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How It Works

How We Work With Brands

From your first brief to sampling, production and quality review — here is how we help move a custom figure or toy project forward in China.

The Process

Six Steps From Brief to Production

Each step below describes what happens, what we need from you, and what gets confirmed before the next stage begins.

01

Tell Us About Your Project

Share your idea, reference files, target quantity and timeline. A sketch, a 3D file or a rough description is enough to start.

02

We Review the Brief

We look at the product requirements and the likely manufacturing route, and identify the questions that need clarifying before anything is quoted.

03

Manufacturing Options

Where appropriate, we explore suitable manufacturing options in China for your brief — process, material and tooling route.

04

Prototype & Sampling

Sampling requirements, revisions and timing are confirmed once the product and the manufacturing route are reviewed.

05

Production

Production planning follows written sample approval. Scope, timing and terms are set out in the applicable project documents.

06

Quality Review & Delivery

Quality checkpoints and shipping arrangements are agreed as part of the confirmed project scope.

How We Add Value

How We Add Value

We bring factory visibility, manufacturing context and project support to each brief. Available routes are reviewed individually based on the product, material, quantity and timeline.

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Factory Visibility

We document real production environments and the stages a product actually goes through.

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Manufacturing Context

Understand what affects cost, timing and feasibility before you commit to a route.

NDA

Before You Share

Confidentiality is available before sensitive files are exchanged. Please only send designs you hold the rights to.

FAQ

Common Questions

Do I need a finished 3D file to start?
No. A sketch, reference images or a written description is enough to begin a project review. We will tell you what still needs to be developed.
How do minimums and timing work?
Minimums vary by material, tooling and production route. Sampling requirements and timing are confirmed after the product and the manufacturing route are reviewed.
Will FiguForge sign an NDA?
Confidentiality is available before sensitive files are exchanged. Please raise this in your first message.
What about licensed characters?
FiguForge will not knowingly facilitate the manufacture of unauthorized third-party IP. Licensed projects require authorization documents.
How do brands choose a custom figurines manufacturer in China?
Compare the process route, tooling approach, sampling terms and quality checkpoints against your brief — not just the unit price. Our resin figure guide walks through the questions to ask.

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you are trying to make and we will suggest the next step.

Discuss Your Project