Making a Collectible Toy & Its Packaging

I've always thought it'd be fun to design my own line of collectibles, so I set out to make one. The whole process took 30+ Hours. Modeling in Blender, 3D Printing, Sanding and painting for the figure itself. Vacuum forming a buck and cutting designing a custom box for the packaging. Lots can be improved for the next project but I think the results surpassed my expectations!

Some of the Tools I used:
Ender 3 - 3D Printing
Mayku Formbox - For the Vacuum Forming
Arteza Bone Folders - To get nice crease lines with the box

00:00 - Intro
00:47 - 3D Sculpting & Printing
01:27 - Priming and Painting
04:53 - Making the packaging insert
05:47 - Outer packaging (box)
09:19 - Final Product

[TheCrafsMan]

Andy, phenomenal job! The end product is very professional (and charming!), as is the documentation of the process. Very nice!

[creathorie]

I'm so glad YouTubers like you exist. Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us!

[williamramos]

This was very cool and informative. The character looks hilarious.

[OnishaJuhl]

I didn't think clicking this video and watching it would leave me feeling INSPIRED! Well done and thank you!!!

[GenesisCruzerNeo]

At last a tutorial vid that really can try by most designer and artist in mid cost budget 3D printer not by some other video seen on youtube showing resin 3D printer as a must to do a figurine project

[smallboy]

wicked cool process, i would say investing in a cricket would help when making your packaging. Its pretty expensive, but def helpful depending if your making a lot products. At that point you would be your very own tiny toy factory lol

[crownhimcreate]

Thanks for the honesty and authenticity! I appreciate hearing and seeing what works and what doesn't.

[NGTheDoom]

This is really cool, and insightful, too.

[TeamMayku]

This is ace Andy! Absolutely love the design and it was great to see the FormBox in action. Can't wait to see your next design.

[thicktoes]

It’s cool to see what goes on during the process of making a collectible. Thanks for this

[ianstolle]

I remember over head projectors, also nice work. I'm currently exploring different packaging ideas, and this was very helpful.

[SQUIDTANK]

Sooo good, thanks for sharing the whole process, really interesting! I haven't seen anyone vacuum form their own packaging before, very impressive! Subscribed!

[rogeliovillasanojr.]

This is rad and what I was looking for! Want to buy one of those pencils now!

[Greygoose]

Awesome piece of art that I'm ver honored to have! Excellent video explaining the process.

[ACe-zgje]

Hey, great job! Would you have, by any chance a list of materials used?

[MMMMM]

So cool! A lot of work goes into this that we don't consider

[dawneyekeen]

Hey Andy thanks for all this information. I awoke this morning with a complete design idea. But had no idea where to start or how to get it on the shelves. But I'm unfamiliar with the equipment you are using but is faster method than I know. This is really cool.

[octodoodle]

one thought i had was to make the different colour parts print seperately and use filament that matches each of their colour, then snap fit or glue them together (snap fit if ur more experienced with how to design clips that do as such)

[darrelcheong]

yellow is a very tricky colour, i find that vallejo's red and yellow is more opaque compared to folk art. But a light / white base before applying these colours helps a bunch.

[gundamizer]

thank you for the step by step procedure. so helpful
good luck to your business.