Unobtainium

[Howard of Effingham]

well, its something that gets mentioned on this site quite often by some people and I wondered does anyone know things like......

its chemical and physical properties
its atomic number
does it form compounds easily?
does it have a Wikipedia entry?

and so on and on..... BUT most important of all why oh why is it so useful in wiffworld modelling?   etc....

all your answers silly and otherwise PLEASE!

[PR19_Kit]

All the above information is CLASSIFIED!

Some unclassified information on this material can be found here :-

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36995.0/highlight,unobtanium.html

[zenrat]

1970's Japanese motorcycle engines were held together with fasteners made of a material whose properties are the exact opposite of Unobtanium - Cheese Metal.

[perttime]

Yes
Unobtainium has a Wikipedia entry.

Of course
it is useful for wiffworld modelling. How else we going to keep our whifdesigns feasible?

[Weaver]

1970's Japanese motorcycle engines were held together with fasteners made of a material whose properties are the exact opposite of Unobtanium - Cheese Metal.

Other names we used to use:

RDRM = Recycled Datsun Radiator Material
WSS = Water Soluable Steel

[Dizzyfugu]

Sshhhhh!

[Captain Canada]

I used to work with a Nigerian guy named Debo. He had trouble keeping up during some of the heavier lifts....so I'd call him Debonium. When he asked what that was I said "Like steel, only much, much weaker" lol



I always thought Unobtanium was used by  Japanese motorcycle factory race teams. How else are the bikes spinning at 20,000 rpm, producing 260 hp and only weighing 300 lbs. ?

[Go4fun]

And don't forget Unobtainium's close relative Unafordium.

[Nick]

Cheese Metal! 

This exactly describes the screws in the garden gate bolt pack I bought in the summer. The head of each screw wore out after 3 turns and one bent off when I tried removing it with pliers. Absolutely useless.

[scooter]

Of course, the great Tsingtao Republic has found a way to alloy Unobtainium and Vibranium.  Definitely improves the effectiveness of the old German designs we've resurrected and use

[PR19_Kit]

In order to maintain the secrecy over unobtainium it's also spelt unobtanium sometimes............ 

[Weaver]

In order to maintain the secrecy over unobtainium it's also spelt unobtanium sometimes............ 

Ah, I always thought "unobtanium" was the American spelling because they couldn't pronounce it properly... 

[pyro-manic]

It's the material responsible for James Cameron's complete loss of credibility, and Michael Bay's otherwise inexplicably continuing career.

[kitnut617]

Cheese Metal! 

This exactly describes the screws in the garden gate bolt pack I bought in the summer. The head of each screw wore out after 3 turns and one bent off when I tried removing it with pliers. Absolutely useless.

otherwise known as 'Chinese metal'

[Howard of Effingham]

cheers guys!      

bits of this week have been truly awful and i needed cheering up.  

d'ya know i even tried using the search facility on this site and  blow me if it didn't give me no results!

this gets worse as i see that i even posted in the original thread....... 

perhaps the more knowledgable folk can combine the thread reference that PR19_kit gave us and this one for yet
more laughs.