Silver Miru Mismold?

[SamDrew]

Found this piece in my kanohi collection, got it in a second hand lot I bought a few years back. I always was curious about the indent in the top of the mask, and upon further inspection I think I may have found a mismold. I figured I should post it here and see what you guys think.

 

A mismold is, of course, when the piece's mold doesn't fully fill with plastic during injection, thus leaving a gap in the end product. I'm pretty sure that this is a mismold, as the only other way I could imagine that it would look this way is if someone for some reason cut out the missing bit, sanded the edges, and clear-coated it. The edges are too smooth and the gloss too uniform even for that to be plausible. Take a look at the attached photos and let me know your thoughts on it in the comments. If you'd like clearer photos I will add them.

 

Secondly, I was hoping to gauge the value of a mismold like this, if any at all. I know that mismolds are rather rare, and to boot this one has a cool design on the forehead of the mask, so I figured it's worth a shot. If you have any idea what it might be worth (or better yet want to make me an offer on it) let me know.

 

Thanks all!!

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by SamDrew

[Naota Takizawa]

It's not an incorrect mold, I think the previous owner damaged it.

[Rahkshi Lalonde]

It's not an incorrect mold, I think the previous owner damaged it.

 

I dunno, the plastic kinda dips around the "punch" in the back, which looks more like a moulding error to me than the jagged fractures i peronally know mask damageto look like. o:

[SamDrew]

It's not an incorrect mold, I think the previous owner damaged it.

That was my first thought too, but I've looked at it closely and it's way too smooth and clean for that. Unless they sanded and clear-coated it that's not what appears to have happened.

[Cheesy Mac n Cheese]

It looks kinda like the molten plastic they injected never got around to dripping down the whole mold.

[Grungemeister]

It looks kinda like the molten plastic they injected never got around to dripping down the whole mold.

Yeah, that's what it looks like to me, too. You may have something somewhat valuable here. 

[kathy]

Looks kinda like the design of the purple Miru the Onu-Matoran near the Great Mine in MNOG. 

[Letagi]

Values for these things are tough to judge until they're sold. Mismoulds are not generally terribly valuable; misprints and prototypes are always worth a lot more. Unfortunately, as cool as a Miru with a chunk missing is, it probably wouldn't sell for much.

 

-Letagi