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Breathing Otter Plush
A soft-toy platform for audio, light, movement or soothing features.
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Manufacturing reference
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The same breathing mechanism in a seated otter with a sleeping face.
The two builds are worth comparing because the body changes what the mechanism has to do. A lamb is round and firm, so the movement is felt across a wide curved surface. This otter is narrower through the chest, so the mounting sits in a smaller section and the motion has further to travel before it is felt. A short pile also shows the movement more clearly than a fleece does, which is a design decision rather than an accident.
Choose this one when the product is sold as a sleep companion with a closed eyed face. Decide the mounting position in the chest, how firm that section is allowed to be, and whether the same drive can be used across both body shapes.
Decisions this product type puts in front of you
- Module placement The pocket that holds the board, speaker or motor decides where the seams run and where the toy feels hard. Place it where a child holds the toy least, and say how it is removed before washing.
- Materials around electronics Pile height and backing weight change how a speaker sounds and how a light reads through fabric. Approve a fabric card against the working module rather than against a photograph.
- Power and charging Replaceable cells behind a screw door and a sealed rechargeable pack are different products for the parent and for the freight forwarder. Pick one before the sculpt is approved.
- Safety and certification A soft toy with a battery, a light or a motor inside it sits in more than one test route at once. Set the destination markets and the age grade first, and expect fabric changes to reopen part of the list.
- Cleaning and instructions Parents will try to wash it. Decide whether the module is removable, what the care label says and how that instruction survives translation into every market you sell in.
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- Target height and the pose, plus where the child is expected to hold it.
- The feature list: audio, light, movement or soothing, and what triggers each.
- Whether the module is removable for cleaning.
- Destination markets and the age grade you intend to print.
- Quantity per colourway and the retail pack format.
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