Custom Fidget Toys Manufacturer — Silicone, Bearings & Pantone Matching

100 units for most silicone Pop Its, stress balls and sensory pieces, and 200 units for spinners with bearings, because the bearing and metal components carry their own minimums. Many custom-moulded programmes ask for 500 units or more; our test-run minimum stays at 100. Prototype-only orders are also available with no obligation to continue to mass production, so you can validate a design, test materials, or use samples for photography and a crowdfunding campaign first.

Yes — up to roughly 8 inches in any direction, with control over bubble count, bubble size, spacing and layout. You approve a physical sample before mass production, so the pop resistance is confirmed on the real part rather than on a render.

Food-grade silicone for anything that enters the mouth, and specified TPR, PU foam, ABS or metal for everything else. EN71-3 is the EU test for migration of 19 elements, ASTM F963 is the US toy safety standard, and CPSIA is the US childrens product law covering lead and phthalates. Oral-contact parts are tested for migration separately from the rest of the order. Fidget toys are sensory aids, not medical devices or a treatment.

Yes — Pantone PMS matching across silicone, TPR, PU foam, ABS and metal coatings. Colours are mixed and verified under D65 lighting, the CIE daylight standard, so the match holds outside a showroom, and you sign off a swatch or a pre-production sample. Solid colours, gradients, marble and metallic effects are all available, and consistency is held across the run and across reorders.

Send whatever you have — a sketch, a reference photo, a description, or just the use case. Concept sketches, material recommendations and digital mockups come back within 48 hours, and design consultation, digital proofs and material recommendations are not charged. The prototype itself is quoted per project once we have the design and material, after the consultation. Nothing goes into production until you approve the sample.

Five methods, chosen by material. In-mould debossing for silicone and TPR, formed into the part itself so it cannot wear off. Pad printing for flat ABS surfaces. In-mould labelling for full-colour artwork formed inside the mould. Laser engraving for metal and wood. Heat transfer for multi-colour graphics on fabric-backed parts. Wear resistance is the deciding factor — a logo on a high-wear surface goes into the mould rather than onto the surface.

A compliance pack for the destination market, itemised in your written quote. EN71 Parts 1-3 is the EU toy standard covering mechanical and physical safety, flammability, and migration of 19 elements. ASTM F963 is the US toy safety standard. CPSIA is the US childrens product law, which requires a Childrens Product Certificate. ISO 8124 is the international equivalent of EN71. Oral-contact silicone is additionally tested against FDA food-contact requirements and LFGB, the German food-contact code, and RoHS applies to anything with electronics or metal coatings. Third-party lab reports are arranged when a market or a retail buyer requires them. Tell us where you are selling and we list the exact documents before you order.

An NDA before we review any file, tooling you pay for staying yours in writing, and a written exclusivity clause. Your moulds, artwork and production files sit in an isolated job folder and are never reused for another client.

AQL stands for Acceptable Quality Limit — the defect rate a sampling inspection will accept before a batch is rejected. Inspecting at AQL 2.5 means major defects are limited to 2.5%, using the ISO 2859-1 sampling tables that retail buyers and third-party inspectors both work from. We inspect in-line at five stages plus a pre-shipment check, and a third-party inspector appointed by you is welcome at any of them.

Either — TPR (thermoplastic rubber) and TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) are the same family of material and the two names are used interchangeably in the industry. Both give the grippy, stretchy feel a stress ball or a mesh fidget needs, and both can be tinted and finished matt or glossy. What actually differs is the formulation: hardness, surface tack, and how far the part stretches before it tears. Describe the feel you want and we specify the grade. A BPA-free claim is only made with the batch report number behind it.

Silicone softness is measured on the Shore A scale, where a higher number is harder. For a Pop It the target is set by how much resistance you want when a bubble is pushed; for a chewable the priority is a soft, non-abrasive surface. The figure is set per part and printed on the spec sheet, and you confirm it by squeezing the physical sample rather than by reading a number.

Every magnet is fully encapsulated so it cannot come loose in normal use. EN71-1 requires magnetic components to be enclosed, and ASTM F963 additionally limits the flux index of any magnet that fits inside the small-parts cylinder. Encapsulation and the flux-index check are written onto the spec sheet, and the assembled part is inspected at the in-line QC gates.

20-25 days for a standard run once the sample is signed off. That window covers moulding, assembly, decoration, packing and the pre-shipment inspection. If a new steel mould has to be cut, the mould build time runs in front of that. Transit time depends on the shipping method and destination and is quoted with the order.