Grand Lizard
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Still bumping!
It's been 7 years! Help me out with some er, a head!
Found a proper tongue, but still need an unbroken head.
Thanks, Gang!
John, thanks for responding!
Here's what we're working with - already glued in multiple places, eyes cut into, "custom" paint, and most frustrating, ZERO mounting tabs.
Dayhuff , please tell me that what you've got is better than this!
20221013_173339 (resized).jpg20221013_173350 (resized).jpgVacuum forming might also be an option (as was mentioned), but unfortunately a sample might need to be destroyed in order to create a mold. Probably not practical, unless you can model it. Vacuum forming might back-light better than 3D-printing (parallel lines might show), as lots of folks like to have the eye's illuminated on the head.
I have a complete head, but it's a bit warped from heat. Horns are sagging down a bit more than they should. Need to see if it's possible to reheat and warp back they way it should be.
Dayhuff I'll send you a PM
northvibe there has never been a reproduction head offered, and I have asked the usual players (ramp producers) if it was a possible future project. Concerns arise in how many they could sell, and it was never deemed a viable project - although it has been some years since I last brought it up. The tongue is a lexan type plastic.
Ghostly agreed that vacuum forming is the ideal path for creating a new run. Are the mounting tabs intact on your sample?
Quoted from xeneize:Dayhuff I'll send you a PM
northvibe there has never been a reproduction head offered, and I have asked the usual players (ramp producers) if it was a possible future project. Concerns arise in how many they could sell, and it was never deemed a viable project - although it has been some years since I last brought it up. The tongue is a lexan type plastic.
Ghostly agreed that vacuum forming is the ideal path for creating a new run. Are the mounting tabs intact on your sample?
Huh. I feel like marco/PBL etc would be on board to have stock, at least Marco as they seem to like to have older game parts. May have to have the creator work with PPS on licensing potentially.
RCA1 Thanks for the chuckle! I needed that...I do love this title and have been around long enough to realize that sometimes it takes YEARS to source a part.
It'd be awesome if one of the gurus (looking at you, Freeplay40 and
JodyG ) could make a new cast, but I also know it wouldn't drive a ton of orders. It would also require that either the buyer or the seller paint each unit.
Bottom line - it's a tough piece to reproduce!
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