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General => What is this??? => Topic started by: tahra on April 17, 2016, 19:04:20
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This... is not playmobil, right?
(http://www.playkingdoms.com/temp/playmoproc/mystery20160417.jpg)
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Doesn't look like it at all, no :hmm:
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Doesn't look like it at all, no :hmm:
No, it really doesn't.. Came with those system X building lots - but I am REALLY not familiar with system X sets, so.. figured I'd better ask.
(it's still a nice looking bit for background or whatever)
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Nice teeth marks, not!
With plastic parts like this, I often rely on the quality of molding to decide if it is or isn't playmobil. Your part seems to have some 'flanges' of spare plastic (non doubt there is a technical term for this!) inside the frames which is not often found on PM. That and 'Made in China' or 'Mattel' molded into the plastic are a good giveaway, IMO!
(Even if PM is sometimes made in China, they don't want to admit to this by stamping it into the parts!)
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some 'flanges' of spare plastic (non doubt there is a technical term for this!) inside the frames
The word "sprue" is applicable here, though I feel like there's an even more specific hobbyist term for it. Model builders would know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprue_(manufacturing)
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Yeah, it REALLY doesn't look or feel like playmobil..
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Following your wikipedia link, Macruran, led me to the term 'parting line' used in connection with injection molding, which I think might be what I meant- 'excess plastic along the parting lines is not commonly found in Playmobil'. Ah, precision...
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And the modellers' term came back to my mind! They call it "flash" and spend a lot of time removing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZoF-C7UXE
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but does look a bit too clean for a sprue/flash(spent many hours during my youth trimming parts off them).....need more injection paths to parts within the framework unless this a sprue/flash to hold up very big neighboring parts on either sides
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That's not a sprue...
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No, I think GrahamB's "parting line" is the most accurate term.
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That's not a sprue...
I don't think we are talking about the whole piece here, just the extra, unwanted bits of plastic sticking out where the moulding process has not been precise enough:
(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/GrahamB2013/Clip_12_zpsmkvk2jbd.jpg)
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I don't think we are talking about the whole piece here, just the extra, unwanted bits of plastic sticking out where the moulding process has not been precise enough:
(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/GrahamB2013/Clip_12_zpsmkvk2jbd.jpg)
ya, just ill-fitting moulds....I'm sure even if PM picked a Chinese factory to cast some parts, their moulds can't be of this standard...this looks like its injected from HK moulds when I was a child :lol:
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Don't larger playmopieces tend to have a number on them? This to me is another way to determine if it's playmobil or not, plus they tend to use harder plastic than what appears here.