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Subject: 
OBEY GRAVITY! (It's the law)
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Date: 
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 02:23:50 GMT
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As I prepare my big dragon Formeathan for Brickfest, I was forced to do some minor repair work. As with all big creations, if you’re going to build big, something’s gonna get hurt.

Well...



These parts were pulled out of my dragon’s neck and tail, they broke because of the dragon’s weight and the resulting rotational shear.

I’ll have to make sure I remember my small bin of replacement parts for the fest.

--Anthony

The Kingdom of Ikros



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  Re: OBEY GRAVITY! (It's the law)
 
(...) Anthony, Take it from one of those whose been through 'falling mechin at a public event syndrome' - if that's all that broke inside one of your mammoth dragons, then you are very lucky indeed! My suggestion would be to keep a small kit of (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
  Re: OBEY GRAVITY! (It's the law)
 
I tell ya, this has got to be *the part I have broke the most alongside the z24. Still, its a great part and does lots of different things. I occasionally break the teeth and stems once in while. But they're all on old designs where I was asking (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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