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Re: Help needed: my custom beards
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs
Date: 
Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:52:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Darrell Urbien wrote:

   I can’t imagine how many beards you have to sell to pay for an injection mold! Is there really that much of a market for custom parts? Please (anyone) inform me - I’d really like to know!

Big Ben Bricks LLC seems to have done well enough with their first wheel product to introduce additional ones. (uninformed speculation as to how they are doing financially, not my business)

Little Armory seems to be doing VERY well with their line of custom weaponry/armor, they keep introducing new stuff all the time. (again, uniformed speculation, etc)

I think there’s a viable market for certain sorts of parts.



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  Re: Help needed: my custom beards
 
(...) Hi Darrell, I suppose you already know that the cost of a metallic mould can vary depending on the complexity of the shape of the objects, but at the very least it'll still put you back by a few thousands US$, right? Well, anyway, I won't tell (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)

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  Re: Help needed: my custom beards
 
(...) Do you remember what the machine looked like? Check out my Brickshelf folder for pictures of two I've used. (URL) The 3DSystems one makes resin parts, which might have been the ones you didn't like. OTOH it holds detail really well, so maybe (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)

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