Oscar statuettes, some wrapped in cloth, wait to be inspected before being finished at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. Every Oscar fist-pumped or tearfully cradled by Academy Award winners is first cast, buffed and fussed over by people far from Hollywood who have spent the last several months making 60 identical gold Oscars for the Feb. 26th awards. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Oscar statuettes coated in copper wait for the next coating at Epner Technology in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Each statuette is coated in three layers – the final one the iconic gold – and every Oscar fist-pumped or tearfully cradled by Academy Award winners is first cast, buffed and fussed over by people far from Hollywood who have spent the last several months making 60 identical gold Oscars for the Feb. 26th awards. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





A copper plated Oscar statuette is run through a series of chemical baths at Epner Technology in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Oscar statuettes in various stages of the coating process are hung together at Epner Technology in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





A man fills small pits on an Oscar statuette at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Oscar statuettes, some wrapped in cloth, wait to be inspected before being finished at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Oscar statuettes wait to be inspected before being finished at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Leo Sotelo works on an Oscar statuette at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Wax versions of the Oscar statuette are just one step in the process of making the completed version at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Oscar statuettes in different stages of production wait to be inspected before being finished at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Different 3-D printed versions of the Oscar statuette are displayed at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





A man works out the imperfections on an Oscar statuette at the Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y., Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





Cecil Bowen works on Oscar statuettes that have already been nickel plated at Epner Technology in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)





A nickel plated Oscar statuette is run through a series of chemical baths at Epner Technology in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP Photo)