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Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:26:36 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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When the Star Destroyer came out last year, I got one for Christmas and of
course put it together right away. It had a place of honor on my desk.
Lately, though, I’ve noticed the nose drooping. So I took the bridge assembly
off and things started shattering, which had never happened before. So I
disassembled it, and found some pieces had been bent, most noticeably the
long Technic beams:
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<DELURK>
I’ve got rather a weird and at the same time traumatic addendum to this story.
(those of weak constitution may not want to click on the links)
I was worried about this happening to my ISD and so took it down from it’s perch
atop the fridge with the intention of removing all the plating and flipping the
triangular frame upside down.
Before I even moved it I noticed that one of the DkGray 10x1 plates on the legs
had shattered in place. uh-oh.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tmcsweeney/Misc/ISD-Damage/damage_01.jpg
(Sorry for the large images)
Once I had it down on the floor and had removed the super structure and deck
plates I tried dismantling the legs and feet. Three came apart without problems
but the front left foot had undergone a strange transformation. The bricks in
the foot had become very very brittle and had fused together. This combination
meant that it was impossible to get them apart without breaking them. (Just
sliding a thumbnail under a brick was enough to cause it to shatter)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tmcsweeney/Misc/ISD-Damage/damage_03.jpg
The actual 16x1 technic beams that make up the legs appear to be fine but one
4x8 black plate that holds the legs together and the afore mentioned 10x1 plate
both shattered. The entire foot piece was fused solid and the technic pins
holding it to the leg just crumbled when I pulled the foot off.
The 4x6 technic “box” was full of cracks even before I tried dismantling the
foot as were the sloping technic pieces on either side.
The only piece not affected was the 1x6 gray plate that acts as a facing on the
front of the foot, but the blue half pins that hold it in place both
disintegrated.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tmcsweeney/Misc/ISD-Damage/damage_02.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tmcsweeney/Misc/ISD-Damage/damage_04.jpg
I bought the model on preorder as soon as it came out and put it together
straight away. It’s been untouched on top of my fridge since then (10 months?)
The foot in question was well clear of any warm air coming up from the back of
the fridge and there is no sign of any chemical spill that could have caused
this. This was the only part of the ISD affected plus there was a full set of
minis sitting around it and they are all fine.
My working theory is that either because of undulations in my fridge top or a
slight unbalance in the model the front left leg was carrying most of the ISDs
weight and that after such a long period the pressure somehow affected the
plastic. I’ve never seen anything like this before.
I’ve written to consumer services and sent them the damaged pieces, it will be
interesting to see if they can work out what may have happened.
Cheers
Tim
Gallery Post Mod:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=56350
On the plus side it got me to finally get a brickshelf account and set up my
machine here for lugnet posting!
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| (...) I would lay strong odds that it's related to temperature fluctuations; perhaps a 'hot spot' on the top of the fridge. Certainly it isn't because of weight. For well over 6 months, I had a 26 pound Battlestar Galactica frame sitting on it's end (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Droopy Star Destroyer
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| When the Star Destroyer came out last year, I got one for Christmas and of course put it together right away. It had a place of honor on my desk. Lately, though, I've noticed the nose drooping. So I took the bridge assembly off and things started (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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