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#1 scythemantis

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Posted 27 October 2020 - 01:46 PM

My non-toy kickstarter project is approaching $20,000, twice its original funding. I obviously have the audience to start making toys, and I'm already making some by 3d printing and individual casting through some friends...but some concepts I have are going to really need to be larger scale productions, which means communicating with a Chinese factory.

I've asked a number of artists and brands now for any leads on where to go, and so far, I've never gotten an answer. I've gotten "good luck in your search!" from people who already do this for a living and it's feeling quite a bit like they're gatekeeping me or something.

I don't want to muscle in on the indie toy market. I want to make little novelties like rubber bugs and finger puppets. I even tracked down contacts in Archie Mcphee and got another "good luck!"


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Posted 28 October 2020 - 02:17 PM

Try and reach out to Matt (Onell Designs) about working with the Gylos factory... maybe he can help.  I don't know if he is on LRG, you might want to try finding him on Instagram!

 

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Posted 29 October 2020 - 06:52 AM

Second to Matt. He helped me get the Kaiju Kinkeshi made. Be advised you should have a finished prototype before talking to him, he is a very busy guy and gets a lot of unserious/unrealistic requests. contact him thru the Onell blog


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Posted 29 October 2020 - 05:10 PM

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Posted 16 September 2021 - 04:13 PM

If you're going/planning to do volume-runs, speak to the commercial attache at your local (to nation) Chinese Embassy, there used to be several toy-specific trade bodies for Hong Kong, but they all seem to have been shut-up recently (by Beijing) so you'd have to go through the Chinese proper?


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