 Though he is unstable due to his lack of medication, Magnus is not fully co-operating with Chang Tzu.Magnus goes about scavenging materials from various items (gold from a gold watch, lead from lead shielding, mercury from thermometers, and tin from cans of baked beans which he adopts as his sole diet - presumably in order to ensure the other scientists will not want to spend too much time with him, as well).This allows him to reconstruct his Metal Men, albeit only a few inches high.