Plush toy testing and quality control
In most of the markets we ship to a soft toy is legally a children's product, which makes the paperwork matter as much as the stitching. Here is what we do as standard and what we arrange on request.
EN71-1, EN71-2, EN71-3
European toy safety: mechanical and physical properties, flammability, and migration of heavy metals out of the fabric, thread and fill.
ASTM F963
The US consumer safety standard: small parts, seam strength, and the pull force required to detach eyes, noses and other fittings.
CPSIA and tracking labels
Lead and phthalate limits for the US market, plus the permanent tracking label carrying batch and production date.
REACH and Prop 65
Restricted substances screening for the EU and California, booked through SGS, BV, Intertek or whichever lab you nominate.
Checked at every stage
- Incoming fabric matched to the approved swatch for colour, shade and pile direction
- Embroidery checked against the digitised file before the panel is sewn in
- Needle detection on every finished unit before it goes anywhere near a carton
- Eye and nose pull test at 90 N on units drawn from each production batch
- Seam strength tested on limbs, tails and the neck join
- Fill weight verified against the approved sample, unit by unit on short runs
- AQL 2.5 major / 4.0 minor inspection before the cartons are sealed
- Pre-shipment photographs sent for your written approval
Nine seconds on the turntable
An approved sample turning through 360°: every seam, the pile direction and how the appliqué sits, at the distance a buyer actually inspects one. No music and no cuts.
Materials we hold in stock
Plush fabrics
Short and long-pile polyester, minky, super-soft velboa, curly lamb, boucle, shaggy, terry and knitted-look jersey.
Fill
Virgin PP cotton meeting EN71-3, plus PE pellets and glass beads for weighted bases. Recycled PET fill available on request.
Eyes and fittings
Locked plastic safety eyes, embroidered eyes for under-three products, moulded noses, wire armatures, sound boxes and rattles.
Trims and labels
Woven and printed labels, hangtags, satin ribbon, embroidery thread in more than 300 shades, and custom moulded zip pulls.
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Send the drawing. We will price it.
A pencil sketch photographed on a phone is enough to start. Tell us the finished height and the quantity and a costed quote comes back within 12 working hours.