Talk:Retool

Do we want to move this article to "Remold"? a number of sites have a link to "Remold", and that seems to be the more common term. --FortMax 06:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I would prefer retool. --ItsWalky 06:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I just realized how dumb my reply was, since this article was mine to begin with. YEAH I AGREE WITH ME. HOORAY. --ItsWalky 06:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Retool is the terminology used by the people who actually make the toys, and hence much preferable in my mind. We should, of course, have a redirect from remold to retool, and a note (once it's no longer a stub) that sometimes people say remold instead. --Steve-o 19:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Retool vs. new mold

Should we make a more explicit distinction between "retool" as in "permanently alter an existing tooling" and "creating new molds for some parts"? 2007 Movie Premium Leader Optimus Prime, for example, clearly had a new injection mold made for the new head, the sword and the roof panel above the head in truck mode. They're all molded in the same blue plastic color (the roof panel was molded in red on original Leader Prime, but painted over in red on Premium Prime).

Final Battle Jazz presumable also uses a new mold for the new parts, since a) Target Allspark Jazz and Premium Jazz prove the tooling still exists without the molded battle damage and b) neither of those came with Final Battle Jazz's weapon, so presumably Hasbro can't cast the weapon without also creating a battle damaged head and legs. (I guess there's at least two new plastic injection molds at work there, one for the hips, shins/knees, head and weapon and one for the missile and the scarred visor, and I guess the windows/roof part is also doubled on the same mold.)

Actual modified tooling is usually what's done for permanent running changes, such as 2007 Deluxe Concept Camaro Bumblebee's molded eye pupils and added hip panel tabs, or Deluxe Jazz's shortened arm joints. Does Hasbro clearly distinguish between the two processes in terms of terminology?--Nevermore 06:07, 3 July 2009 (EDT)