Note:
The toy figure images shown on our website are intended solely as references for customization and are not available for purchase. As a professional ODM/OEM toy manufacturer, we focus on customizing and producing toy figures of comparable style. If you have an original figure design you’d like to produce, please reach out to us for a quotation.
Most "wholesale supplier" pages describe a single custom figure. This one describes the program around it: the pricing ladder, the consistency controls and the shipping mechanics that decide whether a 2,000-unit reorder lands on the shelf looking like the first batch.
A bulk wholesale vinyl figure program is a repeat manufacturing relationship, not a one-off commission. You bring the character — your own IP, or a design we co-develop — and we build it in soft rotocast vinyl with hand-painted gradient finishes, at quantities from 100 to 5,000+ pcs per design, with unit pricing that steps down as volume steps up.
The program covers the full chain: 2D design and 3D sculpting, mold engineering, rotocast production, multi-stage hand finishing, retail-ready packaging, AQL inspection and consolidated export. Every approved design gets a retained golden sample and paint formula chips, so batch 4 matches batch 1 — the single most common failure point when buyers switch between trading companies and factories.
| Material | Best For | Unit Cost at Volume | Batch Consistency | Freight Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Rotocast Vinyl ★ | Kawaii and urban art collectibles, gradient hand finishes, 4-12 in figures with hollow bodies | Low-mid; molds cost a fraction of injection tooling, ideal for multi-SKU programs | High — golden sample + paint chips keep reorder drift within delta E 2.0 | Light — hollow cast cuts 40-60% vs solid resin |
| Rigid Injection PVC | Tight-tolerance collectibles with pad-printed faces; the original page material for this factory's figure lines | Mid at 100-999; drops sharply at 2,500+ where multi-cavity steel tooling pays back | Highest — cavity 1 and cavity 8 are identical parts | Mid — solid wall 2-3 mm |
| Cast Polyresin | Gallery-grade statues, small decorative runs under 500 pcs | High — silicone molds wear after 300-500 pulls, unit cost climbs within a single run | Low-mid — silicone wear causes drift inside the same edition | Heavy — solid cast, freight-eating at volume |
| ABS + Vinyl Hybrid | Collectibles with internal armatures, swap accessories or weighted bases | Mid-high — two processes per unit | High for the ABS frame, vinyl skin follows golden sample | Mid-heavy |
| Plush | Soft-line extensions of a vinyl character IP, gift retail | Low at volume, but stitching is labor-bound and slower to scale | Mid — hand stitching varies operator to operator | Light but bulky — low density, high CBM |
| Process | What It Does | Wholesale-Specific Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| Vinyl Rotational Molding | Hollow-cast body, wall 3-4 mm, seamless silhouette | Mold log per cavity, wall thickness checked each 500-shot interval |
| Multi-Part Split Sculpting | Head, limbs, accessories cast as separate parts for paint access | Part-fit gauges re-checked at every batch changeover |
| Hand-Painted Gradient Layers | Soft layered transitions — the signature finish of kawaii art vinyl | Paint formula chips + gradient reference card retained per SKU |
| Masked Spray Finishing | Hard color boundaries, sneaker soles, flame-shaped headwear edges | Masks re-cut every 800-1,000 pieces before edges soften |
| Pad Printing (Tampo) | Face graphics, eye frames, cloud-face detail at 0.1 mm registration | Pad plates stored per SKU; first-off compared against golden sample |
| Gloss / Matte Clear Coat | Seals paint, sets final surface character | Gloss checked at 60 degrees, plus or minus 5 GU batch tolerance |
| Pantone Color Matching | Converts your brand palette into repeatable paint formulas | Approved Pantone chips archived; reorders quote from the same formula |
| AQL 2.5 / 4.0 Inspection | Statistical sampling instead of 100% eyeball QC | Written inspection report + defect classification shipped with each batch |
| Size Band | Unit Price Range (USD) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 4 in / 10 cm | 2.60 - 4.20 | Blind-box and impulse price points |
| 6 in / 15 cm | 4.50 - 7.50 | The workhorse collectible size |
| 8-10 in / 20-25 cm | 7.80 - 12.00 | Hero SKU, full gradient finish |
| 12 in / 30 cm | 13.50 - 19.00 | Display piece, reinforced wall |
| Lead Time Component | Working Days |
|---|---|
| Painted prototype (first design) | 7 (rush 3-5) |
| Pre-design + sampling stage | 5-11 |
| Mold + mass production prep | 35-42 |
| Post-processing, QC, packing, delivery | 14-22 |
| First order total | 54-75 days |
| Reorder (mold exists) | 35-50 days |
| Sea freight, additional | 25-40 days |
| Air freight, additional | 3-5 days |