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| (...) Instability during construction hints at two potential major problems. The first, and easiest to prove, is that it probably won't stay together as well if you drop it than it would if the pieces had more consistent clutch strenght. The second (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) I can accept that criterion, but if it's a scene-style building set, such as (URL) this one,> then obviously (to me) only a limited amount of turning/picking-up can be expected to be tolerated, during assembly or after. I've had good success (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) It needs to stay together the whole way. If it crumbles in my hands while I am assembling it, using reasonable assembly operations (turning, picking it up, etc) then it doesn't matter whether or not it would putatively be sturdy once I got it (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) A model that keeps falling apart while I build it is fustrating. A little bit of this is fine, but if it happens too much, I will give up on the model. My own building style leans towards beefy from start to finish. That said, I seem to recall (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Bummer! I have that set and didn't notice any problem with clutch power. The vehicle has fold-away walls so that the garbage truck can "transform" into a mobile lab, and the wall panels don't hold together too rigidly, but I've been satisfied (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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