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I can safely say it won't be $75.....honestly that would barely cover the cost of materials and time involved.....there'd be no profit margin and we are looking to earn an honest wage for a superior product with the release of this repro. This will be for SERIOUS collectors....but don't let that scare you away either.....we do NOT seek to gouge anyone. Please keep in mind that we are a two man operation....not a sweat shop in China being paid pennies on the hour.....LOL.
My friend who is molding and casting my original takes commissions like this for a living so this is his main source of income. He is a perfectionist like me and that's a gross understatement, LOL. What he and I have in mind is a product that will look virtually indistinguishable from my original that he is molding except it will be marked "reevefan78 2011" and not with the Mego Corp. symbol and date so that no one will ever be able to pass one off as an original. This is to safeguard those that have spent hundreds (as I have with my original Mego shark) and even thousands in acquiring an original Mego shark.
But at this time I cannot say exactly as I have no idea what my friend is going to encounter time wise in reproducing each one not to mention the expense of the molds and materials involved. All I can say is that it will be the very finest repro Great White Shark that will EVER be produced along with the offering of a repro box. The box will be carefully recreated from photos that I have in high res format of an original boxed Aquaman VS The Great White Shark Mego set. I have photos of both the outside display box as well as the interior insert.
No one who will purchase one of these from us will be disappointed....I can assure you of that. We will NOT produce a product that we ourselves would not be willing to buy at the price we ask for one of ours. We will be producing the highest quality repro you will ever find of this Holy Grail of Mego action sets.
I will be updating this thread over the next month or so as my friend begins the process of molding and casting a prototype to show to everyone here on this forum. Stay tuned...lots of exciting photos and info will follow shortly.
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No problem, but can U see this being $75 or $400, just a rough estimate.Leave a comment:
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We won't know exactly until we see what kind of time is involved and factor in the cost of materials. Once we have a prototype we'll be better able to answer the question of price. While we cannot give these away (as businessmen we are not in the business of losing money) we are not looking to gouge anyone either. We will ask a fair price that we feel will cover our costs and cover our time involved. Stay tuned.....more to come.
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Update January 8, 2011
Hello all,
Just a note to update folks here on the Great White Shark repro project directly from the mold maker.......
"As a matter of fact I do plan on commencing work within the month. When I do start it, it wil be fast and furious so please be ready. I estimate that I need approx 3 weeks, give or take, to be able to accomplish what needs doing. I wish I was already working on it, as is exciting project. Sorry about that. Just really need to get some (previous) orders filled first is all.
It will be big, i can see it now.."
This is exciting and great news! Thanks for everyone's patience in the interim.....but know that this WILL become a reality and very, very soon. I look forward to sharing all the exciting progress with everyone. Stay tuned....won't be long now.
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Sounds Great and Thank You for keeping us all up to date. I can't wait to add one of these to my collection.That is yet to be determined until we have a prototype with time and cost of materials factored in. Then we'll know what we're looking at as far as what it will cost to produce each one. We're not going to gouge anyone so we won't make them unobtainable. As a collector I don't mind paying a fair price for a great product and would expect that others would understand that too. By the same token we are not in the business of losing money either so we won't be able to give them away. I am sacrificing (possibly) my original just a little to have it molded, although the mold maker will reassemble mine once the initial mold is made. The original mego logo will be replaced by ours on the molded master so that no one will ever be able to pass one off as an original. From the molded master with the replaced new logo we will make yet another final master mold and the subsequent repro sharks. I will tell you that we plan on making the repros look as much like the originals as possible but the replaced logo mark will make it well known that these are indeed repros and NOT original Mego Great White Sharks.....as a serious Mego collector I am ADAMANT about this.
The mold maker will begin working his magic in the first few weeks of the new year just as soon as he finishes work on previously scheduled projects. More news to follow very soon. Thanks for following this thread. I am very excited about this project and cannot wait to post photos of the first mold making step once this project commences. Until then stay tuned!Leave a comment:
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Unfortunately things have a tendency to go awry at times and some times (and I can attest to this from personal experience) you just hit a brick wall in a project that hadn't been anticipated or expected. People get real funny sometimes (and understandably so when their money is involved) when things don't go as planned.....even when they are kept up to date on the status of the project. I have learned it is better to fund the project yourself whenever possible to avoid disappointing anyone who expects things to go smoothly with no bumps and bruises in the R&D department. So with that said although the idea is a good one.....in practice I think it is simply better for us to fund the project until we know we can produce the desired results and have a definite system in place for expected turn around times. Don't worry we are both committed to bringing fans of this Mego set the highest quality reproduction they will ever find available anywhere ever! Stay tuned.....there is soooooooo much more to come!
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That is yet to be determined until we have a prototype with time and cost of materials factored in. Then we'll know what we're looking at as far as what it will cost to produce each one. We're not going to gouge anyone so we won't make them unobtainable. As a collector I don't mind paying a fair price for a great product and would expect that others would understand that too. By the same token we are not in the business of losing money either so we won't be able to give them away. I am sacrificing (possibly) my original just a little to have it molded, although the mold maker will reassemble mine once the initial mold is made. The original mego logo will be replaced by ours on the molded master so that no one will ever be able to pass one off as an original. From the molded master with the replaced new logo we will make yet another final master mold and the subsequent repro sharks. I will tell you that we plan on making the repros look as much like the originals as possible but the replaced logo mark will make it well known that these are indeed repros and NOT original Mego Great White Sharks.....as a serious Mego collector I am ADAMANT about this.
The mold maker will begin working his magic in the first few weeks of the new year just as soon as he finishes work on previously scheduled projects. More news to follow very soon. Thanks for following this thread. I am very excited about this project and cannot wait to post photos of the first mold making step once this project commences. Until then stay tuned!
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Sounds Great how much are these going to be when you have them ready?Leave a comment:
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Great news & thanks for the considerate updates--really looking forward to the success of this project!Leave a comment:
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