Resetting Movieclips Position

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Hello,

I have a setup where a girl is holding a card on there are words on each card and as time goes by they fall to the ground. The problem I am running into is that the cards never go back into the loop of cards, once they are out I am just left with a blank card. How could I have it reset this?

I know my code isn’t the best so if you have any ideas on how to do anything better please feel free to offer your suggestion.

Thanks,
Saveth


//CLASS IMPORTS
import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

//PLACE ARM ABOVE CARDS
arm_mc.swapDepths(100000);

//VARIABLES
var numOfItems:Number;
var home:MovieClip = this;
var delay:Number = 3000;

//POSITION INITIALIZATION
tagline_mc._x = 810;
tagline_mc._y = 114;
tagline2_mc._x = 382;
tagline2_mc._y = -200;
tagline3_mc._x = 382;
tagline3_mc._y = 500;
tagline4_mc._x = 382;
tagline4_mc._y = 114;

//ALPHA INITIALIZATION
tagline4_mc._alpha = 0;

//HUGE TWEEN
var twTaglineFirstIn:Tween = new Tween(tagline_mc, "_x", Strong.easeOut, tagline_mc._x, 382, 1, true);

twTaglineFirstIn.onMotionStopped = function()
{
    var twTaglineFirstOut:Tween = new Tween(tagline_mc, "_x", Strong.easeIn, tagline_mc._x, 810, 1, true);
    
    twTaglineFirstOut.onMotionStopped = function()
    {
        var twTaglineSecondIn:Tween = new Tween(tagline2_mc, "_y", Strong.easeOut, tagline2_mc._y, 114, 1, true);

        twTaglineSecondIn.onMotionStopped = function()
        {
            var twTaglineSecondOut:Tween = new Tween(tagline2_mc, "_y", Strong.easeIn, tagline2_mc._y, -200, 1, true);
            
            twTaglineSecondOut.onMotionStopped = function()
            {
                var twTaglineThirdIn:Tween = new Tween(tagline3_mc, "_y", Strong.easeOut, tagline3_mc._y, 114, 1, true);
                
                twTaglineThirdIn.onMotionStopped = function()
                {
                    var twTaglineThirdOut:Tween = new Tween(tagline3_mc, "_y", Strong.easeIn, tagline3_mc._y, 500, 1, true);
                    
                    twTaglineThirdOut.onMotionStopped = function()
                    {
                        var twTaglineFourthAlpha:Tween = new Tween(tagline4_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 1, true);
                    };
                };
            };
        };
    };
};


//PARSE AND LOAD XML
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function() {
    var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
    numOfItems = nodes.length;
    for (var i = 0; i<numOfItems; i++) {
        var t = home.attachMovie("card_mc", "card_mc"+i, i+1);
        t._x = 206;
        t._y = 148;
        t.words = nodes*.attributes.name;
        t.cardText.text = t.words;
        //DRAG OBJECTS
        /*t.onPress = function() {
        startDrag(this, false, 0+(this._width/2), 0+(this._height/2), Stage.width-(this._width/2), Stage.height-(this._height/2));
        };
        t.onRelease = things*.onReleaseOutside=function () {
        stopDrag();
        };*/
        t.onRelease = released;
    }
};

xml.load("names.xml");

//SET DROP INTERVAL
dropInterval = setInterval(drop, delay);

//INITIALIZE COUNTER
var counter:Number = 21;

//DROP CARDS FUNCTION
function drop() {
    var t:MovieClip = home["card_mc"+counter];
    var tw:Tween = new Tween(t, "_y", Strong.easeOut, t._y, 450, 1, true);
}

//DROP CARDS ON RELEASE FUNCTION
function released() {
    delete this.onRelease;
    clearInterval(dropInterval);
    var t:MovieClip = this;
    if (t == this) {
        var tw:Tween = new Tween(t, "_y", Strong.easeOut, t._y, 450, 1, true);
    }
}