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This is something that I should have done before now, but it’s time to do some transportation experiments with our metal meeples.  Specifically, I’m going to put five groups of meeples into five different bags, carry them around and beat them up a bit, and see just how well they handle the experience.

1280_MeepleBagTestSplash

First, the “Top Hat” meeples, in a not-quite-silk bag.  It’s the smoothest, softest bag I have on hand.

1280_MeepleBagTestTopHats

Second, the “Dame” meeples in a flashy pink leather bag.  It’s soft, slightly fuzzy leather, just… pink.

1280_MeepleBagTestDames

Third, the “Mad Scientist” meeples in a rubber and metal chain mail bag.  We picked this one up on Kickstarter here, and while it’s a fantastic bag, I’m curious to see how the metals cooperate, or fail to.

1280_MeepleBagTestMadScientists

Fourth, the “Tinkerer” meeples, in a rough burlap sack.  The life of a Tinkerer can be rough, scraping by with odds and ends.

1280_MeepleBagTestTinkerers

Fifth, the “Fairy” meeples will be in a small soft cloth bag, sort of a velour material.  It’s a bit more textured and solid than the silk-like bag.

1280_MeepleBagTestFairies

I’ll hang these on our stationary bicycle and let them bump around a bit, then pack them in a backpack for a while, letting them mosh about in the bottom.  We’ll see how things turn out, and I’ll take some “after” photos after a week of the beatings.

See you on the other side!

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Just a quick observation this time:  The Mad Science Metal Meeples are out the door later today, so that’s another Kickstarter project wrapped and polished off.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tishtoshtesh/tinker-bits-ii-mad-science-metal-meeples/posts/1952937

I’ve no idea what happens next.  I have 3 projects I’d like to do… tomorrow, but this pesky thing called “real life” has me scrambling to see about getting a second college degree in a maybe-futile effort at a new career.  This is also why I haven’t written here much in the past few years; the simple problem with finding ways to pay the bills means I don’t have the luxury of blathering as much as I’d like.  There’s no lack of ideas, just a lack of time.

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