28:08How much do plushies cost
28:08is this a nendo type scale or larger
28:09The big cost is the injection molding, since it is tooling.
28:12Even a 16K resin printer for personal use is expensive
28:13molds are EXPENSIVE yea
28:18You can only do 3d printing if you manually clean them up and paint them imo, they'd be more expensive for a high quality work
28:23Actually cheaper than I expected
28:27injection mold right off the rip jesus
28:28how much volume would be needed to break even in this example
28:3110k for Vtuber mold?!:_dizGah:
28:32Just for a sample???:_dizPair:
28:33if your lucky you might find a knockoff version of your oshi somewhere
28:34molds have gotten easier/cheaper to make but they are still not anywhere near cheap
28:35And even then, resin printers are better for figurines than 3D printers
28:39These are starting cost btw
28:40yeah these are not cheap to produce and look good. Figure collectors who have been at it for a stint already are used to it
28:46I'm amazed how low the final per unit cost is
28:46resin molds are cheaper, but can't do high volume
28:48Probably about 22k-27k today
29:00i guess the only viable option would be STLs wich is not exciting and limited to printer owners but it cuts out most of the cost
29:04molds are expensive to produce, requires an engineer and materials, etc
29:09I'm guessing any changes and things like that add to the cost :_dizDown:
29:11I can't wait for uninformed people to be like, "it can't cost that much! I can do it for cheaper!"
29:153D printing has increased quality in prototyping, it's not good for manufacturing yet.
29:26if these numbers are from 2023 consider that in america collective inflation from then to know is 9.1%
29:30Mold production often includes processes like EDM, which is *slow* and therefore *expensive*
29:56I'm curious how plushies seem more expensive than figures
30:03all why Bandai wants to be able to recycle molds as much as possible