so i am a hero

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And sometimes he helps to be a little hero. As the grandfather has the privilege of giving his grandchildren something special, even if they are small. In this case, it's a small green car that can separate from all its parts when driven into a solid object. Every cabinet and wall is a welcome opponent for this game because the loser is fixed from the beginning. Unfortunately, one of these crashes remained with lasting consequences, leaving a part no longer locked. What happened? A detent operated by a spring mechanism was broken off due to a slightly too strong impact. It seemed like the beloved toy was destined for the aisle of all broken toys. But the grandfather has the privilege of taking a closer look and deciding what's feasible and what's not. The simplest solution, I thought initially, would be to buy a new toy, but unfortunately, it's no longer commercially available. The only option left was to see if there was any repairable damage that could be fixed. At first, I thought it was extremely unlikely to find a repair solution, but my ambition was aroused, and so I decided to build the broken part. For this purpose, an intact locking nose was removed, of which there are 4 pieces within the damaged case. Armed with calipers and DesignSpark Mechanical 1.0, I went to the reconstruction of the faulty part. After the reconstruction was done, it was time for printing. Three-quarters of an hour later, the result was tangible - the pieces were printed and working, at least one, because the others are still in the matrix. So that you can imagine what this actually meant, a little video below shows the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np0P-b3UHxA&feature=youtu.be, and the attached pictures provide additional information.