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Re: Crashing your Lego creation safely...
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 7 Jul 2000 14:44:35 GMT
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> > I've pondered the idea of crashing the model outside on a cement
> > patio. This would create a much more realistic crash than say
> > a carpet crash site. The impacting pieces would most likely
> > suffer scratching and I venture to guess several plate pieces would
> > snap against the unforgiving forces of cememt.
It's been a while since I've ever done anything like this, but as a 12
year-old I remember wrecking my Deep Freeze Defender on several occasions. I
used to launch it across the room in an arc, leaving it to drop at least 4-5
feet on a medium thick pile carpet. The only potential problem was that of
losing pieces; the scattered in a pretty wide radius. No broken legos or
anything.
I really couldn't say what a concrete or a hard surface would be like.
Presumably you be more at risk for broken pieces, but you can solve that
problem by dropping it from a lesser height.
I don't think you'll have much of a problem with dropping a model like that
from 3-4, maybe even 5 feet. You definitely won't break any Legos if you do
it on carpet. Legos are pretty indestructible.
Sam Wiley
http://www.myrkr.com
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| To All, (...) I (...) 4-5 (...) Well I have had numerous experiences involving dropping everything, from buildings to ships to trains to boats to vehicles. You name it, I dropped it. I used to have my entire LEGO collection upstairs in our attic, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| [snipped lugnet.general] (...) If you put down a layer of cloth, like a sheet or towel, you can avoid excess scratches. There's not much you can do to prevent broken pieces and still have a viable test-crash. To minimize your losses, replace (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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