Capsela, the game that changed my life

Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by snarfy on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:21AM (#8798870)

I had the big kit. It was one of the most awesome toys. I looked into buying one again but there seem to be a lot of poor reviews of the newer versions. They don't make them like they used to, and the old versions are pricey retro items. I thought about 3D printing something similar, but for the amount of time involved it's worth it to buy the real thing.

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Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by jfroma on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:34AM (#8798908)

Also I wouldn't recommend buying a used set. The joints can't hold two pieces together after some time.

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Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by beedogs on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:39AM (#8798919)

From what I remember as a kid, they'd develop little cracks along the facets of the connectors, which killed the friction that keeps everything stuck together.

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Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by jfroma on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:51AM (#8798952)

Exactly, these cracks are made when disassembling models, sometimes is very hard to remove the connector

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Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by mantis369 on Friday December 26, 2014 @10:38AM (#8799067)

That's one thing I can say for Robotix: the pieces that move are virtually indestructible.

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Re:Capsela, the game that changed my life by Retra on Friday December 26, 2014 @03:59PM (#8800346)

The look like they are made out of that hard, splintery plastic.

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