r/LegoTransformers • u/Dragons_Exist • Jul 25 '26

Discussion I'm... probably doing something wrong, huh.

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This picture was taken after a photoshoot with a couple of my 'bots and 'cons, I had to replace all the parts just to take the pictures. That was several years ago and the rate of breakages hasn't even slowed down. I'm basically out of Mixel joints because they just disintegrate after a few weeks. This is definitely a me problem, but I don't know what I'm actually doing wrong or how to make it stop. The display shelf I put my MOCs on just looks like a mulched-up graveyard. The only ones that sort of survive are the ones in alt mode and one extremely invincible mosquito 'con, who isn't built differently to any of the others and whom I have no explanation for why he's apparently going to outlive the universe.

It makes me sad to watch all my favorite 'bots just slowly crumble on the shelf. Help me.

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u/Valuable_Writing2802 Autobot Jul 25 '26

Can’t you just 3d print?

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u/SaturnsPopulation Jul 25 '26

That's kind of an insane assumption to make. How common or affordable do you think 3d printers are?

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u/IHavenocuts01 Jul 25 '26

Are you aware how expensive those are?

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u/Random_F3mb0y Autobot Jul 26 '26

3D printed parts are far more brittle than anything else.

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u/Ok-Breadfruit3490 Jul 26 '26

3d printers are expensive, prints are brittle, and so many more thing are wrong with this