GuyIncognito wrote:Why they can't recreate the lost molds, I have no idea. Couldn't they just dis-assemble an existing figure, scan the parts with a 3-D scanner, and recreate the mold?
GuyIncognito wrote:I would think that with today's technology they could make a new mold that's so close to the original that most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference with the naked eye. It would be easier than designing an entirely new mold from scratch, wouldn't it?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
What would be the point tho? If you have to make a new tooling from scratch, you may as well add articulation and other bells and whistles.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
mooncake623 wrote:Why don't they just KO the KO dinobots. =X
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Why don't they just KO the KO dinobots. =X
Now you're going to a new low. Why would you want a figure of worse quality than KO quality?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Why don't they just KO the KO dinobots. =X
Now you're going to a new low. Why would you want a figure of worse quality than KO quality?
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Amelie wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Why don't they just KO the KO dinobots. =X
Now you're going to a new low. Why would you want a figure of worse quality than KO quality?
This. The tooling on those things is poor. Didn't you ever pirate video tapes? Doing that is like the 3rd generation copy. Never good
Amelie wrote:As already said (I even did an exhaustive thread about this a long time ago) - new molds could be made for any G1 toy, provided they either had the master copy or had an unblemished original. They've recast Soundwave, Megatron (I own a G1 and a reissue. You can tell that at least SOME molds were recast), Jazz, Optimus Prime in the past - as well as made running changes to Hotrod and Kup.
These things are made of metal. They're hugely heavy and costly to not only make - but keep in storage as well. Not to mention it isn't "one" mold - it'll be several for just one figure and even then they need duplicates of each to have a production line.
It comes down to business sense. If they have the kit available to reissue, then they'll reissue when they think they'll earn their profit. If they need to recast the molds, then they'll need to be sure its a figure they can either repaint or is guaranteed a solid return. Optimus Prime and Soundwave were no brainers - everyone loves Prime and Soundwave, and ol' Cassetteman can be redeco'd into Soundblaster. It would be interesting to find out which characters were most popular in Japan, to compare them to the encore choices.
It Is Him wrote:Since Takara is repairing molds, anything is fair game. Considering the dinobots are the stars of a new movie this year, it would seem that this year or next year would be the time to do it. Synergy and other beryllium baloney
Also wasn't there a rumor of a dinobot gift set at one point?
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
fenrir72 wrote:No no no Amelie. I opened those shoulders and it had a square peg that "functioned" like a ratchet if you want to be specific then. That is why G1 Bruticus when transformed, Onslaught's arms stayed up pointed to the back. The Baldigus mold up until Encore didn't have that feature (the square peg was a smoothened peg instead)so when you swing is arms up, the shoulders follow it in unison.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
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