was bored, lol.
i want one, i like obscure toys and related junk. the X-Ray Specs were a bit of a disapointment though..
Assuming that you are posting on a computer 
then there just may be some plastic component silverfaun. Just about everybody is guilty at some level.
How often do we throw out compters out? e-waste can be recycled.. which is what we have done with our stuff no longer needed.. we don't throw it in the rubbish bin.
Seriously,cheap plastic stuff available in large quantites.. toys, kitchen stuff etc (that breaks easy and isn't meant to last & it ends up in landfill) isn't comparable to a computer. Ever been to a Daiso store (huge) where everything costs $2.80 and 80% of it is plastic goods.?
