# Garbage collection frustration!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection-frustration/244682
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 20, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection-frustration/244682 "2007-11-20T21:32:30Z")
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### Author: ![sceneshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection-frustration/244682/1 "2007-11-20T21:32:30Z")

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Hey guys,

I have a project which creates 9 gallery frames. Each frame is a simple square movieclip with an alpha of 0. When all 9 movieclips have been created, I am attempting to tween them in using TweenLite or the Flash tween engine.

The problem comes completely randomly, my tween function cycles through each of the 9 movieclips and fades it to 1… but occasionally when I run the movie, the first movieclip stays at 0! This happens completely randomly and after some research I believe it is a garbage collection issue? Can anyone suggest how I can fix it?