There is no catalog price for a custom kit. The number you get back is a build: how many pieces, how many print plates, whether a figure is in the bag, what the box is, and where the cartons land. Indicative per-kit bands sit on the homepage. This page is the cost drivers behind those bands, not a reprint of them.
Procurement teams stall when they ask “how much is a brick kit?” without a piece count or a packing job. The useful question is: what would make this quote move by 20%? Those lines are below.
The five lines that move the quote
Piece count. A 24-80 piece booth takeaway is a different mold-and-pack job from a 200+ piece aircraft. Count is the first filter, not the last. If the kit has to assemble in under 15 minutes at a stand, you are in the compact band. If it has to read as a fleet from across a lobby, you are not.
Print plates. One logo tile is one plate. A unique name per employee is a plate-scope item, not a sculpt. A second livery, year-tier, or language in the manual is a second SKU or a second plate. Roster files belong in the first email if names are in scope. Adding the roster after sampling is how 10-kit economics get applied to a 500-kit run.
Minifigures. A torso print is cheaper than two roles (pilot and medic). Hair, accessories, and a second outfit each add a part. Figure-only production starts from 50 units. A full kit with an optional figure is priced as the kit, not as the figure line. Do not mix a booth bag and an HR name-tile box in one carton spec.
Packaging. A numbered polybag for a booth is not a rigid VIP mailer. The lid that shows the finished model is a print job. Hall freight and HQ pallets do not share a carton spec. If the kit is a mailer, the box graphic is part of the quote. If it is a handout, bags and a short manual are the quote.
Freight and Incoterms. Weight follows the box more than the bricks. US and EU landings need a packing list and a destination, not “ship to HQ and we will sort it.” Split offices without labeled cartons look cheap on the PO and expensive at receiving.
Prototype, 10 kits, and 500 kits
A single physical prototype is available before production. That sample is the acceptance gate for color, clutch, and print. It is not a volume price. Production starts from 10 kits. Minifigure-only programs start from 50. Those floors do not change for a more complex aircraft. The unit price does.
At 500 units the factory is no longer sampling the idea; it is repeating a signed sample. Unit cost drops versus a 10-kit first run because plates and packing are amortized. It does not drop if you add a second print after the sample, or if 500 becomes 200 + 150 + 150 to three offices with three lid arts. Split destinations are a packing-list line, not a discount.
Rush freight can cost more than a week of production. If the show date is fixed, put it in the first field so sampling is scheduled from the crate, not from “when artwork is ready.” Stages and payment terms live on How to Order and the FAQs.
What people forget to price
A second language in the manual. A display stand that was “nice to have” until the lobby photo. Unique year tiles without a spreadsheet. A booth bag and a gift box in one SKU. Each of those is cheaper to name in the brief than to discover on the sample.
If you already know the use case, start from the matching program rather than a blank kit: trade show giveaways, minifigure giveaways, or aircraft model kits. Those pages are the product. This page is why two quotes for “a brick kit” can be $12 and $40.
What to send so the reply is a number
Quantity, deadline, destination(s), and a photo of the object. Logo in AI, SVG, or PDF if you have it; a PNG is enough for a draft. If you have a budget band, put it in the notes so the piece count is scoped to a kit you will actually produce.
Send company, contact, quantity, and deadline through the inquiry form. The quote you get back should name piece range, print scope, packing, and a sample date.