Plausible answer: Despite looking like your average chubby baby he's very muscular so doesn't float But in metal form he's not solid and floats as a boat would.
they have to use a different plastic for electroplating, which is more expensive than the other plastic. the denser plastic is cheaper and a cheaper process to produce(vinyl of some sort by the looks). the electroplating is cheaper than a comparable paint product and process... but it can't be applied as easily to plastics like vinyl. so they made the metallic one out of polystyrene(easier/cheaper to do hollow, thus floats) and then electroplate that.
Sunnbergit on August 18th, 2018 at 11:28 UTC »
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UTTO_NewZealand_ on August 18th, 2018 at 11:53 UTC »
Plausible answer: Despite looking like your average chubby baby he's very muscular so doesn't float But in metal form he's not solid and floats as a boat would.
QED.
snaketankofeden on August 18th, 2018 at 14:24 UTC »
they have to use a different plastic for electroplating, which is more expensive than the other plastic. the denser plastic is cheaper and a cheaper process to produce(vinyl of some sort by the looks). the electroplating is cheaper than a comparable paint product and process... but it can't be applied as easily to plastics like vinyl. so they made the metallic one out of polystyrene(easier/cheaper to do hollow, thus floats) and then electroplate that.