Reply To: Plastic is the future!

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After a sit down and think over the video from John on Gunpla and the mention of general boardgame plastics costs going up, there might be issues with the future of products. I took a look-see at some logistics reports and thought this one was a good glance at current events.

Given that Bandai is a distinct manufacturer reliant on petrochemicals for a good chunk of their products this news gives reason to reflect on the industry. The first wave of companies are the plastics and then a follow on cost increase for printed materials. Paper demands lumber with the costs of harvest and transport before the processing. Then there are the inks for print and packaging. These upstream production costs are the things I wouldn’t normally consider when I pore over a shiny new book.  Ugh, the intricacies of logistics chains is pretty big and the hobby manufacturers aren’t going to have an easy time for the foreseeable future.