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Recovering the lost Funskool molds
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08-14-2022, 03:39 PM
GoodGuy9
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It would be leagues cheaper to 3d scan an original toy and make new molds than to find and recover molds from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Even if it was affordable to do that there a good chance the molds were damaged in the sinking and the immense pressure could also have cracked them. Iron/steel molds are also going to be wrecked by the salt water. Salt water will not only corrode the metal but also leach the iron atoms out of the steel making it more brittle and wrecking the surface of the molds. If any survived the sculpted details in the sunken molds is probably lost.
That's interesting, it was said the Skystriker mold was ruined just from being washed in saltwater so I guess if they were submerged for years they're gone.
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