| Vlix Silicone mold | |
| When creating an action figure, a sculptor will create an original design out of wax or a similar material. This initial sculpt is fragile and needs to subsequently be converted into hard copies, which can be further tooled and used in the toymaking process. In order to turn the original sculpt into prototype hardcopy figures. A silicone mold is made from each original sculpt part. Resin is then subsequently poured into the newly created mold and allowed to harden creating nearly identical copies of the original sculpture in fine detail. Silicone molds remain one of the scarcest prototype stages to have survived. This is the original silicone mold for the rare Vlix action figure head formed from the original sculpt for the figure. An accompanying picture of a production figure is included. Note the loss of fine detail in the production figure as compared to the fine detail in the silicone mold. During the toymaking process fine details are unfortunately softened and often lost on the production toys. |
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| Description by: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| Photo: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| From the collection of: | Yehuda Kleinman |
| Country: | United States |
| Film: | Droids Cartoon |
| Licensee: | Kenner |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Category: | Prototypes / Action Figure Related |