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New Pocketnaut combination!
This week’s release of Pocketnauts is featuring a new color combination! Due to the diligent efforts of Crafsson and Crafsdaughter, we had a bit of leftover grey faces from the Orange and Grey production run and we really wanted to see how the extra grey faces would look with the black suits. When pairing these two colors, we couldn’t help but think of some of the great black and white films from the past. This little guy will be a nod to the pre-1966 end of that era. Go on over to shop.crafnation.com and check them out! If you guys like them, we’ll be sure to make more!
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Pocketnaut Production Update!
A new batch of the Black and Orange Pocketnauts have been listed in the shop, as well as a couple of different experimental colors of some waaay too floppy Pocketnauts! The past couple of times that we’ve listed the Orange and Grey Pocketnauts, they took a little longer to sell out, so we figured that everyone who wanted one of these color combinations likely got one. It comes at a good time too, as we’ve had a little trouble lately with the circle on the front of the PN having a bubble on it – which, when popped, leaves behind a not so clean looking circle. We don’t know why…
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Failed Experiments = Rare Pocketnauts (and friends…)
We’ve been experimenting with different colors and types of plastics with the Pocketnaut mold. The most recent facepalm moment came when we didn’t think to purge the barrel of the injection machine before switching colors. However, these super bendy (a little too bendy) yellow and black Pocketnaut bodies turned out pretty neat looking. We only had a small amount of plastic to experiment with, so what we’ve made will be it. We’ll be listing them shortly in the shop for a discounted price. We’ll continue to list the experiments that didn’t pass the quality check as we make them (which *might* include some past figures like AGUA…), so keep your…
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Crafnation Black Friday Sale!
New items in the shop! Get your freshly designed (by Crafsdaughter) OTO7 sticker, one of the VERY limited edition (unless you guys like it and we’ll get more material in) black and orange Pocketnauts and the original Pocketnaut today! The Crafnation Black Friday sale starts at 8:00am CST! Save 20% with the coupon code BF23 at https://shop.crafnation.com/
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B GRADE Pocketnaut
The process of injection molding will always leave you with some items that just aren’t up to par. These Pocketnauts are the ones that didn’t pass Crafsmama’s quality control standards. They might have discoloration, or what look to be cracks where the plastic just didn’t melt together well. While Crafsman is out filming in the shop (which is almost every day), we’ll be working through the B Grade Pocketnauts and listing them in our shop at a discount. These will not be sent with the backer or header cards, so that we can keep those designated for the A Grade figures. https://shop.crafnation.com/product/bgradepocketnaut
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Pocketnaut Production Update!
We’re working on finding a good flow for filming in the shop, as well as producing the Pocketnaut figures. It’s not feasible to do both at the same time, so when Crafsman isn’t filming, the Crafsfamily will be producing. This means we won’t be having BIG releases of the figure, but the hope is that we will list however many we can make in a week, every week. So keep your eyes peeled for small releases as we settle into a good workflow. 😀 (https://shop.crafnation.com/product/pocketnaut)We can’t thank y’all enough for your support and are thrilled that you all are enjoying the figure!
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Pocketnaut SOLD OUT! But don’t worry…
My gracious, we cannot thank you all enough for your support and we’re so excited to finally be able to get these little figures to you. 😀 We’re steady working to build up more stock and hope to list them soon! Please keep checking back to see when they’re restocked, or follow us on facebook or join our Patreon to see updates as things move along. THANK YOU ALL SO, SO MUCH!!! We love y’all! TCM and family
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Making HUNDREDS of plastic figures! (LNS 300A Injection Molding)
WATCH JOHNSL MAKE THE MOLDS:    • The Making of The…  LNS 300A PNEUMATIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE https://www.techkits.com/products/mod… JOHNSL    / @johnsl  ALUMINUM MOLDS AND MOLD FRAMES https://www.techkits.com/collections/… DIY INJECTION MOLD PARTS & FRAMES https://www.busterbeagle3d.com/s/shop INJECTION MOLDING BASICS VIDEO    • First time INJECT…  CRAFNATION SHOP: https://shop.crafnation.com
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FAILING at making a video about FAILING at making toys. (AKA “Let’s make a phone video.”)
I wanted to end the year by releasing a well-produced video in which I announce the release of the POCKETNAUT figure. This is a little homage to the cheaper plastic toys we would carry around as kids. But I wanted to put a spin on this one: The character can have 15 different facial expressions. (And for future releases, we wanted to do other character and creature heads/faces.)