>>11846021I had them manufactured through a friend who has been making toys for decades after me buying those toys for like 15 years and meeting up at 30 toy conventions with them.
There are companies you can contact for toy manufacturing, but the easier they are to communicate with the more expensive they will be. Like HappyWorker is a Canadian based toy manufacturer which can do literally everything for you, and since they're based in North America they're easy to deal with, but be prepared for massive order minimums and costly expenses at every single turn. A six figure cost for anything that's not a small statue.
I would say genuinely that the best bet is to go through people you know, like I did. "But I don't know anyone" Ok, well, start. There's a large convention circuit with literally dozens of shows a year, a good amount of indie or semi indie toy creators go to lots of them. There's also like, the guys making boutique star wars toys through factories etc. There's companies that got their start off Kickstarter with just a handful of people in them that are very interactive with their fan bases. I don't know much about the coomer scene so I can't help with any specifics but I'd say you definitely want to go through people who are familiar with what you're trying to make. Factories will say they can make anything, and they'll make it, sure, but if they don't already have similar toys dialed in the output is likely to be abysmal. It would also be helpful to literally go to the factory in person to help learn about the production process and walk them through exactly what you'd want and don't want while learning exactly what they can and can't do.
Be prepared to spend anywhere from 20-100k+ in order to make it happen.
I know this is all vague but it's such a risky, expensive venture that I would highly recommend cultivating a relationship with existing toymakers, be someone they recognize, through toy pics and purchases and in person.
