| rdfs:comment | - A retooled item is a base item that has had its short description changed while keeping its long description and all stats and other properties intact. Upon renting, retooled items will revert to their normal form.
- Retooling is a form of repurposing used in television production and toy production that involves modifying an existing design (and not simply recoloring it as in redeco) to create new concepts or characters.
- A retool is where an existing toy is altered from its original mold or form. This shouldn't be confused with a "redeco", where the toy is only painted differently or features a different color plastic to make the toy. With a retool, the difference could be as subtle as a hole that was filled in or as radical as a Frankenstein-like reassembly of a figure using different parts from different characters. A classic example of a retool within the 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' toyline was the outfitting of the first wave action figures with swivel arms.
- A retool is a newer version of an existing Transformers toy which has had parts either added, removed, or resculpted. This can be as simple as changing a single part to provide stability or ease of transformation, or as complex as altering a large percentage of the toy's appearance or gimmickry. In rare cases, extensive remolding even changes some aspects of a toy's transformation.
- What is a Retool? Retooled? It means, as the Merriam Webster Dictionary would define, to revise, modify. Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity. The manufacturing of the die for die casting is called "Tool & Die". Two dies are used in die casting; one is called the "cover die half" and the other the "ejector die half". Mattel produces millions of one casting in a short amount of time. The "Die" either gets worn during the process or flaws in the original design are discovered. Mattel then Retools or modifies the die cast mold to fix or revise the casting die.
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| abstract | - A retool is a newer version of an existing Transformers toy which has had parts either added, removed, or resculpted. This can be as simple as changing a single part to provide stability or ease of transformation, or as complex as altering a large percentage of the toy's appearance or gimmickry. In rare cases, extensive remolding even changes some aspects of a toy's transformation. Some refer to retooling as remolding, though this is not necessarily accurate. This implies an entirely new mold is made for the toy, while sometimes the parts for both figures are produced on the same sprues. In the case of Universe Rumble and Inferno, the only difference was the head, and both were on the original mold sprues for Scrapmetal. Odds are, the unused Cobybot heads for the thousands of Scrapmetals released got recycled with all the other plastic that goes unused when parts sprues are cast.
- What is a Retool? Retooled? It means, as the Merriam Webster Dictionary would define, to revise, modify. Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity. The manufacturing of the die for die casting is called "Tool & Die". Two dies are used in die casting; one is called the "cover die half" and the other the "ejector die half". Mattel produces millions of one casting in a short amount of time. The "Die" either gets worn during the process or flaws in the original design are discovered. Mattel then Retools or modifies the die cast mold to fix or revise the casting die. Retooled or Retool gets confused with when a die cast wears too much or just breaks. The Cast is no longer usable or fixable. The Die for the casting process must be made from scratch or Tool & Die. This would be remade/re-cast, not retooled. An example is when a die breaks, Mattel just stops the production of that casting. Then, years go by and the casting is brought back to the line-up. The new casting may look alike or similar to a casting that we have seen in years past. However, it is not. It is a new Tool & Die. Mattel may even call it the same name. This maybe due to nostalgia, cost savings on licensing, etc. When these die get remade, or even if they are retooled, they get a new cast number to identify it. Therefore, when a casting is made from a new Tool & Die, it is just that new or remade/reconstructed/re-cast.
- A retooled item is a base item that has had its short description changed while keeping its long description and all stats and other properties intact. Upon renting, retooled items will revert to their normal form.
- A retool is where an existing toy is altered from its original mold or form. This shouldn't be confused with a "redeco", where the toy is only painted differently or features a different color plastic to make the toy. With a retool, the difference could be as subtle as a hole that was filled in or as radical as a Frankenstein-like reassembly of a figure using different parts from different characters. A classic example of a retool within the 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' toyline was the outfitting of the first wave action figures with swivel arms. Of course, retools aren't limited to action figures. The Slaughter's Marauders subline featured a retool of the Armadillo mini tank, the Mauler M.B.T. (the Equalizer), and the Wolverine (the Lynx).
- Retooling is a form of repurposing used in television production and toy production that involves modifying an existing design (and not simply recoloring it as in redeco) to create new concepts or characters.
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