[ They click together pretty smoothly; the joints are too small to do too much damage, other than a bit of discomfort. Mostly they produce a relatively seamless shape when they're all together. ]

Nah, they're metal - and designed to be tough to crush. The circuits inside'll break before the outside does. And they're all interchangeable so you really gotta destroy a lot to deal with them properly.

[ He knows, having had to do just that. ]