[golux]

I was looking to see if someone posted exactly what you posted. The story makes no sense. Even if one of the reels was seated incorrectly on the deck, and even if the wrong button was FF or RW, which is the only likely possibility, and even if for some reason one of the reels jammed somehow and the other went flying somehow, there would be a pretty easy fix on any product - one repair if that.
Remember how we used to do loops, after all, with your buddy down the hall, a pencil and the “mobius” reel?
LOL I still have my Otaris.

[Windflier]

Even if one of the reels was seated incorrectly on the deck, and even if the wrong button was FF or RW, which is the only likely possibility, and even if for some reason one of the reels jammed somehow and the other went flying somehow, there would be a pretty easy fix on any product - one repair if that.

Exactly. I figure one break at most in that scenario. An easy fix for any competent engineer.

Somebody's exaggerating the hell out of that story.