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Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an *unpowered* monorail set?
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Date: 
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:06:40 GMT
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"crunch-o-matic" <naughty.monkey@verizon.net> wrote in message
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You could get around that by running your seam down the ceter of the • studs.
There would still be no undercuts. Thus a 2 part mold. Probably too large • a
piece with no retun on investment gaurantee. Still sounds fishy to me.

.... only thing is the studs on the sides of the monorail track are the
hollow type which accept things the size of minifig tools, lightsaber bars,
etc etc in the centers.  You need another piece to mold that stud from each
side.

-Tim



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  Re: Monorail track molds? Factory visits?
 
You might be right if the molds are rigid. It could be done in 2 parts if the mold is flexible like vulcanized rubber or silicon (or low-tech like Knox gelatin and anitfreeze, or even hot glue). They were injected from the center top, you can see (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an *unpowered* monorail set?
 
You could get around that by running your seam down the ceter of the studs. There would still be no undercuts. Thus a 2 part mold. Probably too large a piece with no retun on investment gaurantee. Still sounds fishy to me. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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