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@grantinvanman – A few of my Minifigs are indeed 50 years old, but most of them are freshly cast, got a $ 1300 package just about a month ago or so. And cutting them is not a problem – not that you would want to – with those little, fine-toothed saw blades they make for X-Acto knives, available at any hobby store  – assuming you have any of those left in your area….Lead is easy to cut and even the newer ones, made of white metal/pewter are a breeze. It helps that they are small – 25mm – and realistically proportioned, so you don’t have to saw through axe handles the size of tree trunks.

More advantages of hand tools are that they are easy to control at all times and all angles, make no weird noises that might freak out pets sensitive to such sounds and work on metal, plastic, resin and even 3Ds, in case you would need to pin one of those. A Dremel would just shred them, might as well throw them into a wood chipper.