SEDEX · SMETA 4-pillar
We hold a four-pillar SMETA audit report covering labour standards, health and safety, environment and business ethics. The current report is available to buyers on request.
The workshop
Every stage sits in the same building
A figure passes through five pairs of hands before it is packed: the sculptor, the mould maker, the caster, the painter and the inspector. Because they share a floor, a correction is a conversation rather than a shipment.
We work from 2D character sheets, orthographic drawings, STL and STP files. Where a mesh is not watertight we repair it or remodel the shell, and we say which one the project needs before the quote rather than after.
Our own animal figure line exists for the same reason a workshop keeps test pieces: it is how we check wall thickness, colour repeatability and joint strength on a routine basis instead of only on client orders.
2006
established
20
years in production
5
material routes
4P
SMETA audited
Brand programmes
Characters we have made for other people's names
Licensed character work is unforgiving: colour is approved by the brand owner, the packaging carries their name, and the factory carries the consequence. Twenty years of that work is the reason our approval process looks the way it does.
- DisneyCharacter figures and display pieces produced for Disney-licensed programmes, under the brand owner's approval.
- MiffySoft-line and figure work for Miffy character ranges, with colour approval held by the licensor.
- PokémonSmall-format character production for Pokémon ranges, including multi-part assembly and paint-mask work.
Brand names are the property of their respective owners and are referenced only to describe work carried out for their licensees. No brand logo, artwork or product photography is reproduced on this site.
Audit and compliance
The paperwork behind the relationship
NBCUniversal vendor certification
Our factory has completed NBCUniversal's vendor certification, which is the entry requirement for producing their licensed character merchandise.
Material declarations
Every ink, coating and substrate in a programme is traceable to a supplier declaration, so testing can be re-run without re-sourcing the bill of materials.
How we work
Six rules the workshop is held to
These are operating rules, not values on a wall. Each one changed a decision we made on a real order.
01
The sample is the contract
A drawing can be argued with; a signed sample cannot. Every run is measured against a physical reference kept on file, in the same light and against the same colour chip.
02
Say the real number
If a design needs nine paint masks, the quote says nine masks. Hiding complexity in a unit price only moves the argument to the first inspection.
03
Make the process visible
Buyers are entitled to know where a figure is cast, painted and packed. Ours happens in one building, which is also why a correction is quick.
04
Protect the character
Your sculpt, your model and your tooling stay yours. We do not reuse a client character, and we do not list clients we cannot prove.
05
Refuse the wrong process
Resin is wrong for a toddler toy and steel tooling is wrong for a ten-piece edition. Recommending against our own margin is part of the job.
06
Finish like it will be photographed
Seam lines, paint creep and packing dents are what a buyer sees in an unboxing video. Finishing discipline is a marketing decision as much as a quality one.
On the floor
Sculpt, mould, paint, inspect
Capability
What the building can do
Material routes
Rotocast vinyl, injection PVC and ABS, hand-cast resin, GRP, plush
In-house stages
Sculpt, mould, cast, assemble, paint, inspect, pack
Inspection
First article, in-line checks, final AQL against the approved sample
Files accepted
OBJ, STL, STP, IGS, plus 2D character sheets and orthographic views
Come with a character, leave with a sampling plan
Tell us the object, the market and the quantity you have in mind. We will name the process that suits it — including when that process is not one of ours.