>>8761824IT happens with toys still, because toy companies are constantly taking up new engineering, colors, and plastics. There's always going to be unknown reactions and i think most current effects happen with the plastics becoming brittle, not the stickiness.
Still, it takes a while before we start seeing the issues. So we really don't know which modern toys are going to start going bad prematurely until 3-5 years from now. Stuff like pic has his pants flaking apart, which is definitely a plasticizer issue.