Appearance
Define the character, form, materials, colors, surface details and brand elements.
Custom plush
Blinking Panda
A plush reference for custom shape, fabric, color and trim.
Reference images show a starting point. Shape, materials, color, functions and packaging can be developed around your brief.
Product views
See the product from every angle.
Manufacturing reference
What this reference shows, and what you would decide.
A panda whose eyes are the moving part, which puts the whole design around the face.
Anything that moves or lights behind the eyes needs a rigid carrier inside a soft head. It also needs a cable route down through the neck seam, and an access point an adult can reach and a child cannot. The black eye patches double as the field the mechanism sits behind, which is a neat way to hide a hard part in a plush face. Head fill has to be firm enough to hold the carrier square.
Use this reference when the brief wants expression rather than audio. The decisions are what the eyes actually do, where the module and its power sit, and how the head is opened for service, since a sealed head and a serviceable head are different products.
Decisions this product type puts in front of you
- Materials Pile height, backing weight and fill density set both the look and the price. Ask for a fabric card, approve a lab dip against your artwork, and remember that a long pile hides seams and swallows embroidered detail.
- Face and features Embroidery, appliqué, print and heat transfer each hold detail differently on a raised pile. Choose per feature rather than per product, and decide whether eyes are embroidered or moulded before the age grade is fixed.
- Safety and certification Age grade drives the eye and nose method, the seam strength target and which small parts rule applies. Confirm the destination market before the pattern is cut, since the test list is not the same everywhere.
- Tooling and quantity A plush is cut and sewn, so setup sits in pattern making and sampling rather than steel. Quantity mostly moves fabric buying and line time, which is why a second colourway costs far less than a second sculpt.
- Packaging Plush ships compressed or uncompressed and the choice changes carton count, freight and how the product looks when the box is opened. Decide the recovery time you are willing to accept.
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- Target height in centimetres and the sitting or standing pose.
- Artwork or a sample, with turnaround views if the character is new.
- Pile height, colour references and any contrast materials.
- Destination markets and the age grade you intend to print.
- Quantity per colourway and the retail pack format.
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Custom development
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Functions
Select the interactions, audio, light, movement, controls and power system your product needs.
Presentation
Plan labels, instructions, packaging, carton configuration and market requirements together.
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