My good friend Didier has had a recent obsession over these small remote controlled helicopters which can be purchased on thinkgeek.com. The first one he got had a broken tail fin and would not fly straight, so he sent it back to get another. I am not sure how the second one flew, but I knew it was not long for this world. So one night he charges this thing atop his Wacom tablet while he watches a movie downstairs. Long story short, the copter shorted out, smoke alarms went off, movies were interrupted, and his helicopter was reduced to nothing but the bubbling fiery mess seen here:

So he sends these pics into Wacom along with this letter:

“Dear Wacom,

My name is Didier Donne and I am an aspiring digital artist. As so I am the proud owner of a Graphire tablet.

About a week ago I purchased a small indoor helicopter toy to fly around with. It was plugged in for charging on my desk on top of my wacom tablet. I proceeded to go downstairs to watch a movie. Halfway through the movie the fire alarm went off and my wife found the helicopter ablaze and melted halfway through my tablet.

Though I can’t use it in its present state, the tablet still works !! It’s amazing how sturdy this thing is. Congratulations on making great products ! I hope to be able to purchase a new one once I have the necessary funds.

Thank you,
Didier Donne”

He got a letter today from Wacom saying they found his story very amusing and if they ever do ads on Wacom’s durability they will use his story. But here is the awesome part; they asked for his address so they could send him a new Graphire 4 for free. I found that extremely nice of them. Way to be Wacom, you rock!