[Kansas Bill]

Originally Posted by eflguy

I can tell you that a prototype piece costs $300.00 to sculpt. That's PER piece. The mold will cost double that PER PIECE. Then comes the production and depending on the company doing the producing what their minimum quantitites are.

Mike

A plastic injection mold for two pieces.. is gonna run ya $5500 in the USA..

And it goes up about $1000 for each additional piece.. So a 7 figure mold is gonna run you upwards of $10,500.. and that's if they are 1 piece figures.. and.. they do it in one mold..

If you go the CAD drawing route to get the specs to the mold maker.. (I'm guessing cuz I've never done figures, just bases).. A 2 piece base/dial was around $1000 for the drawings..

And if you make enough figures to break even??

I'd say you're gonna have $25,000 to $30,000 in it.. sell them all and break even.