[petre]

You mean the grip? Nikon rubber grips are notorious for falling apart. Which is part of why I sold all my digital Nikon gear when they were tone deaf and peddalled dSLRs and the dumbed down 1 system. Went with the m43. It's not an open standard but it's considerably more open than others.

[formerly_proven]

Do you mean the "rubber textured" plastic on the D50, D70 etc.?

[petre]

Yes. And the D700, D800 etc. It isn't so much of a problem now with 3d printing and so many materials being available.

[acquacow]

The rubber grips are cheap and take 20mins to replace.