Hasbro vehicles

[Xerofall]

Didn't a South American company actually lose a bunch of ARAH figure molds?

[Snowjob00]

Why cant they just make another mold from casting an existing piece and do any retooling from it?

Speaking of which, I REALLY hope they make some necessary modifications to the vehicles. After doing such a great job recreating the figures I do not want to see exact replicas of the old vehicles! Anyone can go on Ebay or dig in the closet for their vintage stuff.

[canprime]

Originally Posted by Snowjob00

Why cant they just make another mold from casting an existing piece and do any retooling from it?

Speaking of which, I REALLY hope they make some necessary modifications to the vehicles. After doing such a great job recreating the figures I do not want to see exact replicas of the old vehicles! Anyone can go on Ebay or dig in the closet for their vintage stuff.

I'm not 100% sure, so please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that "retro-fitting" molds from existing toys is extremely expensive, and as such it isn't financially viable to use this method.

[Nemesis*Prime]

I know there are bunch of vehicle molds that'd I'd like to see Hasbro release in stores (or online shops) again. From what I'm pretty sure they have:

Rage
H.I.S.S. II
Moray Hydrofoil
A.S.P. (in black preferably)
Flight Pod
A.G.P.
Rattler (again, in black preferably, complete this time)

Plus there's a few Funskool vehicles I'd like to see Hasbro recover and (hopefully repair):
Razorback
C.L.A.W.
IMP

Of course there's also the stuff no one knows anything about I'd REALLY like a second shot at:
Thunder Machine
Firebat
Night Raven
Terror Drome
Buzz Boar
WOLF
Mamba
D.E.M.O.N.
BUGG
Condor Z-25
Piranha
Hurricane VTOL

And there's a few SIGMA 6 2.5" vehicles I'd like to see blown up for 3.75" use:

Street Razor
Stinger (Joe VAMP)
WOLF (Joe Arctic VAMP)
HISS V (this time with a rear door)
Firebat II

Let's see Hasbro start with some of these and my faith will be renewed in their interest in the vehicle department.

[Shin Densetsu]

Why cant they just make another mold from casting an existing piece and do any retooling from it?

It is very expensive. It may actually be more expensive than making an all new mold.

I'm not 100% sure, so please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that "retro-fitting" molds from existing toys is extremely expensive, and as such it isn't financially viable to use this method.

Correct, it is probably only done on toys that are known to be popular and will command top sales. Basically a popular character/vehicle has a chance over a more obscure one.

Didn't a South American company actually lose a bunch of ARAH figure molds?

That and Funskool damaged a lot of the ones they borrowed from Hasbro.

[Shin Densetsu]

Hasbro seems to keep all of their mold "news" shrouded in secrecy. Not that it's really a big deal that the general public knows about that, but they constantly cite molds and tooling as a problem for any thing they do that might cause problems or cash issues. It's always intriquing to know about that side of their business.

It's terrible to hear about the skystriker mold. Such a classic. Hopefully this funskool company will help to repair or replace the mold. I'm sure there has to be a contractual obligation when Hasbro loans their molds

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Its not really so much of secrecy than a difficulty to keep track of which chinese factory has which molds. Some of the factories may change, and when that happens, sometimes the factory takes the molds with them. This is why the SOTA Street Fighter toys got delayed hardcore. We can see what Hasbro has by looking at what they have reissued in past years. Other than that, we can gather info from the roundtable discussions at the con, and from forums. With that said, the RAH olds are old, and are prone to breakage depending on age and how they were treated.