A dad, a printer, and a very judgy 8-year-old.

01 · Our story

It started at a market stall

We were at an artisan market and my daughter spotted a bin of 3D-printed “toys” being sold in bulk. I told her the honest version: those are the fun-for-ten-minutes kind of thing that ends up forgotten in a drawer a week later.

But it got me thinking. What if a print could be cute and actually useful? What if it earned its spot instead of becoming clutter? That’s where the magnets came from.

I made a few models and she was the judge. What you see here is what she liked, so if you have a complaint, take it up with her. She also told her friends, and just like that she made our first sale.

02 · Our mission

A hundred good ones, not a million forgettable ones

We make small, joyful objects that earn their place on your fridge, desk or lunchbox. Things you actually like looking at. Things that survive a real life.

We’d rather you keep yours for years than buy another in six months.

03 · How we make them

Print-in-place joints, magnets by hand

Every critter is printed in PLA using print-in-place joints, so the segments articulate without any assembly. The print pauses partway through; we drop the magnets into the head and bum by hand, and the next layers seal them in.

Wherever we can we print with refurbished and repurposed plastic, material that would otherwise be trash, given a second life as something you’ll want to keep.

04 · Who we are

Not a big team

A father with a 3D printer and a very judgy quality-control daughter, based in Lincoln, New Zealand. Questions about an order, a custom request, or just saying hi, we’d love to hear from you.