Post by Bogatan on Aug 4, 2009 17:01:48 GMT
Thanks to some help from Nick I've been experimenting with reproducing some Transformer parts over the last few weeks. After some disappointing attempts I finally feel as though I'm getting to grips with the whole process.
So I was wondering
a) if there was any interest from my fellow hubbers in such things.
b) Are there parts you need that you would except reproductions in place of the original. What parts do you think would be worth the effort of making?
c) do you have rare or at least uncommon parts you would be willing to breifly donate to allow others to share the joy.
So far Nick has sent me Star Sabers sword blade, a couple of parts from Grandus, Liokaisers hat and 3 Dinobot swords. When I dig them out I'll add the other two. Nicks also suggested Metrotitans micromaster base connector and Jetfires gunclip.
Of those I've successfully made Starsabers sword, hopefully all finished for Toyfu's AA sale,and Swoops sword as well as a couple of half decent Liokaiser hats
I've also thought parts for Bludgeon like the gun/tank turret and the add ons for the Actionmaster elites would all be of interest.
Basically doing this just to make one of everything is way to expensive in most cases but if I can do things that 5-10 people could split the costs then the price drops to a pound or two for most things.
So yeah if anyone is interested or just has some thoughts on what might be in demand items speak up. As an example the reason I decided to do this was because I needed a Liokaiser hat, two in fact one for Lio and one for Rescue Force. The originals dont pop up all that often so I started looking at reproductions and found a few people who had been making them a few years back and had been selling them for between $10-30 depending on the quality of the cast and if they had been dyed or painted. I would have paid that much if there were still any left. As it is making my own hasn't cost that much more thanks to Nicks generosity, but in most cases £40 wouldn't be worth it for one or two casts.
Rescue Forces Pink hat
Andy
So I was wondering
a) if there was any interest from my fellow hubbers in such things.
b) Are there parts you need that you would except reproductions in place of the original. What parts do you think would be worth the effort of making?
c) do you have rare or at least uncommon parts you would be willing to breifly donate to allow others to share the joy.
So far Nick has sent me Star Sabers sword blade, a couple of parts from Grandus, Liokaisers hat and 3 Dinobot swords. When I dig them out I'll add the other two. Nicks also suggested Metrotitans micromaster base connector and Jetfires gunclip.
Of those I've successfully made Starsabers sword, hopefully all finished for Toyfu's AA sale,and Swoops sword as well as a couple of half decent Liokaiser hats
I've also thought parts for Bludgeon like the gun/tank turret and the add ons for the Actionmaster elites would all be of interest.
Basically doing this just to make one of everything is way to expensive in most cases but if I can do things that 5-10 people could split the costs then the price drops to a pound or two for most things.
So yeah if anyone is interested or just has some thoughts on what might be in demand items speak up. As an example the reason I decided to do this was because I needed a Liokaiser hat, two in fact one for Lio and one for Rescue Force. The originals dont pop up all that often so I started looking at reproductions and found a few people who had been making them a few years back and had been selling them for between $10-30 depending on the quality of the cast and if they had been dyed or painted. I would have paid that much if there were still any left. As it is making my own hasn't cost that much more thanks to Nicks generosity, but in most cases £40 wouldn't be worth it for one or two casts.
Rescue Forces Pink hat
Andy
