TSSD New Figures

12 Responses to TSSD New Figures

1. Andy Keliar says:

   May 13, 2012 at 4:26 PM

   I thought it was so expensive to make the figures that they have to sell a lot to get investment back? Why limit it to 150 sets?

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   • admin says:

     May 15, 2012 at 9:26 PM

     Andy
     As mention to Wayne the injected plastic molds are very expensive. TSSD is trying to do figures in pliable resin which do not require expensive molds. The down side is the molds do not last very long.

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2. Wayne Wood says:

   May 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM

   Talking to Nick at the San Antonio Show last year he told me he was looking around and experimenting with various ways of making figures that were less expensive, resin was one alternative he tried with the original Tombstone Earp Bros.

   I know from talking to other makers of plastic figures there are cheaper ways to make molds for plastic figures if you’re only going to make one run of those figures. StreletsR of Russia makes 1/72 scale figures using a cheaper mold process but the molds wear out fairly quickly and that’s why several of Strelets’ old sets are hard to find. But this is 1/72 scale and don’t know if their method works for 1/32. But I do know Nick was hunting for a way to do limited runs – which these are; looks like he found it.

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   • admin says:

     May 15, 2012 at 9:18 PM

     Wayne
     Companies have been trying for years to make plastic as inexpensive. The problem with injected plastic your molds are very expensive. Resin molds are cheaper, but they have the short life as you mention. Another problem is the figures are in a stiff plastic that easier to break. We will see how this pliable resin that TSSD work out. If it does work it could lead to a new era for plastic figures.

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3. Wayne Wood says:

   May 16, 2012 at 12:59 AM

   We can cross our fingers and hope.

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   • admin says:

     May 16, 2012 at 2:24 PM

     Wayne
     We will have to wait until the end of the month when the figures will be out. I hope to get a set or someone will give us a review.

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4. Ed Borris says:

   May 16, 2012 at 10:47 AM

   Plastic Underground has some new figures that can be bought unpainted, Custer Scouts, Mafia dudes and the Earps. You can see them here:

   http://www.plasticunderground.net/

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   • admin says:

     May 16, 2012 at 2:21 PM

     Interesting figures

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5. Ed Borris says:

   May 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM

   Yeah a lot of his figures are pretty nice, he can paint really well, some of guys he paints amaze me. Of course, they are a bit expensive even the unpainted ones. He did a lot of Cavalry and Indians for the Custer venue and they blend in really well with the TSSD and Paragon. He’s done some custom pieces for me and he did the scalper pose that Nick was selling as an add on to his Custer set.

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   • admin says:

     May 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM

     Ed
     The figures are interesting, but the cost can be a factor to some collectors. I showed my friend John the russian figures and while he liked them the price of $3.00 plus each turn him in off.

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6. Ed Borris says:

   May 16, 2012 at 3:32 PM

   Yeah, I struggle with prices myself, for instance I recently bid on e-bay and won for $37.00 a powder blue 60mm cavalry figures kneeling firing the rifle and a powder blue Rin Tin Tin, on one hand that’s a lot of money for two figures, on the other I have sold a set of powder blues of the same ilk for $400.00 and generally speaking the kneeling firing rifle pose is the most expensive of the set. While that is a lot of money for the two figures, those two figures to the right collector at the right time could net me $75 to $100.00. So, that’s what I struggle with when buying figures, that and having two price scales one when I’m wearing my collector hat and another when I’m wearing my dealer hat. Sometimes which hat to wear confuses even me.

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7. Andy Keliar says:

   May 16, 2012 at 5:54 PM

   TSSD figures look like they were well sculpted with very good details from web site pictures.

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