Any interest in a repro Aquaman vs The Great White Shark set?

[reevefan78]

What are you gonna do with those 2 sharks? Sell them? I'm sure someone would be more than happy with one of those

I'm not sure exactly what my friend intends on doing with those two sharks in the pics I posted last. He asked me initially if I wanted him to send me one of them (the lighter primed version on the far right side) for inspection, photographing and to keep I suppose. He will be making the new molds off my original shark again.

I am considering asking him to take better more closeup pics of the lighter painted one just to be able to post to show folks here until we can reboot this project later this month. If anyone is interested in seeing better pics of the first attempt at this project please let me know and I'll pass it along to my friend and get some better pics posted here in the interim.

Thanks again for all of the kind support. We're gonna overcome this issue....just a bit of a setback is all. It is really cool however to see the casts next to my original and that along with our determination to get this right as well as everyone's continued interest is keeping this project afloat.

[reevefan78]

They look fine as is, is the rotocasting attempt to try and save materials cost?

The rotocasting process is keeping the thinner areas like the back fins (which were made a bit thicker anyway from the original Mego shark......one of the many tweaks we made so that ours would never be mistaken or passed off for an original shark), the tips of the pectoral fins and the jaw pegs from forming perfectly each time. That coupled with the fact that the thermoplastic original shark is not only lighter in weight but stronger in those areas over the rotocast resin has caused us to rethink the molding/casting process.

We are going to be looking for slightly lighter weight and stronger resins as well as making the next one a two part body (left and right sides not including the head piece which will remain separate as well) and pressure casting the pieces so that the resin is forced into all the "nooks and crannies". We'll save a fortune in resin this way and won't have to waste so much material thereby keeping costs down for us and customers as much as possible. We want to produce the best quality product for our customers without fail. When collectors receive one of our production "Aquasharks" we want them to say......"WOW! It was so worth the wait and the investment....I LOVE IT!!!"

[THE FALCON]

Thanks for the recent pics.

[tylerh]

Here is a thought _ I have been playing with 3D printing lately and this would be a great option for these - depending how much people would want to spend -

The creature itself is pretty basic and would be an easy 3D rendering - Just not sure of the production costs -

How much were you hoping to sell these for?

[Saroyan]

Any updates on this project?

[Type Two]

I'd like to see the whole thing complete and ready to ship out! Ah, someday... . Here's hoping you are able to get some work done on this bad boy before the Holidays close in.

[MegoMark71]

So is anything going on with this?

[Toyman_Chris]

I want!

[reevefan78]

Currently this project is on hiatus until my friend can get back to it and figure out a way to make it to our liking. We have NOT given up yet though........I'm just not sure when he'll be able to return to it. Hopefully something will happen with it by the first of the year. I'll be sure to post an update just as soon as I know something. Thanks to everyone who is continuing interest in this project. I too would like to see it come to fruition one day.

So is anything going on with this?

[EmergencyIan]

Currently this project is on hiatus until my friend can get back to it and figure out a way to make it to our liking. We have NOT given up yet though........I'm just not sure when he'll be able to return to it. Hopefully something will happen with it by the first of the year. I'll be sure to post an update just as soon as I know something. Thanks to everyone who is continuing interest in this project. I too would like to see it come to fruition one day.

Sounds like it's pretty much dead in the water until further notice. That's too bad.


- Ian

[Toyman_Chris]

I saw a sweet looking repro box on Ebay today. No repro shark tho

[clemso]

Sounds like it's pretty much dead in the water until further notice. That's too bad.


- Ian

Hook, line and sinker?

[sprytel]

Hook, line and sinker?

Sleeps with the fishes?

[Saroyan]

Maybe the project was starting to smell kind of fishy?

[Type Two]

If the "Jaws" movies taught us anything, we learned that no matter how much of a pain in the neck a mechanical shark can be, in the end it is worth the hassle.