>>11692855I'm actually trying to get a toy manufactured in the US and it's really difficult on every possible level. Even just trying to hire somebody to turn 2D drawings into a 3D CAD file to get mold cuts is hard. Alot of them are infected with "just wait for AI to do it for you, bro." Here I am worried that AI's (as crippledick worthless as it is) going to take jobs and somebody's turning down a paying job _right_now_.
Then you've got some of them that're hung up on physical production factors like it's any of their business. I'm buying design services. WTF do you care how many units I have funding for? And then it's this cat and mouse game where they won't do a design because you can't commit to a number of units at a price they won't reveal. Give me 3-4 pricing tiers and I'll tell you which one I can afford.
I had the MMC lead designer on the line awhile back and that's exactly what happened with him. I finally pulled a number out of my ass (3000) and he proceeded to shit all over it as too optimistic and _still_ wouldn't agree to the job. So why the fuck did that dickless chink even press the issue?
Anyway, bizarre as it sounds, I actually got better leads from LinkedIn than anywhere in the toy arena. I actually got a number for design _and_ tooling! Sounds too good to be true so I decided to save up a little more money for surprises. I told them i needed to lockdown some more details but I'm planning to earnestly try mid February once I hit my number and have reference materials together.
It would be really awesome if this all actually worked out.
