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Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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Date: 
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 06:50:13 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:

> Doyle <doylenelson@home.com> wrote:
> > Basically the problem is it is plastic and they have to make a mold to hold
> > the torso's then they have to transfer the image you want on the plastic using
> > a special type of paint or ink that will stay on the plastic, much like
> > MotherBoards. Its not a cheap process, might be able to go done to $4 but
> > still, plastic is much different than cloth.

The job is completely custom, so it would be a hassle, but depending upon how many
colors were printed I think even $4 is high for a single color.  Less than $2.

> They make 1000 torsos a sheet so
> > thats a reminder of what type of work it takes to make sure all 1000 stay
> > still. Trust me I felt the same way, but when you think about allot of people
> > paying $5 for falcon torso's or rarer think of the fact that there would only
> > be 1000 torso's in the world. and there is no copyright problem due to lego
> > never making a crusader emblem of course the other option would be stickers
> > trasparent with the crosses and that would be allot cheaper!
> 
> Wow.
> 
> Well, I wish you well in this.  I can't really bring myself to spend
> that much for them, but I bet some could.
> 
> Now stickers, I think I could go for those.  Wonder what it would
> take to have custom sticker sheets produced?  Having to cut stickers
> to size would be too much trouble on a large scale - do you think
> someone could find a place that would be able to take measurements
> and produce 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of sticker paper with torso-sized
> stickers/labels in them?  That would be really cool!

Better yet-- decals.  One can buy blank sheets from Micro-Scale and print them out
on a nice printer-- would work like a charm.  Cheap, too.

-John

> 
> 
> --
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  Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
 
(...) Is Micro-Scale a retailer? (I'll look it up, no free goods and all) Do you know they make things that would work on minifig torsos? (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Wow. Well, I wish you well in this. I can't really bring myself to spend that much for them, but I bet some could. Now stickers, I think I could go for those. Wonder what it would take to have custom sticker sheets produced? Having to cut (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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