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Originally Posted by General Scarlett
I hear what your saying Jay, but still I have a hard time understanding WHY they LET things like this happen. I mean, if you know that the mold is getting worn down, manufacture a new one!! If you have to transport them, do it by FedEx or UPS Ground or Air.......something that is traceable.
I mean, it's like such a common sense thing to me...........but I am a woman after all.................
So give them to me!! I won't lose 'em & I'll make sure that new molds are cast BEFORE they get too worn out!!!
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Manufacturing new molds costs a big chunk of money. Money Hasbro isn't willing to put into GIJoe because simply put, it's not a very popular line, by comparison of lines like Justice League, Transformers, Power Rangers and whatever anime happens to be the trendy thing at the moment.
Lost molds is no recent thing. Both Hasbro and Takara have lost countless molds for old Transformers, even Mirage and Sunstreaker. I'm pretty sure every single mold for Super Powers has become a thing of the past.
These molds change hands so often and are so often moved around that there's always a strong risk they'll get lost.
Heck, the 1983 Original 13 waist and legs were used back in 2003 on a figure, yet by 2004 when the comic packs were released, they were lost and Hasbro had to make up for it by using a 1986 Roadblock waist and 1991 General Hawk legs...