remixedcatWell the ones I have are 2011 era so.. what years were yours from?

edbeIndeed strong plastic.
Today plastic is bending like beckham, still i know a little thing about plastic as i worked 2 year at Games Workshop UK main branch lenton ng7 2ws.
The Warhammer 40,000 figurines where strong or weak depending by setter as in laptops manufacturers some they choose less material that is making the plastic to bend under low pressure, and this is wrong as the material is not expensive and can easy make a case strong and robust and not breakable.
I don't know why some manufacturers do choose cheap dosage for the case parts, maybe the reason is the big mc that creates the plastic cases consumes a looot's of watts and i mean literally thousands of watts.

hatThe chosen material can make the product stronger or weaker. In addition, the thickness of the part can make the product stronger or weaker. I've seen new molds come in that made the same lid, laundry basket, etc and the new mold made the part like, a hundredth of an inch thinner or something. Doesn't seem like much, but multiply that over millions of cycles and somebody's saving some money on that ever so slightly thinner part.

remixedcatLike that shitty "less plastic" bottles that make and annoying cracking sounds in the middle of the night that wakes everyone up. And the water squeezing out everywhere and wearing it. Ugh