We'd rather tell you exactly what we do and don't do than dress it up. Here's the honest version.
We Don't Make What Nobody Buys
Everything is printed to order. There's no warehouse of unsold toys, no end-of-season clearance, and nothing gets binned because a colour didn't take off. It's the single biggest thing we do, and it's built into how the business works rather than bolted on.
What We Print With
PLA-Matte filament, on a Bambu Lab P2S. PLA is made from fermented plant starch — typically corn or sugarcane — rather than crude oil, which makes it a plant-based plastic rather than a petroleum-based one.
We choose PLA partly for that and partly because it prints at lower temperatures than most alternatives, which means less power per print.
What We Won't Claim
PLA is often described as biodegradable or compostable. That's misleading, so we won't say it.
PLA only breaks down in an industrial composting facility — sustained high heat, controlled humidity, the works. It will not break down in your compost bin, your green bin or a landfill in any meaningful timeframe. It also can't go in your kerbside recycling, because it contaminates the standard plastics stream.
So, our products are made from a plant-based plastic. They are not compostable at home, and we'd rather you knew that than found out later.
What Happens to Our Waste
- Failed prints and supports are collected rather than binned, and go to a filament recycling program.
- Empty spools are reused as we purchase reusable spools and refill packs of PLA.
- Offcuts and purge — the little coloured blobs a printer makes when switching filaments — get saved. We're working on a use for them.
Packaging
Cardboard boxes, paper tape, paper void fill and a printed card. No plastic wrap, no bubble wrap, no plastic tape. The whole lot goes in your kerbside recycling.
Made Here, Shipped Once
Our products are printed in Australia and posted directly to you. They don't come from an overseas factory, sit in a container, clear customs, go into a distribution centre and then get sent out again. One short trip instead of five long ones.