Mold-A-Rama
Nov. 3rd, 2022 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brigidThere's a handful of smells that send me hurtling back to childhood: sunscreen and chlorine; chalk; the guts of a pumpkin; and of course a Mold-A-Rama being born.
If you aren't familiar with them, Mold-A-Rama machines are huge things that create injection-molded plastic statuettes right before your eyes. Right there! You can watch! They were last made in the 1960s so the remaining machines have to be taken care of very carefully.
Like a lot of people (nerds) I have a little collection of them and am thrilled that The Museum of Science and Industry is doing an exhibit!
If you haven't seen one in action here you go:
I've never had one mess up, though.
Here's a brief interview the guy who runs the company!
I'm very excited.
My plan to collect the holiday Mold-A-Ramas was ruined by Covid the previous years but this year I think I'm going to actually head out to Brookfield Zoo and get as many as I can.
If you aren't familiar with them, Mold-A-Rama machines are huge things that create injection-molded plastic statuettes right before your eyes. Right there! You can watch! They were last made in the 1960s so the remaining machines have to be taken care of very carefully.
Like a lot of people (nerds) I have a little collection of them and am thrilled that The Museum of Science and Industry is doing an exhibit!
If you haven't seen one in action here you go:
I've never had one mess up, though.
Here's a brief interview the guy who runs the company!
I'm very excited.
My plan to collect the holiday Mold-A-Ramas was ruined by Covid the previous years but this year I think I'm going to actually head out to Brookfield Zoo and get as many as I can.
