et Voilá, Mecha Bugs...

So... my best friend in California sends me this care package of delicious cookies and a couple of stainless steel bug construction kits... I saw that she had already done the dragonfly; I thought I would give the grass hopper a try...

There is nothing more difficult than actually trying to unscrew a tiny screw because the legs are on backwards after I had already started to fold the assembly... :/

I was afraid of the instructions "Take your Time! Follow the instructions with care. Stainless Steel will 'work harden' and fracture if over bent so it is best to get it right the first time."

Talk about no margin for error! I truly wonder how many poor souls had tried to assemble one of these with the most anal care and exerted too much force thus breaking the construct? The world may never know...

In any case, the worst thing that happened to me was just having the legs on backwards... and without further ado, here is my mecha hopper!



She started reproducing right away!