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Mold-a-Rama Machines Still Alive and Kicking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-have-a-lincoln dept.

theodp writes "The Chicago Tribune reports that bubble-topped Mold-a-Rama machines are still delighting folks, cranking out kitschy get-em-while-they're-hot plastic Abe Lincoln busts, triceratops, and charging rhinos. Some vintage figures are commanding over $150 on eBay — a Paul Bunyan figure from a Minnesota machine no longer in operation recently fetched $210."

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  1. Henry Ford Museum by lunartik · · Score: 3, Funny

    As the article notes, they have them at the Henry Ford Museum.

    I have Abe Lincoln's head (the museum has the chair he was sitting in when he was shot), a figure of Henry Ford and a locomotive.

    I think they also have machines that make the Wienermobile and other museum attractions as well.

    Not the best reason to check the place out, but HFM and Greenfield Village are great places to go. It is an amazing and sometimes weird collection of the industrial era.

  2. Molds -- They're not just for bread anymore by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know what they say.. One man's trash in the hand is worth $200 on eBay.

    Or something like that.

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  3. hmmm... by Shrubbman · · Score: 5, Funny

    wonder what a smoosh-faced wax lion goes for...

    1. Re:hmmm... by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny
      wonder what a smoosh-faced wax lion goes for...

      According to Fox executives, not much.

      -Eric

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  4. talking lions by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just as long as the lion with the smooshed face doesn't start talking to me...

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  5. Niagara Falls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you go to Niagara Falls, be careful of the one at Wonderfalls is still broken. All it ever puts out are smooshed-face lions.