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<blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5444133" data-attributes="member: 6667746">The thing is the non-painted non-random plastics would sell. The pre-painted MUST be random to sell the crap minis that nobody wanted as filler.<a href="http://critical-hits.com/2011/01/27/ddxp-2011-new-product-seminar/" target="_blank">DDXP 2011: New Product Seminar : Critical Hits</a>Get out of China?Non-food grade recycled plastic has MANY companies in the USA starting up. Why not give some jobs to your fellow Americans, and not worry with brand new plastic, but try recycled.Using HASBRO business ties jsut to get the cheaper deal on plastic, sure didn't cut consumer costs any. Are HASBRO products made of plastic even recyleable?Recycled plastic has different grades and SOME can be used for toys. So come back home and stop sending jobs over sees, and when you help lower costs to American manufacturing, you will also lower your own costs to produce products and cut out costs of overseas importing of the products as well.Try post consumer HDPE such as rulers and such is made, or if you need the flex, which people are saying Ravenloft minis have less of, then try post-consumer PVC...the same thing they are currently made from, but not made from first use.The minis will still not be good at temperatures of 160 F (71 C) as that is the temp for current ones made from PVC anyway, but you will save money and have the same quality, oh and help America in the process and maybe gain some clout and faith back when your product says &quot;Made in the USA&quot; on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shadzar, post: 5444133, member: 6667746"] The thing is the non-painted non-random plastics would sell. The pre-painted MUST be random to sell the crap minis that nobody wanted as filler. [url=http://critical-hits.com/2011/01/27/ddxp-2011-new-product-seminar/]DDXP 2011: New Product Seminar : Critical Hits[/url] Get out of China? Non-food grade recycled plastic has MANY companies in the USA starting up. Why not give some jobs to your fellow Americans, and not worry with brand new plastic, but try recycled. Using HASBRO business ties jsut to get the cheaper deal on plastic, sure didn't cut consumer costs any. Are HASBRO products made of plastic even recyleable? Recycled plastic has different grades and SOME can be used for toys. So come back home and stop sending jobs over sees, and when you help lower costs to American manufacturing, you will also lower your own costs to produce products and cut out costs of overseas importing of the products as well. Try post consumer HDPE such as rulers and such is made, or if you need the flex, which people are saying Ravenloft minis have less of, then try post-consumer PVC...the same thing they are currently made from, but not made from first use. The minis will still not be good at temperatures of 160 F (71 C) as that is the temp for current ones made from PVC anyway, but you will save money and have the same quality, oh and help America in the process and maybe gain some clout and faith back when your product says "Made in the USA" on it. [/QUOTE]

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