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Re: Droopy Star Destroyer
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:30:29 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Tim McSweeney wrote:
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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.
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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 (about 8 studs wide by 6 bricks tall) in the corner of my Lego room with
absolutely no evidence of damage. That same model spent the previous year under
the stairs on 2 ‘feet’, one of which bore 90% or more of the weight, the other
was just to balance it.
Hope that helps,
James
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Heat was my first suspect as well, however what possible source of heat is there in the center of the top of a modern fridge? The lightbulb inside? maybe it's not going out when I close the door! :) And how hot would it have to get to fuse (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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