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01-26-2022, 03:08 PM
BeachheadMatt
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Josh Z
I believe Red Laser is out of the game now. Black Major is still at it, though lately he seems more preoccupied with his cryptocurrency fetish.
The short version of the story is that he casts molds based on the original Hasbro toys and pays a factory in China to manufacture the figures in batches, based on color and paint choices he specifies.
Correct. Black Major came along first, and then Red Laser years later. Red Laser was identifying himself as the apprentice of Black Major for quite sometime.
These guys invested thousands of dollars to create the molds they used, I believe. Then had an Asian factory churn out parts, ship them over, and then assemble the figures. When they initially started, they were selling the figures for around $10! Now, most of them start at $20-25 and go up from there. I'm thankful I bought several back when they were cheap.
Fans have taken their customs, and customized them further into their own customs to sell. With no website or database, it can be VERY hard to figure out what is an original Black major custom, and what is a custom of a custom. Though I'm not sure that matters.
Black Major, I think, was more into army builders and re-doing vintage figures. Red Laser, was more into creating and naming his own new characters.
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