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| victorgrant | Feb 27 2018, 06:07 AM Post #1 |
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Hi, As someone dabbling in manufacturing, I've discovered that having a mold made by the factories in China is chump change compared to what it would cost in the U.S. If Hasbro wanted to do a new mold, they could. Especially since the design is already there. No new engineering. Now that I got my check from the IRS, I will start production soon. Based on what it will cost me, the tooling for something like Wheeljack would only run maybe $10,000. That's a guess based on the size and parts count difference. So the idea they won't because reverse engineering is hard or more expensive than an original mold is absurd. The only difference is the time to pay someone to disassemble a vintage one and take measurements, which would be cheaper than the original engineering costs of a newly designed toy. As for molds not being moved... keep in mind that Hasbro does not "own" the factories in China. They are contract workers. Hasbro hires them to make the molds, and then make the toys. Hasbro may own the molds, but they were in the Chinese factories. These factories are only gonna hold on to them for as long as Hasbro pays them to. At some point, Hasbro decided that since they didn't think they would need them anymore, they just stopped paying storage. Either that, or a factory would be sold and the old owners were unreachable and the molds are unable to be located for that reason. Everyone who knew what factory they were in were not able to be reached for the information since they no longer owned that particular building. Some people speculate that the KOs are made by people who either own those factories now, or work in them,and found the tooling in the warehouse. Hasbro considers them "lost" because they lost contact with the people storing them for them due to the factory selling. For More Details Animated Technology Video |
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