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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vespa" data-source="post: 1708108" data-attributes="member: 71072">I recently posted a similar story - I dropped my ED50 (which was in a stay on case), and it broke in exactly the same way at the angle.  I wasnt impressed; it only dropped from waist level and had a stay on case for some protection.  When it was in two bits it looked pretty flimsy, it had broken at the plastic screw points which just didn't look substantial enough.  Scopes should be able to take a little bashing around, who hasn't dropped or knocked theirs?To cut a long story short - it went off to Nikon for 'assessment' and they wanted to charge about £120 to repair.  I said 'no thanks' and got to work with super glue and some very thick tape which was bound around until the two sections couldnt move apart.  Basically if the internal mechanism isnt damaged its just a case of sticking the body back together.It's now working perfectly and as its back in its case you'd never know any different! :t:</blockquote>