The phrase
"shiny plastic" refers to an object made of a smooth and glossy material that looks like plastic.
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Whereas the old one had hard
shiny plastics throughout, this one has nice, high - quality - looking soft - touch surfaces on all the important stuff.
Both of the aforementioned systems feature high gloss
shiny plastic cases which give their two systems a very expensive look.
The device is clad in black rubber with a band of
shiny plastic along the top edge, and the screen has a half - inch bezel.
Those of you who know me or follow my Toy Time video series know that I am a collector of
shiny plastic things.
Take the wireless headset out of the box and you'll notice that they are a fine - looking piece of kit: the whole thing is done in matte black with a few
shinier plastic pieces and striking red highlights.
It looks like Volkswagen has dusted off last year's Wörthersee 09 Concept and bolted on a few
shiny plastic bits.
The metallic body also fights fingerprints and smudges well, which is more than can be said for many other smartphones
with shiny plastic finishes (or, in the case of the Sony Xperia Z, glass).
The words «
shiny plastic panels» don't inspire thoughts of coziness, but most of the touch points in the CX - 9 are padded and cushy, making for an overall comfortable interior.
In short, customers will get a lot of
shiny plastic for the buck, with only a few chrome inserts to add a bit of cheer to the center console and the steering wheel.
The front of the Huawei Blaze is a seamless glass (or at least a
very shiny plastic) construction, with the top edge of the screen bending around the face of the phone.
Senior editor Joe Lorio and I, in Nyack, New York, one day, lazing on a sunny afternoon (to borrow a Kinks lyric), watched while the chrome band that wraps around the trucklet's waistline peeled off, revealing that it was not chrome at all but
shiny plastic tape.
That's not to say it's particularly stylish, with its slightly bulging sides and
shiny plastic edging ensuring that it won't be taking on the new Nexus 7 in the desirability stakes, let alone the iPad mini.
While I'm usually
against shiny plastic, as I feel that it often looks cheap and tacky, it really works on this headset, helping to bring out that dark blue Ghost Recon: Future Soldier logo that adorns the top of the headband.
To the surprise of few, least of all Nintendo themselves, the DSi has been selling like
shiny plastic hotcakes since its Nov. 1 release.
It's somewhere your Miis stroll and cavort, dressing up as Mario or Samus or Captain Olimar before jumping into playpens where Nintendo's colourful game worlds are recreated out of stitched cloth, painted metal and
shiny plastic capsule toys.
Both HTC and Samsung have chosen to build their phones out of plastic, but while Samsung has gone its traditional route, creating a phone with a very
typical shiny plastic - like feel to it, HTC stepped it up a notch and wrapped the One X in a polycarbonate unibody that is finely tailored to have a great, solid feel.
Perhaps it's the fact that Samsung has done away with that awful faux - stitching effect, or the fact that it's framed by elegant metal rather than
ugly shiny plastic.
This brushed aluminium back wraps around the edges similar to a unibody design, but this is marred by a thin,
shiny plastic rim.
The Note 4 packs its tapered glass display around a metallic frame with a painted matte finish, while the G4 frames its screen in
regular shiny plastic, but with a choice of more exotic back panels.
Textures, which range from snooker table green felt to
shiny plastic panels and cookie dough platforms, benefit more than anything from Nintendo's new found fondness for HD.
Even less memory,
shiny plastic case, lower resolution, slower A5's (the leftover ones that couldn't muster up the full speed without choking to death).
Aluminium pedals and kick plates feature, while there's some gloss black dashboard trim (exclusive to the 290, because nothing says «fast»
like shiny plastic), the obligatory flat - bottomed steering wheel and a different colour to the dials — grey, in this case.
The backs offer a mix
of shiny plastic and a soft - touch rubber - covered frame, but the HDX 8.9 adds an 8MP rear HD camera.
He squealed and ran right to
the shiny plastic tricycle my dad got him.
The shiny plastic surface seen at the top of the image is known as the web; it will be formed into the circuitry that controls the flexible display.
Another was polystyrene, a hard,
shiny plastic that could take on bright colors, remain crystalline clear, or be puffed up with air to become the foamy polymer DuPont later trademarked as Styrofoam.
Imagine the way light interacts with
a shiny plastic ball, compared with its appearance on a rumpled velvet blanket.
In another «totally Johnny Weir moment,» she picked out
a shiny plastic mini skirt from Express, fishnet tights, and her shoes for her boyfriend to wear during a late - night trip to Target.
The CGI just isn't quite as believable for me, it still has
that shiny plastic thing going on, but I do like the Dungeons & Dragons look n feel about him.
Martha Stewart can kiss
my shiny plastic butt!
I use mine every day but it still attracts dust like no other console I've owned due to
the shiny plastic.
Inside it's worse,
all shiny plastic and cheap - looking instruments.
The instrument binnacle literally looks like it's been made out of a shoebox that's been tightly wrapped in black,
shiny plastic and plonked on top of an equally shiny plastic shelf.
The shiny plastic knob must be removed in order to pull away the faux woodgrain plastic panel that surrounds the door handle and lock lever.
Ties to the MTV generation remain — the blue carpet in Baeyen's car is thick enough to be combed with a rake, and there's enough hard,
shiny plastic to decorate a McDonald's — but by and large, the CRX's cabin isn't a bad place to be.
The shiny plastic part of the lock lever is attached by a clip onto a metal rod that continues into the door panel and connects to the locking mechanism.
He's especially enamored of the 1980s vibe, pointing out the graphic equalizer, the two - tone seats (taupe and black), and
the shiny plastic pieces.