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Originally Posted by TD980
For $1404 I wanted this statue to be a solid 40 lbs, not including the base. I’m guessing he will be around 25 lbs. Do materials cost that much to make? Bane was a big piece made from good material, and costs $800.
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epoxy and stone powder aren't expensive. I bet this has more to do with shipping weight and breakage tests than anything else. Polystone has a higher risk for breaking during shipping and obviously PVC Vinyl does not.
I'd bet anything they made prototypes of both versions, did a dozen drop tests and found the polystone version had breakage issues, so instead of improving the packaging they went the PVC route