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In lugnet.announce, Will Chapman wrote:
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Hi all! I’ve just opened my new BrickArms store offering custom molded
minifig-compatible modern weapons (try saying that five times fast!).
Each was designed using a 3D CAD program, and the molds were made using
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines. The plastic is ABS, and each
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Congratulations on the start of BrickArms and your first product. I received my
first order yesterday and I can say the quality of these parts is excellent.
I highly recommend BrickArms weapons.
They are far better then what’s in the new Batman sets. Each weapon has really
good detail - like the holes for the trigger finger and the accurately modelled
sights. Personally, I like the gray over the black, if only because the gray
shows the detail so much better. I especially like the satisfying click you get
when you put the weapon into a minifig’s hand. Given the quality of the work,
I’d say the price is very reasonable too.
If you are taking recommendations, I’d like to see helmets.
Again, congrats on such good work. I know from experience how mcuh work goes
into a project like this.
Ben Fleskes
Big Ben Bricks LLC
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In lugnet.build.military, Ben Fleskes wrote:
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Congratulations on the start of BrickArms and your first product. I received
my first order yesterday and I can say the quality of these parts is
excellent.
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Thanks, Ben! From someone that has “been-there-done-that” with your own
high-quality train wheels, this is high praise. :)
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If you are taking recommendations, I’d like to see helmets.
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I hear you! Those kinds of molds are a bit more complex than my current one as
they would need to have a non-planar parting line (for those of you unfamiliar
with this, the parting line is where the mold haves separate. If you want you
parting line to follow the curve of an item, say, a helmet’s rim, then you need
to have a non-planar parting line to hide the “seam”).
If the current weapons keep selling at the current rate, I may be able to try
it. Then again, someone else may beat me to it! ;)
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Again, congrats on such good work. I know from experience how much work goes
into a project like this.
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It was a lot of work, but boy was it fun! Thanks again for the kind words.
---Will Chapman
BrickArms LLC
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