YankeesFanboy
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I think Mark XLII is the last diecast we're getting form IM3.
Are you forgetting about Whiplash and the Mark 3?
Hot Rods material make up could go either way.
You can not use die cast molds to make plastic parts so Hot Toys either has to make a HPP armor with the same amount of die cast as the WMM2 and IP or manufacture new plastic injection molds for the die cast parts.
I also wonder about the paint, I'm pretty sure you would have to use a different type of paint for each material but I can't say that it is a certainty
Are you forgetting about Whiplash and the Mark 3?
Hot Rods material make up could go either way.
You can not use die cast molds to make plastic parts so Hot Toys either has to make a HPP armor with the same amount of die cast as the WMM2 and IP or manufacture new plastic injection molds for the die cast parts.
I also wonder about the paint, I'm pretty sure you would have to use a different type of paint for each material but I can't say that it is a certainty
So uhh, why can't we use the same molds for plastic, what's the reasoning?
What's so different?
If they really wanted to make this cheap they could just use the same die-cast molds they used on Iron Patriot, since it's essentially just a repaint of Iron Patriot. I know i'll be getting it either way.
One uses molten metal and the other uses plastic. The machines that create the parts are different, you can't pour melted die cast metal into plastic bead hopper and squirt it into the mold.
How is that so hard to understand?
Like I said, Google the videos and you'll understand better.
Now if the parts were 3D printed that would be totally different situation.
BTW: Most companies that offer plastic injected parts do not normally offer die cast parts If they do, they subcontract it out to a company that has the machines and experience to do that type of work.
I know this first hand because I sold a quad rail design to Century International Arms and while working on the first article we had to talk to different companies about the aluminum and plastic parts.
But cant u pour plastic into the die cast molds. I know you can't do it diecast on plastic molds but I don't see why u cant do it the other way, plastic on diecast molds
No one said it was 'hard to understand' :cuckoo
We just didn't want to waste time googling it when you apparently had done the leg work already.
But then you have a "different" armor for the HPP line up and you know how some collectors hate inconsistency, plus you have the price point issue.
Pic of Hot Rod at STGCC.
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