[Icehouse] Attn. Kristin, How much is a lot, anyway?

[Elliott C. Evans]

Christopher H. wrote:
> You know, I know that the expense of a new mold was emphasized,
> but how expensive is it really?  Are we talking a few thousand,
> or like dozens of thousands?

http://www.wunderland.com/WhatsOld/2005/WN.04.21.05.html
> To date, all injection-molded Icehouse pieces ever made have
> come out of the exact same mold, a "family" mold we commissioned
> in 1999 at a cost of around $10,000.
> [...]
> What we need before we can make any more Icehouse sets is a trio
> of new molds, each of which makes 5 pieces at a time, with hot
> runner gating. And a new molding system like that is going to
> cost tens of thousands of dollars to create, which of course is
> way more money than we have available.

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Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans
eeyore at ee0r.com