[Contraband]

Cost is a HUGE factor! Some stuff is just not possible. You have to think about how thick an item is already,and what you'd be left with after reduction in size,plus remember hot toys uses soft goods for the clothing that won't cast... Whatever thickness you start with,that item(s) will be that many times thinner to get to 1:18 or 1:12. Parts become paper thin,eventually you start to fight parts opening up all together.

If anyone has cracked open even a 6" figure you'll see they're already not that much thicker then a 3.75" gijoe. some parts are thinner then most 3.75" figures depending on the sculpt too. A good example is Marvel Legends SDCC Shanna.



After shrinking the correctly scaled torso is as thin as or thinner then paper across the belly,waste pivot bar recess,and in the small of the back,thinner even then most mold flash! You can see light through the original 6" torso!! Shrinking it makes it 60-70% thinner as well as smaller. A belt or holster would be pretty much impossible. Reduced that much there's nothing left that wouldn't just come apart just demolding it.

In this mock up pic using scrap casts(this one had a bubble in the left cheek) you can see the modeler's clay I put inside the lower torso halves to set the gijoe T-bar right through the plastic! It's that thin!!

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Originally Posted by Kamatayan

You can't just say that and not provide pics. I'd love to see this. Think of it as a birthday present

Yours or mine? Mine was yesterday! I already feel I've derailed this thread a little,lol. this particular photobucket is always unlocked. There's tons of stuff in there. Hot toys,TWD,bobble heads... I have a neat photobucket with a bunch of ripped apart mini trucks in various forms of completion too if you like? lol. I think I'm officially tapped on marvel 3.75" themed stuff to share photo wise! I literally just got into the movie figures!. I'm a gijoe guy,and since gijoes aren't in the store,and these are,..just started buying them. I stopped doing Marvel Legends months ago,because Select,Neca,Mcfarlane,just about everyone has way better,more realistic sculpts,that's what I like. These new movie 6" figures are getting better tho.