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Re: [GZG] 25mm/28mm Sci-fi vehicles

From: Evyn <infojunky@c...>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:28:11 -0000
Subject: Re: [GZG] 25mm/28mm Sci-fi vehicles

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:14:54 -0000, <cqin@ece.ualberta.ca> wrote:

> Or is the
> up-front cost of making plastic molds so expensive that small
companies
> can't manage at all?

Yes, by lots. The average cost of a die in the size and complexity
of your average scale model can easily $50,000 to $100,000 per die.
Pennies per shot, but the startup costs are killer.

-- 
Evyn

Kudgetech, agressive recycling in a throwaway world.

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