This Summer is Going ot be Lit!

[Melrosejedi]

As a kid of gen x, this was a fun game.

[SignOfZeta]

It came with the original fins, and I would rather not break those for vintage value sake. I'll slap on some 3d printed ones and break those.

I don’t remember these being prone to breakage. Did they get brittle with age? I honestly haven’t put hands on these since 1984 so I can’t recall but I thought the plastic was soft-ish.

[flyweightnate]

I don’t remember these being prone to breakage. Did they get brittle with age? I honestly haven’t put hands on these since 1984 so I can’t recall but I thought the plastic was soft-ish.

A lot of "plasticizers" precipitate over time, so you get rubbery nodes and brittle bodies instead of a good, homogenous mix. Safe bet they're more brittle then when new, if not necessarily fragile.

The neoprene in the Apollo space suits is the prime example. Instead of being soft and rubbery, it's now a mix of powder and goo.

[SignOfZeta]

I wouldn’t doubt something like that happening it’s just that nobody has mentioned it. Somehow the conversation went straight to 3D printing but no reason was explained. Even if the OG were somewhat more fragile than new…guess what, every orientation for printing this design in FDM will also be weaker than the original because FDM is massively weaker than injection plastic. There are innumerable plastic parts this old that are still doing great, some are now mush. It depends on many factors…again, none of this was mentioned.

Aren’t the tips the controversial bad-ass part? Don’t they rust or corrode? Why aren’t we talking about copying that? There’s something about our brains that sends people down the path of 3D printing automatically…

[$L!mBo]

these should be incorporated into the high noon duels at Slim s somehow

😂😂😂

[Chuck E Ducky]

Loser gets a lawn dart air raid.

[$L!mBo]

the inflatable bunkers will love this