Takara Depth Charge

[loophole]

I got a Hasbro TM Megatron, then a few years ago the brown plastic broke so I replaced it with a Takara Metals Megatron. Looks nicer too.

My Hasbro one hasnt broken yet

[roller]

my megatron came assembled with its robot head on backwards, and it wouldnt budge around

sounds like you got diddled with yo Depthcharge, since you say the inner bit was opened

[FFN]

My Hasbro one hasnt broken yet

Neither has mine. I would recommend you avoid touching it either way

[kup]

Neither has mine. I would recommend you avoid touching it either way

Is it gold plastic type deterioration or something else?

[FFN]

It's very similar, from what I understand, though my personal experience with the phenomenon is (thankfully) limited. The plastic is this brown swirly crap, like gold plastic syndrome, so the plastic tends to be more brittle and doesn't age very well.

[GoktimusPrime]

kup: I still have my busted Hasbro TM Megatron if you wanna inspect it next time you come over.