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Originally Posted by TripKings
Cool thread. There's alot of really neat mold photos on Bob's web site. After seeing all the companies, dates, history, etc it got me to asking myself kinda the opposite question..... why are there so few new molds?
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In a round about way I sort of thinking the same thing when I posed my original question. My
guess is that it is probably very expensive to produce new molds. More so now than years ago? I don't know. But it may simply be one of those things that doesn't make economic sense right now.
I noted earlier that my other main hobby is LEGO. And I've come to know from many discussions over the years with other adult builders and with reps from the company that many of the things we (the fans) wish the company could do, they simply can't. Some things, no matter how amazing they may seem to us on the outside simply don't add up when it comes to looking at the dollars and cents. I'm not saying this is the one and only reason there aren't many new molds today, but just suggesting it may be a factor.
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Originally Posted by TripKings Do their molds/machines make many chips at a time? You would think so. |
I think Jim noted that one of the reason some of the old molds had been retired was a low volume of chips per cycle. Which again, is really an economic factor, as noted above. Makes perfect sense.
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Yes, thanks for posting the higher level link to that site. Aren't those great pages? I love browsing through and seeing the various designs. I'm trying to pick out the different elements of the old school chips that appeal to me the most, so I can incorporate them into the design for my customs.
Regards,
Allan B.
