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Author:  Waiting... [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:40 pm ]
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just ran into this little tidbit http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Moldville-Mold-a-Rama/156515454416041

this guy has a running disney version of the mold a rama machine and if enough interest is sparked he wants to run a subscribers club, he has some rare and awsome molds so follow this guy we NEED this to happen, it will make collecting MARs alot easier, whomever this person is gets my utmost respect for being a team player and not just scalper scum I would LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to be able to do this (but I don't have a mold a rama machine :cry: ...... yet :twisted: )
Author:  Ultra999 [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:23 pm ]
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how do i support this initiative if i don't have a facebook account? i want in on his mar action!
Author:  Waiting... [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:40 pm ]
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http://www.moldville.com/ this is the site, I'll post up to date info for the lazy :wink: but contacting/following on facebook is what will get this running so shoot those email if you hate facebook :D
Author:  valleydweller [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:47 pm ]
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Liked.
love those machines. I had like a gorilla or something from the St. Louis Zoo back in the 80's
Author:  ultrakaiju [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:33 pm ]
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Done.

So sweet, I hope that this happens
Author:  IamMordecai [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:25 pm ]
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pretty awesome... I just want the dinosaurs!
Author:  Ultra999 [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:39 am ]
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i sent a few questions to the man behind the machine, and this was his response:
William Bollman wrote:
Right now, I have over 50+ original aluminum Mold-A-Rama mold sets in my garage. The machine itself hasn't been shipped yet. Hopefully in the next few weeks it will be on its way to me (it's been working for months though where it is right now.)

Please PASS the word! The more people interested, the more likely this is to happen. Today was a great day though as quite a few people contacted me about it.

I am open to any ideas to make this fun. It's all about fun for me - gives me an excuse to operate the machine in my garage. Color voting could be fun. Mold voting is less likely though because I have enough to run a year or so, and I'd like to keep an element of excitement and surprise in it so i'd rather not disclose WHICH molds I have ahead of time.

Most molds are entirely functional, having been retired from use decades ago. A few need minor EDM repairs and other minor issues, which I have a machine shop working on as we speak.

I've been putting photos up fairly regularly. I don't really consider it a restoration as that term (to me as a collector) implies repaint and significant rework to the cosmetics of the machine. There is very little of that in my machine; it is as 'original' as possible, meaning that it has the original paint, deck, etc., but cleaned and repaired as necessary. I do have a few low resolution photos of my machine, but I'd like some nice higher resolution photos to post, which I won't have until I get the machine (again hopefully in the next few weeks.)

Thanks again for emailing your interest, and please PASS THE WORD!!


Waiting... wrote:
I would LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to be able to do this (but I don't have a mold a rama machine :cry: ...... yet :twisted: )
didn't kirby say these machines are upwards of $10,000? and that's not including the cost of molds and the casting materials that you have to buy in whole pallets/barrels. plus maintenance by mold-a-rama specialized engineers. oy vey!
Author:  Greasebat [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:10 am ]
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I think it may be cool to see a series of mold-a-rama inspired vinyl figures, like a kaiju standing on a rocky base with it's name on it. I love these things and was super happy to see the machines still operable in Chicago.
Author:  JORDAN23 [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:29 am ]
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That is pretty freaking cool. Wonder where he got the Disney machine from. He's gonna kill the collecting market though....lol. Unless he puts a mark on them or something kinda like the Bullmark reissues.
Author:  atease [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:50 am ]
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JORDAN23 wrote:
That is pretty freaking cool. Wonder where he got the Disney machine from. He's gonna kill the collecting market though....lol. Unless he puts a mark on them or something kinda like the Bullmark reissues.


I was reading about the Disney molds that were in the park recently on another board, I'm curious to check out what he has.
Author:  JORDAN23 [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:00 am ]
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In some of the places where they still have Mold A Rama machines in active use, they have been using some of the Disney molds....but only like Mickey Mouse. I'm interested in seeing some of the more obscure characters be re-released.
Author:  Waiting... [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:06 am ]
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"He's gonna kill the collecting market though....lol. Unless he puts a mark on them or something kinda like the Bullmark reissues."

if anything he is gonna help the collecting market,older pieces tend to be non existant and not just rare as the material these are made out of has been improved over the years,original worlds fair or disney pieces were more likely to melt all over the dash board than to make it home also they were far more brittle I've never seen an old piece without at least a good crack in it, I would love to shell out the money on some old stuff but when your never sure if it can make it through the mail safely you tend to shy away, also these machines were never meant to be limited or anything they were meant to pump out MARs till there dying breath and his machine looks like it's still got some breath in it :lol: also I'm sure he'll be molding these in bright modern colors where as the OG's were ridiculously dull colors or just undyed off white
Author:  Waiting... [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:08 am ]
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also I've got a pretty spiffy collection, but alot of people can't travel around which is the only practical way to collect other than peer to peer trades, and with the limited number of collectors trades only go so far
Author:  toothaction [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:11 pm ]
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I should like to join in this fun. Thanks for bringing this to our attention --- my eyes will be peeled --- and thanks Ultra999 for going the extra mile.
Author:  JORDAN23 [ Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:09 pm ]
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I have some of the older Disney ones and they seem pretty solid...no cracks at all. But yeah, dull as a dust bowl colors.

I might be down for a subscription.
Author:  Kapnobatai [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:21 pm ]
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This is AWESOME. I would totally be down for this I haven't seen one of these machines in years.
Author:  ultrakaiju [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:19 pm ]
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Anyone manage to jump on one of those subscriptions before they were all gone? Must admit that I wasn't expecting the sale to go the fleacebay route, but anyways. The mail-away service is a great idea, but I guess I will have to wait for some individuals to come up for grabs if they do. I am eager to see some shots once the figures start coming in.
Author:  Ultra999 [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:45 pm ]
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wait, what? he auctioned off the subscription?! wow, i would've thought that those who inquired about it early on would have gotten some sort of notification. well, that's disappointing.
Author:  ultrakaiju [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:52 pm ]
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Sorry guys, I should have posted the correction. There was a 'change' due to some licensing issues over the Mold-a-Rama name. No worries, it is all still a go. But after speaking with him, I urge everyone that is interested to email him directly so he can gauge the actual base out there and have you on record. From what he has told me all is still going to take place soon as the machine arrives and he can things running.

I'd really like to get in on this, but not sure if I could afford the subscription fee all in one go up front. Would anyone be down on splitting the subscription up among a few people?
Author:  toothaction [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:15 pm ]
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ultrakaiju wrote:
I'd really like to get in on this, but not sure if I could afford the subscription fee all in one go up front. Would anyone be down on splitting the subscription up among a few people?

Is he expecting $260 off the bat from people? It's a great idea and all, but I'm imagining that that's kind of an outlay for many of us. 'Praps we could suggest something like quarterly dues. Or a monthly, to be paid however many weeks in advance. Be kind of him to offer a flexible fee schedule of some sort.
I'd be into some sort of fund pool, but that could get sticky if we all had to choose between which week was "our" week to get the toy...

Dunno.

UPDATE -
I went ahead and wrote to the guy for a general update and got back an interesting and thorough update. Connection re-established I penned him a quick one about fee concerns.
Here's his reply:
Quote:
Hi David

Thanks for letting me know about the issue with the cost. NO, it doesn't have to be paid up front. This is not at all about the money for me (believe me, I'm paying BIG time for some of these molds.) I'll take the money any way they want to pay - I just don't want to set up a logistical nightmare where I have to check paypal each week for each member, etc. Quarterly would be best for me ($60 plus shipping), though monthly would be acceptable if trustworthy.

Please don't let anyone NOT participate because of up-front cost! I mean, it's $5 a figure, and some of these figures would easily go the high end on ebay if I were to list just one or two of each.

Thanks again,
Bill
Author:  valleydweller [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:25 pm ]
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He won't have to mark the castings to make sure they're unique, whatever plastic he uses will undoubtedly be at least a different color form whatever other edition or installation. I just sent him a note about it.
Author:  VELOCITRON [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:52 pm ]
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I'm really really glad I checked SB today :)

This is so cool!!!
Author:  ultrakaiju [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:58 pm ]
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yeah, it looks like it is all coming together and will available very soon. I am still not fully sold on the subscription though, but only because of the cost, I love the idea itself. If people did want to pool still, we could arrange a pre-assigned week-to-week basis to avoid conflicts, and I am sure that this would inevitably result in a few swaps later on to everyone's happiness.
Author:  valleydweller [ Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:37 pm ]
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Update:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230660778071&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_938wt_1167
Year subscription, 4 left

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230661131025&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_976wt_1167
Quarterly subscription, 7 left (8 before I bought one)
Author:  toothaction [ Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:04 pm ]
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I've been in contact with Moldville Bill, and I'm pretty sure the above number of subscriptions listed are more an eBay ease thing than an actual amount remaining.

Myself, I signed up but skipped the auction site/PayPal world completely and arranged to just pay for a years subscription over a few months on a friendly installment plan. If that sounds good to any of you who might be on the fence, you should shoot him a line: bollman@mdslaw.com

In addition, I decided to delay gratification and have him mail me the goods once every few months, saving me a bunch of money and getting 16-20 new toys at once. When we were little we didn't buy one plastic army man at a time, we bought a whole bag of 'em!

Granted, a sack of plastic farm animals still only costs a buck at the DollarGeneral...
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