I wonder how they handed the quality control of this. I got a really badly damaged d20 mold from them and they told me they hand check everything and that I was lying (: They did send me a new dice mold so like.. yah
I’d love a review of the mini dive mold and giant d20, I don’t plan to buy it, but I really enjoy your reviews and just seeing you make dice or other resin projects. Btw, I really miss the terrain videos
@@Rybonator I really do recommend the mini dice mold with UV resin, it works really well. I mostly just make earrings with it (which it is perfect for), but it works best with some force on the lid to really minimize the flashing. For epoxy I might recommend putting something on top of it while curing because if you squish it and then release, you just add bubbles. Hopefully this helps for if you do the mini dice (if you haven't already filmed it)
Ohhhh, your lid explanation might shed some light as to why I had been struggling to get good dice out of the molds I made myself. I might have to try making new molds and compare my results =)
Oh yay love the review videos. Good or bad it’s always nice to hear your take on things and see any issues that might arise. While I would definitely like to see the tiny dice mold just to see if it works, it might also be nice to see another mold making video where you make your own tiny dice mold. I’m sure there are a lot of different challenges when it comes to making something on such a small scale and it would be cool to see that journey. Plus I bet you could use it to do cool things with leftover resin from bigger dice projects as long as it doesn’t get too hard between pours.
it's interesting how much more complicated and yet still problematic their designs have become. I hope they keep trying-solely to see you make more videos on them! :D
I am glad that I am not the only one who has been having issues with them. I would recommend not trying the chonk as you will be bitterly disappointed with the voids it produces. As for the mini dice mold, you need a flat metal nozzle and either a squeeze bottle or syringe to get the resin down into the small hole in the top. The keys are good, but you will need elastic bands holding it together or your resin will flow out the bottom of the mold. I went back to making molds with dragonskin and sortaclear from Smooth-On and not one void in a dice from them yet. Hope this helps!!
For nearly $100, you'd be far better off making your own molds, or buying from known mold makers on Etsy/instagram. 3/10 Hope this helps you in your purchasing decisions :) Also, ad plug - The first 1,000 people to use the link or my code rybonator get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/rybonator07221 so yeah. If you wanna learn stuff, do that :)
It did help actually as i was about to pull the trigger on these. But now i´l probably put in a bit more and go with diceyencounters mold. It looks really good.
Thank you for the review. I have occasionally thought about buying their set molds but since seeing this video I will make sure to avoid wasting my money by buying
Thank you for the review, it's very useful! I'd like to see the minis and the big d20, though given the history of Sophie & Toffee dice molds, I don't have high hopes for either A dice set theme idea specifically for you: **robot fish dice** since you are Rybonator. The fish is right there in your name!
Thank you so much for this! I honestly was gobsmacked when they released this mess of an item. It started with the box which was 6 months delayed (They only gave the chonk and mini dice in the box the thank you for not canceling your order after 6 months of uncertainty was a free tiny bottle of S+T pigment) When they released the dice set it was so similarly priced to DiceyEncounters that I was better off getting a mold from them! Like I couldn't believe they were charging Artist prices for these cheapo molds. I'm so happy you did this video! I'm happy to see them in action and I'd love to see the Chonk and minis too. I regretfully have them since I ordered the box but I just...don't want to use them before I see someone HONESTLY review them like you do.
@@Rybonator I love their molds and have bought quite a few before I get confidence in sanding and finishing my own masters I honestly think for the price point Dicey does amazing starter molds for those wanting to get into it! And tbh if someone was wanting to buy S+T dice molds...I'd just say buy Diceys instead!
This actually makes me feel better on how my dice made from their molds in the past turned out. I was also really new to resin and that was one of my first big projects, so this (and your videos in general!) gave me more insight on what to try when I'm ready to try again. Thank you!
These review videos are so helpful. Even though I never intend to buy molds, these are a great way to see various design choices that can make or break a mold
These reviews are so helpful, I really want to make dice and I can afford it I’m just choosing how I want to do it, I don’t want to make mistakes when making my own moulds but I don’t want to spend everything I own on ones which don’t work, thank you for this video
Thanks for this review, along with the other dice mold reviews you’ve done for Sophie and Tophie. I’d like to see a review of the mini dice set since I like to use mini dice.
Easy to see where the problem is, after the squish of the top part of the mold is squeezes out any extra and leaves the air bubbles inside. Then when the pressure pot compresses the air there is no extra resin to fill in the void... As you say not made by a person who actually has tried dice making.
I'd definitely like to see the tiny and massive ones particularly because the extra weight may help the D20. I always like seeing little dice though so it'd be cool to see those
Yikes, I thought there might be problems but wasn't aware they would be this bad, definitely avoiding these. I would love to see the other two dice moulds as well to see if they're any better!
amazing review, i'd love to see a review of the big d20 and the small set!! idea for another video: making dice with duochrome/multichrome/colour-shift pigment? i mostly see it used in watercolour paint/ink and also makeup, which makes me imagine it's mica/powder-based and i think it could make some REALLY cool dice :0
so, I get the Elves Box and Disney boxes; I have the new mini dice and the giant d20, plus their Kingdom Hearts dice molds. What confused me is that on their Kingdom Hearts mold, the special emblem is on the LID as 1 instead of on the bottom to take up the highest value. Which means that whoever made that design decision doesn't know gaming dice. And I've yet to see S&T mention a pressure pot or vacuum chamber with any of their molds. I feel like they specialize in small, UV resin crafts, and not really in thicker projects.
They did the logo on the lid so that they didn't have to REMAKE all the bottoms. Easier to just pop on a new lid than do the bottom stuff. So that's why it's on the 1 :/ But yeah, they are mostly an ART thing, not a dice/useable resin company I have found
It would be fun to see you tackle the minin one just for the sheer frustration it would bring (they suggest you make the dice as two halves and then join them manually.... ) The big chonker would be fun tho.
I had a feeling that would be the case with these mold. My Chonk D20 mold from the box is horribly off center and I have to make sure the top is placed a certain way for it to be center and when working with resin you sometimes don't have time to make sure it sits 100% right. I am unsure if S&T actually have a pressure pot to test these molds in from what I have seen them talk about. Which would explain why the molds are awful with pressure pots. Dice with voids and bubbles is not what anyone wants.
so basically these molds are made so that you can push out the dice along with removing said dice from the mold, which is good for those that want to make dice with this set. Also, review the ones from the start of this video
These remind me of a higher quality version of the wish dice molds. Especially the resulting dice, the only thing different is that they don’t have the gap problem.
I love S&T molds but not these. I bought a couple of the regular dice molds and can not get decent usable dice from it. I am glad to see its not just me having the problem.
I took me two minutes in the video to say "No thanks" to those molds, still watched the whole video, but certainly not Sophie & Toffee. Still waiting on the carved egg shell dice BTW, Liz is already working on the idea haha
@@Rybonator Even if you would mess up the first attempt I'd still think it would be a fun experience, wouldn't be that different from your diorama dice, just need a bit more creativity and a bit of skill. You would have no issue plugging skillshare, I can say that much haha.
Thanks for this. One mold you might like is from SilverLite Studio. They make an all-in-one cap mold that makes a set of seven with an extra D20. The dice come out damn near ready to roll.
Here's the thing: S&T is never going to improve, because their dice molds are cheap crap mass-manufactured in China. They don't make the molds themselves, they buy them wholesale without any care or thought for quality. Look on alibaba/aliexpress and wish, and you will find those exact same molds. That is why there is no consistency with their design, and why sometimes their molds are very obviously ripped off a custom dice maker's style (Both shape and font). Honestly, the only way I'd ever use anything else from them is if THEY paid ME.
So what is a good silicone mole set? Maybe do a top 5. Yeah! A top 5 purchased set of molds for dice. (I mean we can look back and make our own as you have shown but, some of us are REALLY lazy) (or brand new and have never made their own dice molds.)
I’d like a review on the chonk d20, it keeps getting advertised to me. Though I imagine how the rest of their moulds have turned out, it’s probably not great.
Odd that even with the pressure pot you still get such large bubbles with these. I wonder if a thinner, more flexible silicone in the same designs would limit more of the issues. Probably not though.
Would like to see the big D20 review, mostly because I got one, and haven't found it to be too bad aside from the extra flashing around the middle of the 3 part mold. Other issues I've been putting down to not having a pressure pot combined with it being big enough to potentially warrant needing to be done in 2 pours. Any I've tried to do as a single pour just ended up with voids on the 1 face where the bubbles have risen up during curing. Whereas doing them in 2 pours has resulted in no voids, but there is usually a visible row of bubbles between the two layers of resin. So far I've tried making 5 dice, 1 I did as one big pour, and there was just far too much air in the resin, so voids galore, but the others have come out as reasonable looking raw dice (not sanded/polished them yet) However i've got a few bits and bobs ready to try and make my own bodged together pressure pot to see if that helps with the air bubbles so I can also make transparent dice xD
These molds look like the kids are not made WITH the base, as in they are all same at the same time with separate pieces, and now how we make molds by using stuff like mold release/vaseline over top with more silicone over the existing mold. to make the lid. But rather it looks more like 3d printed parts for all the pieces that the silicones poured over to make the whole mold at the same time. Thus they do fit together but don't form that good a seal and allow air to slip in. To be fair you don't need a very thick lid. All of my molds are 40mm square for a full standard size. That means for the d20 I have 10mm along all the edges, including the lid and I don't have issues with bubbles like that. It's more along how well of a seal the lid creates to the mold so when the pressure pots are put into play it sucks the lid down solid and does not let any air slip in. (seen this with clear molds and putting a go pro onside to see what it does). But then we are making our lids by pouring silicone over top the existing mold and master.
I genuinely cannot fathom how they built up their brand on "easy" dice molds and still make obvious errors the entire time. This is at least your fifth video on their molds and they never seem to meaningfully improve. Most baffling of all, why even make something that bad for the price instead of making something that actually works and sell magnitudes of stock?
They really specialize more in resin crafting molds (things like trinket boxes and trays), but I'd guess they keep revisiting them because their subscription box sold out much faster than usual the first few times they had dice. And probably people are still willing to give them another chance since the subscription is half of what the molds themselves are listed for.
Well.. they are slowly getting there as each set is a vast improvement over the previous one. But yeah.. they have a long way to go. Now what is worse of a crime in that regard is green stuff worlds dice kit.... Because their entire thing is tabletop gaming stuff.
@@tawesssoabbox I wouldn't call any of them "vast" improvements. It took them 4 videos worth of mold styles to put usable keys and registrations on a set. Their molds still have unacceptable flaws like the sloppy flashing on the molds themselves. But I guess making molds for dice that have all the same sized faces is applauseworthy? This set costs about 100$ and is full of basic mistakes. Their entire business is made on silicone molds, you'd think they'd maybe know what they're doing.
@@elogan5817 Unless they totally switch gears in the future, Sophie & Toffee is not a gaming dice mold company - their products are geared more for resin crafters who are into making things such as keychain charms and trinkets, and not necessarily "useable" resin pieces. This newest set they've come out with IS too expensive and lacking quality control even for making the dice into charms or decoration-only pieces, but it does have some improvements over their first tries at making dice molds. They tend to actually listen to customer feedback, so may try making newer dice molds in the future, but for making sellable/playable resin dice I'd just make my own following one of Rybonator's dice mold tutorials.
@@geminidragon33 This isn't a question of what would be the most fiscally sound decision for people who want to get into dicemaking, That would always be DIY, because you trade upfront cost for effort. The point I was making is that, no matter if this is their main focus or not, the combination of price and multiple useless iterations of the base product is unacceptable. Unbelievable too. If a cook is used to making italian food but wants to sell japanese food, you'd at least expect them to look up a recipe or two. S&T, in this analogy, is ALREADY specializing in their specific kind of mold type (silicon molds) but continuously ignoring both feedback and common sense. There seems to be no quality control, no second thought behind the design of their products. If they don't care about giving people the ability to make usable dice, that's understandable. But creating expensive bullshit molds to catch people who don't know better is bordering on sinister.
They had a kingdom hearts dice mold set in their Disney subscription box (but they also had similar quality control issues, like numbers being off centered).
Are there any specific molds from Etsy you'd recommend? My partner and I are looking into a hobby for our mental health and want to nail the mixing of resin and such before we make our own molds.
The dice size thing is my problem with Artisan Dice (along with a lot of other things). I just can't get behind the look. Since they're machined, the longest distance across any die is the same, so the d6 (a cube of this longest dimension) looks huge compared to the rest. All the dice could fit inside the d6, since they all share that longest dimension. Setting aside all the other issues with the company, I could never own Artisan Dice because I hate the way they look.
i have a question for a dice set i want to make. can you use marbles in the centre of dice or will the weight be too lopsided? are marbles even compatible with resin?
I was super disappointed with the jumbo d20 mold. I used it once and tried a petri poor. The alcohol ink fused the silicone to the resin and ruined it.
I post on the latest video just to make that point: if you are a bit dumb like me, please use safety gloves when handling a exacto knive. Yours sincerely, me who spend last Friday in ER
Fair enough, I try and keep specific topics on specific videos however, otherwise then 1/2 of the video would be about something nobody came expecting.
I’d love to see a mini dice and chunk d20 mold review! Sophie and Toffee is just…awful. Clearly mass-produced, cheap stuff that can never measure up to a handmade mold.
I just bought this set and the chonk mould literally about 4 hours ago...£120 🫣 damn I'm gutted, I thought they'd be a good size set and faultless...those moulds look like it's a set of minis 🤦🏻♀️ I've just been back to their website and left a message asking for a refund but no reply on their live chat. Fingers 🤞🏻 I don't lose my cash to substandard, I couldn't see anything relating to " how to cancel an order" 😮💨
Great review. I'm glad you mentioned the issue with having a large lip on the d20. Had I known that the first time I bought dice molds I would have started by making my own. On a different note I've been making Galaxy style dice using purple, blue, and pink with a bit of glitter mixed in then lightly swirling them. I think you would enjoy making some of the same.
That is a bummer. Those looked so promising. I would love to see the other two anyway. Especially the giant D20 mold, that's the one I was wanting to get. I had many plans for it, if it was good, but now I am unsure and would love to see what your thoughts are on it. Great video as always!
Dang Rip Sophie n toffee with their dice molds, just doesn't seem to be their thing unfortunately. Great review!!
I really wish they could get it right enough for me to recommend them to people. It'd be an easy starting point for a long of folks :/
@@Rybonator any recommendations for someone who wants to start like me for a set of molds?
@@syrune303 DiceyEncounters!! Please I cannot recommend them enough!! Their molds are reaaallly amazing
I wonder how they handed the quality control of this. I got a really badly damaged d20 mold from them and they told me they hand check everything and that I was lying (: They did send me a new dice mold so like.. yah
@@Flyingchipmunkofd00m my order is in, thank you!
I’d love a review of the mini dive mold and giant d20, I don’t plan to buy it, but I really enjoy your reviews and just seeing you make dice or other resin projects. Btw, I really miss the terrain videos
I can do that :) Maybe I'll do a new terrain build... I haven't done one of those in ages :)
@@Rybonator I really do recommend the mini dice mold with UV resin, it works really well. I mostly just make earrings with it (which it is perfect for), but it works best with some force on the lid to really minimize the flashing. For epoxy I might recommend putting something on top of it while curing because if you squish it and then release, you just add bubbles. Hopefully this helps for if you do the mini dice (if you haven't already filmed it)
Ohhhh, your lid explanation might shed some light as to why I had been struggling to get good dice out of the molds I made myself. I might have to try making new molds and compare my results =)
Oh yay love the review videos. Good or bad it’s always nice to hear your take on things and see any issues that might arise. While I would definitely like to see the tiny dice mold just to see if it works, it might also be nice to see another mold making video where you make your own tiny dice mold. I’m sure there are a lot of different challenges when it comes to making something on such a small scale and it would be cool to see that journey. Plus I bet you could use it to do cool things with leftover resin from bigger dice projects as long as it doesn’t get too hard between pours.
I could try that :) That's certainly lots of complications when it comes to making your own tiny dice molds, but it could be worth a shot!
More dice mold reviews are in order! Great review
Happy to keep reviewing them :) Also thank you!
it's interesting how much more complicated and yet still problematic their designs have become. I hope they keep trying-solely to see you make more videos on them! :D
I'm looking forward to round 4 :P
I am glad that I am not the only one who has been having issues with them. I would recommend not trying the chonk as you will be bitterly disappointed with the voids it produces. As for the mini dice mold, you need a flat metal nozzle and either a squeeze bottle or syringe to get the resin down into the small hole in the top. The keys are good, but you will need elastic bands holding it together or your resin will flow out the bottom of the mold. I went back to making molds with dragonskin and sortaclear from Smooth-On and not one void in a dice from them yet. Hope this helps!!
Thank you Rybonater! Saved me nearly $100! 😅
Happy to help :)
For nearly $100, you'd be far better off making your own molds, or buying from known mold makers on Etsy/instagram. 3/10 Hope this helps you in your purchasing decisions :)
Also, ad plug - The first 1,000 people to use the link or my code rybonator get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/rybonator07221 so yeah. If you wanna learn stuff, do that :)
What are some reliable mold makers?
Any reviews/recommendations for etsy molds/mold makers?
@@Xanthira222 DiceEncounters makes some great molds and they're the ones Rybonator uses for his core/shell dice.
It did help actually as i was about to pull the trigger on these. But now i´l probably put in a bit more and go with diceyencounters mold. It looks really good.
They charge $100 for those...!!!! Wow....and such poor quality too. Fantastic honest review 👏
Thank you for the review. I have occasionally thought about buying their set molds but since seeing this video I will make sure to avoid wasting my money by buying
Better to save that $100 :)
Thank you for the review, it's very useful! I'd like to see the minis and the big d20, though given the history of Sophie & Toffee dice molds, I don't have high hopes for either
A dice set theme idea specifically for you: **robot fish dice** since you are Rybonator. The fish is right there in your name!
Thank you so much for this! I honestly was gobsmacked when they released this mess of an item. It started with the box which was 6 months delayed (They only gave the chonk and mini dice in the box the thank you for not canceling your order after 6 months of uncertainty was a free tiny bottle of S+T pigment) When they released the dice set it was so similarly priced to DiceyEncounters that I was better off getting a mold from them! Like I couldn't believe they were charging Artist prices for these cheapo molds. I'm so happy you did this video! I'm happy to see them in action and I'd love to see the Chonk and minis too. I regretfully have them since I ordered the box but I just...don't want to use them before I see someone HONESTLY review them like you do.
I'm glad you found this helpful :) And it's cool to see my buddy DiceyEncounters mentioned in your comment :D
Happy to review the chonk/mini!
@@Rybonator I love their molds and have bought quite a few before I get confidence in sanding and finishing my own masters I honestly think for the price point Dicey does amazing starter molds for those wanting to get into it! And tbh if someone was wanting to buy S+T dice molds...I'd just say buy Diceys instead!
This actually makes me feel better on how my dice made from their molds in the past turned out. I was also really new to resin and that was one of my first big projects, so this (and your videos in general!) gave me more insight on what to try when I'm ready to try again. Thank you!
These review videos are so helpful. Even though I never intend to buy molds, these are a great way to see various design choices that can make or break a mold
I do like oversized dice. The plus-sized Spindowns that M:tG has done for the last couple of years are such a satisfying size
These reviews are so helpful, I really want to make dice and I can afford it I’m just choosing how I want to do it, I don’t want to make mistakes when making my own moulds but I don’t want to spend everything I own on ones which don’t work, thank you for this video
Thanks for this review, along with the other dice mold reviews you’ve done for Sophie and Tophie. I’d like to see a review of the mini dice set since I like to use mini dice.
I would like to see the other dice molds, mostly because little dice...
Teeny dice do be cute
can't wait too see you do the mini and the chunk d20 one
Easy to see where the problem is, after the squish of the top part of the mold is squeezes out any extra and leaves the air bubbles inside. Then when the pressure pot compresses the air there is no extra resin to fill in the void... As you say not made by a person who actually has tried dice making.
I am very interested in the CHONKY BOY D20. I saw that when ordering the Kingdom Hearts Subscription box.
I'll make sure to review it then :)
I haven't had a single good pour out of mine in 5+ pours :(
The absence of intro puns told me all I needed to know about the molds 😆
I'd definitely like to see the tiny and massive ones particularly because the extra weight may help the D20. I always like seeing little dice though so it'd be cool to see those
Currently watching whales by the ocean as this came out today is awesome
Oh man, that sounds wonderful! I'm jelly :)
@@Rybonator if you ever wanna visit Newfoundland we know a few places :D
Yikes, I thought there might be problems but wasn't aware they would be this bad, definitely avoiding these. I would love to see the other two dice moulds as well to see if they're any better!
Yes, I'd still like to see the other two!
amazing review, i'd love to see a review of the big d20 and the small set!! idea for another video: making dice with duochrome/multichrome/colour-shift pigment? i mostly see it used in watercolour paint/ink and also makeup, which makes me imagine it's mica/powder-based and i think it could make some REALLY cool dice :0
so, I get the Elves Box and Disney boxes; I have the new mini dice and the giant d20, plus their Kingdom Hearts dice molds. What confused me is that on their Kingdom Hearts mold, the special emblem is on the LID as 1 instead of on the bottom to take up the highest value. Which means that whoever made that design decision doesn't know gaming dice.
And I've yet to see S&T mention a pressure pot or vacuum chamber with any of their molds. I feel like they specialize in small, UV resin crafts, and not really in thicker projects.
They did the logo on the lid so that they didn't have to REMAKE all the bottoms. Easier to just pop on a new lid than do the bottom stuff. So that's why it's on the 1 :/
But yeah, they are mostly an ART thing, not a dice/useable resin company I have found
It would be fun to see you tackle the minin one just for the sheer frustration it would bring (they suggest you make the dice as two halves and then join them manually.... ) The big chonker would be fun tho.
THANK YOU!!! I was waiting for your review to decide if they were worth buying or not.
I had a feeling that would be the case with these mold. My Chonk D20 mold from the box is horribly off center and I have to make sure the top is placed a certain way for it to be center and when working with resin you sometimes don't have time to make sure it sits 100% right. I am unsure if S&T actually have a pressure pot to test these molds in from what I have seen them talk about. Which would explain why the molds are awful with pressure pots. Dice with voids and bubbles is not what anyone wants.
3 part with a sprue and reservoir so the pressure pot pushes more resin into the mold instead of air perhaps.
Thank you so much you just saved me a cubic butt load of cash! Especially as i was shipping to the UK. Im still interested in the other moulds though
so basically these molds are made so that you can push out the dice along with removing said dice from the mold, which is good for those that want to make dice with this set. Also, review the ones from the start of this video
These remind me of a higher quality version of the wish dice molds. Especially the resulting dice, the only thing different is that they don’t have the gap problem.
I love S&T molds but not these. I bought a couple of the regular dice molds and can not get decent usable dice from it. I am glad to see its not just me having the problem.
I'd say give the oversized d20 mold a shot. If it works, at least it will be bigger than the other dice in the set.
I have no plans to make my own dice any time soon, but still very entertained to learn how and how not to build dice molds xD
I took me two minutes in the video to say "No thanks" to those molds, still watched the whole video, but certainly not Sophie & Toffee.
Still waiting on the carved egg shell dice BTW, Liz is already working on the idea haha
Yeah, they just aren't up to snuff.
Oh man, I honestly would love to see what Liz comes up with, so I can be schooled hard haha
@@Rybonator Even if you would mess up the first attempt I'd still think it would be a fun experience, wouldn't be that different from your diorama dice, just need a bit more creativity and a bit of skill.
You would have no issue plugging skillshare, I can say that much haha.
Thanks for this. One mold you might like is from SilverLite Studio. They make an all-in-one cap mold that makes a set of seven with an extra D20. The dice come out damn near ready to roll.
I really enjoy your videos and please share your experience with the mini and chunky Dice mold.
I want to see you review the other molds that you got! Especially the smaller dice molds!
You should show us how to make loaded/weighted dice.
Here's the thing: S&T is never going to improve, because their dice molds are cheap crap mass-manufactured in China. They don't make the molds themselves, they buy them wholesale without any care or thought for quality. Look on alibaba/aliexpress and wish, and you will find those exact same molds. That is why there is no consistency with their design, and why sometimes their molds are very obviously ripped off a custom dice maker's style (Both shape and font). Honestly, the only way I'd ever use anything else from them is if THEY paid ME.
I don't disagree
I make my own cap molds so I don't need to be here, but watched anyway. Great review, man. I am interested in that Chonk D20 though.
I would like to see a review of the mini dice mold! Mini dice are also good for game play as well as decorations!
So what is a good silicone mole set? Maybe do a top 5. Yeah! A top 5 purchased set of molds for dice. (I mean we can look back and make our own as you have shown but, some of us are REALLY lazy) (or brand new and have never made their own dice molds.)
I see a silicone mold review... Now WHERE"S MY RESIN COMPARISON VIDEO???? Just kidding, keep up the good work Ryan!
I’d like a review on the chonk d20, it keeps getting advertised to me. Though I imagine how the rest of their moulds have turned out, it’s probably not great.
Thanks for the great review. I was really hoping they would be good. Oh well, not buying these until they fix the issues.
Of course I perfectly wake up to see this from 1 min ago, was meant to be 😄
I made it just for you to wake up to :)
Odd that even with the pressure pot you still get such large bubbles with these. I wonder if a thinner, more flexible silicone in the same designs would limit more of the issues. Probably not though.
Thank you for being honest :)
you should review the other one too -- I'm curious
Would like to see the big D20 review, mostly because I got one, and haven't found it to be too bad aside from the extra flashing around the middle of the 3 part mold. Other issues I've been putting down to not having a pressure pot combined with it being big enough to potentially warrant needing to be done in 2 pours.
Any I've tried to do as a single pour just ended up with voids on the 1 face where the bubbles have risen up during curing. Whereas doing them in 2 pours has resulted in no voids, but there is usually a visible row of bubbles between the two layers of resin. So far I've tried making 5 dice, 1 I did as one big pour, and there was just far too much air in the resin, so voids galore, but the others have come out as reasonable looking raw dice (not sanded/polished them yet)
However i've got a few bits and bobs ready to try and make my own bodged together pressure pot to see if that helps with the air bubbles so I can also make transparent dice xD
How tf are they so expensive? I saw a listing on their website for ~$12 and thought "eh that's not too bad" but then I realized that's for ONE MOLD.
Oofa doofa, come on soph and toff! Rips to these molds
Are these molds going to feature on the next Will It Roll Wednesday?
Hehe, I already threw them in this one, but if I get frustrated with the tiny ones, I probably will :P
These molds look like the kids are not made WITH the base, as in they are all same at the same time with separate pieces, and now how we make molds by using stuff like mold release/vaseline over top with more silicone over the existing mold. to make the lid. But rather it looks more like 3d printed parts for all the pieces that the silicones poured over to make the whole mold at the same time. Thus they do fit together but don't form that good a seal and allow air to slip in.
To be fair you don't need a very thick lid. All of my molds are 40mm square for a full standard size. That means for the d20 I have 10mm along all the edges, including the lid and I don't have issues with bubbles like that. It's more along how well of a seal the lid creates to the mold so when the pressure pots are put into play it sucks the lid down solid and does not let any air slip in. (seen this with clear molds and putting a go pro onside to see what it does). But then we are making our lids by pouring silicone over top the existing mold and master.
i got to explain the basics of dice making with my mom! and she said "these don't look good :/"
The mold roll better than the dice they produce. I want a chonk d20, but not the garbage mold one.
Please check out the chunky and mini!
I genuinely cannot fathom how they built up their brand on "easy" dice molds and still make obvious errors the entire time. This is at least your fifth video on their molds and they never seem to meaningfully improve. Most baffling of all, why even make something that bad for the price instead of making something that actually works and sell magnitudes of stock?
They really specialize more in resin crafting molds (things like trinket boxes and trays), but I'd guess they keep revisiting them because their subscription box sold out much faster than usual the first few times they had dice. And probably people are still willing to give them another chance since the subscription is half of what the molds themselves are listed for.
Well.. they are slowly getting there as each set is a vast improvement over the previous one. But yeah.. they have a long way to go. Now what is worse of a crime in that regard is green stuff worlds dice kit.... Because their entire thing is tabletop gaming stuff.
@@tawesssoabbox I wouldn't call any of them "vast" improvements. It took them 4 videos worth of mold styles to put usable keys and registrations on a set. Their molds still have unacceptable flaws like the sloppy flashing on the molds themselves. But I guess making molds for dice that have all the same sized faces is applauseworthy? This set costs about 100$ and is full of basic mistakes. Their entire business is made on silicone molds, you'd think they'd maybe know what they're doing.
@@elogan5817 Unless they totally switch gears in the future, Sophie & Toffee is not a gaming dice mold company - their products are geared more for resin crafters who are into making things such as keychain charms and trinkets, and not necessarily "useable" resin pieces.
This newest set they've come out with IS too expensive and lacking quality control even for making the dice into charms or decoration-only pieces, but it does have some improvements over their first tries at making dice molds. They tend to actually listen to customer feedback, so may try making newer dice molds in the future, but for making sellable/playable resin dice I'd just make my own following one of Rybonator's dice mold tutorials.
@@geminidragon33 This isn't a question of what would be the most fiscally sound decision for people who want to get into dicemaking, That would always be DIY, because you trade upfront cost for effort.
The point I was making is that, no matter if this is their main focus or not, the combination of price and multiple useless iterations of the base product is unacceptable. Unbelievable too. If a cook is used to making italian food but wants to sell japanese food, you'd at least expect them to look up a recipe or two. S&T, in this analogy, is ALREADY specializing in their specific kind of mold type (silicon molds) but continuously ignoring both feedback and common sense. There seems to be no quality control, no second thought behind the design of their products.
If they don't care about giving people the ability to make usable dice, that's understandable. But creating expensive bullshit molds to catch people who don't know better is bordering on sinister.
It is like they are not listening to the advice they are repeatedly given to improve their molds.
please review them
I'd love a review of the other molds. So weird how poorly those are designed.
I'd like to see the miniature set for sure and that is a lot of pox marks. ♥️♥️♥️
The molds roll better than the dice.
6:37 hold on, is that the heartless' emblem on that d6?
They had a kingdom hearts dice mold set in their Disney subscription box (but they also had similar quality control issues, like numbers being off centered).
Are there any specific molds from Etsy you'd recommend? My partner and I are looking into a hobby for our mental health and want to nail the mixing of resin and such before we make our own molds.
You bought them might as well do a video on them
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The dice size thing is my problem with Artisan Dice (along with a lot of other things). I just can't get behind the look. Since they're machined, the longest distance across any die is the same, so the d6 (a cube of this longest dimension) looks huge compared to the rest. All the dice could fit inside the d6, since they all share that longest dimension. Setting aside all the other issues with the company, I could never own Artisan Dice because I hate the way they look.
Have S&T changed/improved their dice molds since this video was made?
Sad D20 noises
*Click clacks sadly*
i have a question for a dice set i want to make. can you use marbles in the centre of dice or will the weight be too lopsided? are marbles even compatible with resin?
I was super disappointed with the jumbo d20 mold. I used it once and tried a petri poor. The alcohol ink fused the silicone to the resin and ruined it.
Damn, S&T is just really struggling with dice molds. Was hoping these new ones would be an improvement on the old ones, but alas.
I'm really happy I didn't buy this set now after seeing your video thank you
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I post on the latest video just to make that point: if you are a bit dumb like me, please use safety gloves when handling a exacto knive. Yours sincerely, me who spend last Friday in ER
At least they keep trying? I guess?
should have reviewed the other molds in this video just so it was longer so you could avoid having 1/8th of this video be an ad for skilshare
Fair enough, I try and keep specific topics on specific videos however, otherwise then 1/2 of the video would be about something nobody came expecting.
Review them anyways
Can do :)
Crap. I bought these and they’ve been sitting waiting for me. :/
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I’d love to see a mini dice and chunk d20 mold review! Sophie and Toffee is just…awful. Clearly mass-produced, cheap stuff that can never measure up to a handmade mold.
Don't bother with the other dice molds.
I can't believe they showcased such poor quality dice on their own site
My experience with their molds has always been crap. Literally just a company trying to capitalize on a product they know jack all about.
245th view? Damn im early lol
Welcome to the early bird club :)
Wow these molds are awful.
what im getting from your reviews is to avoid sophie and toffee.
Surprise, surprise, S&T made a garbage product.
Sorry, not sorry. I have disliked their products from day one lol
your skillshare ad transitions make me cringe every time
Good - I wouldn't be doing it right if I didn't make people cringe
I just bought this set and the chonk mould literally about 4 hours ago...£120 🫣 damn I'm gutted, I thought they'd be a good size set and faultless...those moulds look like it's a set of minis 🤦🏻♀️
I've just been back to their website and left a message asking for a refund but no reply on their live chat. Fingers 🤞🏻 I don't lose my cash to substandard, I couldn't see anything relating to " how to cancel an order" 😮💨
Did I win again? Even thought we're out in the sticks, I got the notification! Can't wait to watch later on!
Shows a tie for the first time :)
@@Rybonator ah, oh well. Can't be helped. We're out to beautiful Bonavista, in Newfoundland, for the weekend!
@@stephenthomas8312 Oh man, I'm jelly! I'm stuck in texas with broken AC on my car. FAR less fun.
Y'all have a great trip!
@@Rybonator yeah, our fridge broke the day we left. Not a good time. Thanks though! Good luck with the AC!
Great review. I'm glad you mentioned the issue with having a large lip on the d20. Had I known that the first time I bought dice molds I would have started by making my own.
On a different note I've been making Galaxy style dice using purple, blue, and pink with a bit of glitter mixed in then lightly swirling them. I think you would enjoy making some of the same.
I made galaxy once, but not nearly as cool sounding as yours! I might have to try that :)
@@Rybonator I loved your Galaxy dice video. I actually used your rainbow dice and Galaxy dice videos as inspiration.
Oooph. That’s a bad sign if you’re getting bubbles even with all of that prep work. Excellent review as always, Rybo.
That is a bummer. Those looked so promising. I would love to see the other two anyway. Especially the giant D20 mold, that's the one I was wanting to get. I had many plans for it, if it was good, but now I am unsure and would love to see what your thoughts are on it. Great video as always!
Rolling the molds on the table was the most satisfying part of this video 🤤