Snap together Hinged Star Fidget Toy

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I was browsing for fidget toys to print when I stumbled upon this one:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2667803\r\n\r\nStar hinge fidget toy by chkno. I downloaded the eight-pointed star and printed it out, but it fused together and breaking it apart didn't work well.\r\n\r\nI started thinking that I could create something similar, but in a snap-together version.\r\n\r\nThere are two types of arms: one with one peg and two holes, and one with two pegs and one hole. Each arm comes in five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve-pointed varieties. You need to print out one of each arm for each point you want.\r\n\r\nIf you're a huge Game Of Thrones fan, and you want the seven-pointed star, you would print out seven Arm1-7 and seven Arm2-7.\r\n\r\nOnce printed, they snap together easily, following the pictures shown here for guidance. It usually takes me a few minutes to compare the picture to the parts I have in hand to put one together.\r\n\r\nI printed the eight-pointed star and the seven-pointed star in some MatterHacker's Premium PLA, and the parts snapped together with no problem. However, when I tried printing the five-pointed star in some generic PLA, the pegs broke every time I attempted to snap them together. I'm not sure if it's the design or the PLA.\r\n\r\nI added a comment asking how others get along with their prints.\r\n\r\nLater, I beefed up the pegs a little so they are less likely to break. Additionally, I included arms for nine, ten, eleven, and twelve-pointed stars in the design.\r\n\r\nMy son challenged me to create a four-pointed star using this design, and then he asked if I could make a three-pointed star as well. They work, but there isn't much play in them, and the four-pointed star looks like an offensive symbol. Nevertheless, I'm adding the three and four-pointed star arms to the collection.