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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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