Interesting mis-molded arm piece

MiniBricks1

Found this neat piece while sorting through a couple hundred new arms. Anyone seen something like this before? Unlike short shots it seems that this one has excess plastic in some places and less in others.

560Heliport

Something went very wrong there!

Bobflip

Wow, where did you get that batch of arms? No idea but I'm guessing the mold failed bigtime, and as the machinery would only put a certain amount of plastic in there, the excess plastic didn't make it to where it was meant to go. Very surprising that something that wrong made it out of the factory!

MiniBricks1

Bobflip said:

Wow, where did you get that batch of arms? No idea but I'm guessing the mold failed bigtime, and as the machinery would only put a certain amount of plastic in there, the excess plastic didn't make it to where it was meant to go. Very surprising that something that wrong made it out of the factory!

Purchased several hundred new ones from a seller on BL, found this while sorting them. Really surprising!

Astrobricks

Cauliflower arm :)

Fauch

interesting definition of "neat"

Pumpkin_3CK5

I thought it was chewed gum haha

Aanchir

If I had to guess? I bet the mold didn't close all the way, so instead of plastic filling the entire cavity, a considerable amount spilled out in between where the mold surfaces were supposed to meet.

Regardless, this is the first time I've seen a molding defect quite like this in LEGO or any other toy… I suspect it's very rare that a component this blatantly messed up makes it into the hands of consumers!

Bobflip

Aanchir said:

Regardless, this is the first time I've seen a molding defect quite like this in LEGO or any other toy… I suspect it's very rare that a component this blatantly messed up makes it into the hands of consumers!

That's the most surprising bit!

CCC

Aanchir said:

Regardless, this is the first time I've seen a molding defect quite like this in LEGO or any other toy… I suspect it's very rare that a component this blatantly messed up makes it into the hands of consumers!

Given it is an arm, it wouldn't have been in a set bought by a consumer. I imagine it was a factory clearance type deal bought by a BL seller. One that doesn't check stock when sending it so probably sells based on weight.

Jackad7

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264676462862

Stumbled across the another one on Ebay. I apologize if this is OP's, it looks very similar but not the same.

Astrobricks

Sorry, but 🙄

560Heliport

$300 for a useless piece... no thanks.