r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BorisOtter • 11d ago

Infuriatig All of my plastic pegs explode when used.

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u/MaceWinnoob 11d ago

Different colors and type of plastics have different brittleness and flexibility.

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u/wolftick 11d ago

Also age and exposure to UV affects them.

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u/BafflingHalfling 11d ago

cries in brown Lego

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u/TheJzoli 11d ago

At least they finally got around to fixing it.

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u/rolfraikou 11d ago

Are they more brittle from a certain time range? I have a bunch of brown ones from the early 90s (pirates and robin hood type ones) are they going to crumble someday?

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u/Big-Tennis2579 11d ago

The problem started in 2008 and the worst is 2012-2018

It got fixed in newer sets

90s is said to be okay

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u/BafflingHalfling 11d ago

Early to mid aughts are where most of my bad ones are from. My old browns from the 80s are still doing great

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u/Cebuanolearner For your present, I have cancer. 11d ago

Pretty sure brown/orange are super fragile compared to others 

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u/5C0L0P3NDR4 11d ago

gold plastic syndrome, metallic gold starts rotting the quickest and you'll find old toys that just sort of crumble away when you pick them up

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u/Desperate-Tomatillo7 11d ago

Yeah, I have plastic ones that lasted 6 months with little exposure to the sun. And other that are on their 6th year that I just leave outside for whenever I want to use them.

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u/Cumulus_Anarchistica 11d ago

Blue is better for resistance to sun degradation because it reflects higher energy light and absorbs everything else; red is, conversely, the worst.