[MF3D.FORUM:329] Re: Cheap Sputniks

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/28/00, Robert Thorpe wrote:
>Michael Kersenbrock wrote:
>>
>> P.S. - The sputnik came packed better
>> than anything I can recall buying on ebay, and that's been quite
>> a few items/toys.
>
>I got my Sputnik on Ebay from Beijing. They wrapped everything in
>a plastic bag, suspended that in a cardboard box and filled the
>rest of the box with some solidifying liquid foam which became
>quite hard. I had to rip the cardboard away from the foam which
>was sticking to it, then gingerly trim away the foam with a knife.
>The whole process of unwrapping took me over a half hour. But
>there wasn't a scratch or a rattle or anything else bad.

That works very well, but I put the *foam* into the plastic bag. 
Then it doesn't stick to camera or box.
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