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Can anyone ID this 1992 figure?
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08-15-2022, 12:54 AM
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I'm now really wondering why they could chrome out the head of a $3 figure but not on a $25 figure. Is the process that much more expensive? Did they lose some sort of wisdom after 40 years?
Lenny mentioned this very thing in the recent Q&A. He said something about the vac-metal process not working on the softer plastic they use for heads these days. They were contemplating it for Cobra Commander's faceplate, though, as that can be engineered as a separate piece I assume.
I also recall something about vac-metal being really bad for the environment as well, but I assume with the announcement of the Retro C-3PO and R2-D2 that they either don't care about that for those figures, or have figured out a better way of doing them.
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