Flash 5 speed in movieclip duplication

this is my situation:
I have a "cube" matrix containing boolean values: its
dimension is 10 x 10 x 10.
I have an isometric cube movieclip: it rapresents a matrix
cell.
In the render function of the matrix i clicle on the 3
dimensions X, Y, Z; if the boolen value is true then I duplicate
the movieclip and I put it in the right place (right coordinates).
If I have few "true" value there's no problem....
I tried to fill my matrix only with true values... the render
funcion was very slow (about 2 seconds) for my purpose (it
duplicates and creates 1000 (10 x 10 x 10) movieclips).
is it a Flash limit (or Flash 5 limit!!!!!)?
are new Flash releases optimized in movieclip duplication?
thanks a lot

create a new directory and save your fla (with a new name) in that directory. restart your computer and then open that new fla in flash cs 5.5 and see if it performs better.

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