What type plastic does DrMego use on his repro pieces?

[TrueDave]

Hi All !

I have a few of Dr Megos pieces in a rubbery resin. I'd like buy some to cast in my own molds.

Thanks !

[TrueDave]

anybody?

im at Smooth on and a few other places trying to find that type.

[Mikey]

Message him and ask

[TrueDave]

Message him and ask

Thank you. I did and as ever he got right back to me

[Marvelmania]

I think years and years ago I heard he used something called Fantastic Plastic. I don't know it's true or not. Way back then customizers tried almost anything from bondo to plaster. Doc was way ahead of all of us.

[TrueDave]

He told me a type that Smooth On sells . I had already seen it but the problem is they only have it in black. Not good for paint or dye.

No reply on the email for help from them.

I wonder just what is the plastic is called that our action figures are made of? I mean the more flexible ones ( Modern Star wars) not the brittle stuff ( 1980s GI Joe )

[johnmiic]

wonder just what is the plastic is called that our action figures are made of? I mean the more flexible ones ( Modern Star wars) not the brittle stuff ( 1980s GI Joe )

Mire Vinyl I would think.

[TrueDave]

Mire Vinyl I would think.

Did you mean Mere? as in Simply? all I found on a goofle search was South American bands. I think Mire is Spanish.

It needs to be rubbery to pop in and out of sockets. and flex.

See my "Join Date" that was because I was looking for plastics help. two years .

Sure I got tempted and bought all teh Star Trek and POTA EMCE stuff . . AND a bunch of vintage POTA stuff cause I hung out here but I am trying to make my own stuff in my art sculpture.
I know about Fine arts and commercial arts and I am trying to blend the two.

Scupture is too heavy . I figured that out in undergrad. No more Bronze, wood, steel, clay, . . INSTEAD expanding foam in molds, lightweight plastic. paint jobs to make em look metal or wood etc .

I wont make any money off this its just my dream to make my own figures and figure out the lost art of mechanical puppetry.

[starsky]

did you try his website?

[sauce]

Doesn't he use the kind mentioned in "The Graduate" ??!!

[megozilla13]

I asked him once at a show and he said...... "You think I'd tell you!" in an annoyed voice.

mikej

[johnmiic]

I meant More Vinyl. I think SW figures have softer vinyl in them. Mego ST , Black Hole & Buck Rogers figures are more like the G.I. Joes and are a harder plastic.