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Re: Crashing your Lego creation safely...
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 23 Jun 2001 02:26:18 GMT
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Well, gee, I personally wouldn't risk such a thing. Once I build something,
I rarely break apart my creation voluntarily, and creations that are lost I
often regret about, from such memories as the first line of mechs I made, to
the giant lumbering ship, that although very small compared to the creations
of others, was so big it had 1/4 of a baseplate as the rear of the ship.
Anyway enough memories from me, I say get a small rug or a bunch of towels
and crash it onto that, I just couldn't stand plunging a bunch of hardened
experienced minifigs to their death in the name of safety. In my opinion
that'd be slightly hypocritical, but then again that is the same process of
most cars. So please, put a few towels on the stairs landing, and send it
down unarmed, I think the SEALS would agree. *sniff* Err... and Random on too...

In lugnet.build, Marc Cook writes:
Well it's been 1 year since I wrote the message below.  I have yet to
crash this helicopter out of pure laziness.   The SEALs have completed
several missions and the pilots of the UH-60 (lego) Blackhawk are
now feeling safe that their craft is safe and reliable.

Well I have moved.  I'm now living in a two story house and the
stair case is now affording me the opportunity to load up the
seal team, and crew and send them to their death.  Hurdling them
down the stairs to the landing.

The impact surface is tile.  Hard but smooth - not as brutal
as a concrete impact.

I think if a few pieces break, well they break.  Money can
replace most material items in this world right?

- Marc


In lugnet.build, Marc Cook writes:
While this might be a silly question I am looking for suggestions on how to
crash a fairly large lego model (Helicopter) on a ground surface while
minimizing the risk of breaking pieces.

The goal here is to crash my UH-60 http://www.netpresonic.com/lego/ with full
crew and attached SEAL team and then photo document the wreckage.

These men will die, but for a good cause -- to improve safety features of the
UH-60.



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  Re: Crashing your Lego creation safely...
 
I hate the idea of destroying this incredible helichopter. But, I've left it intack for over 1 year. The parts in the chopter will help me build something else. I also have tons of photographs of this beast. The towel idea makes sense but that will (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Crashing your Lego creation safely...
 
Well it's been 1 year since I wrote the message below. I have yet to crash this helicopter out of pure laziness. The SEALs have completed several missions and the pilots of the UH-60 (lego) Blackhawk are now feeling safe that their craft is safe and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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