You can never go back! How and why action figure tools are changed after the fact
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Scott Toy Guru Neitlich reviews tooling modifications and how and why they are used to create new characters while erasing the chance to make existing ones.
There's a process called cold spray used for rebuilding metal surfaces and then machined to original specs. Could also be used to rebuild worn tooling and mold surfaces.
Interesting. Didn't know.
Abom79 has a few videos on Metal Spray. The parts he repairs get trimmed back in a lathe but I would love to see it done by CNC.
@machineman6498 the facility where I work uses both metal spray (thermal spray) and cold spray to repair aircraft parts. Similar processes, but cold spray has stronger adhesion to the base metal. The parts are then machined to spec on CNC lathes or mills.
A former Tool and Die maker has told me about adding material with a TIG welder and machining it back down.
Thank you for making this.
Very informative. I always wondered why the droid version of R2D2 had the hole for Luke's lightsaber.
Speaking of Vader....is the Modern Star Wars Toys series hopefully just on pause? Miss those tidbits of nostalgia 😅
Might be copyright complaints from Disney-Lucasfilm?
Great video. Could you update your thoughts about MOTU Origins still being sold at retail. And how successful the Turtles of Grayskull line has been?
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Great video. Love this stuff!
Interesting.
I was never able to afford the Tonnika Sisters. I wish I could get them normally, but I know I can't.
Maybe in the future on eBay? They'll still be expensive, I'm sure.
hi Scott, is this also what happens when a sculpt is reused using reduced articulation? or do they have to make a completely new tool?
Great question!
Rock on! Thanks for the video, Scott! Incredibly insiteful. Does MOTU rely on old molds at all, or are they all new?
So more parts, more money.
Good vid! Thanks
Interesting. Ok. Gotta ask you. Did this happen in MOTU Classics?
Really interested in why the moulds are so expensive? Is it as its so time consuming to make or the materials its made of or is it just about the people making them know how much profit will be made from production so essentially taking a cut? Also if you can have a tool where you add something like the X . And then you can have a tool where you remove something like the S how can they not be altered multiple times to re add the S or remove the X?
The mold is changed by milling a little bit out, to create a new pattern the plastic will form around. Imagine a sand mold that you change by cutting a pattern into to form in the sand. The only option to change the pattern again is to cut out more and more.
@@doesntmatter5857 Thanks for more info. if you’re cutting out more couldn’t you fill more still to a certain extent?
@@popcrash1974 While modern industrial procedures are marvels of technology, my first guess would be that there might be stability issues if the mold is not homogenous anymore, these things are used constantly with impressive speed and varying temperatures. Also, there is the question of cost-efficiency if the new version of the figure will only be sold in limited quantities and the repair is expensive. You might want to take a look around, Archon Studios invited the guy from Goobertown Hobbies a while ago and there you can see the injection process for their model sprues. Numbers vary, but often molds are considered to have paid for themself after about 6 to 12 months of production which makes the plastic product unbelievably profitable, but you have to reach these numbers first. A limited run of X-Men in alternate costumes might not pay for a painstaking modification, it is about the company making money in the end. My guess is that these limited figures will be made by coloured resin printing in the near future, mostly automated as the process is already in use.
Good morning everyone!
Good afternoon!!🙂
Do u think Mattel is creating 100s of new motu figures since ur cancellation memo just to spite u?