Really, the plastic is crumbling? If you could post some pics to show an example, that would be most appreciated.

I have only owned this G3 for a week, and by far it has been a pleasure to use. When I was in elementary school, we had the Bondi Blue iMacs, and I instantly fell in love with them (although the Performas/Ppwer Macs that were replaced by them were better built).

I do not intend on moving this beast around (the only lugging I did was carrying it home from the facility I purchased it from in my hometown).

I was thinking of attempting to replace this part with a non-working iMac at my high school (I know quite a few IT guys that work for the board, so getting parts should not be too much of a hassle). I would like to keep this iMac for quite a while, so anything I can do to save it from death would be beneficial. I've got carpenter's glue, but I doubt that will work.