What do I need to start a action figure company.?

Question

Do I need patents, copyrights ,safety stuff,trademarks,or something else for this toy/action figure company.and can I please get a price estimate

Answer 1

How about $65?

If you have a VIABLE invention then it is a good idea to protect it.



Do you know about the Provisional Application for Patent? It only costs $65 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do..



If a provisional application for patent looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at a website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format. Either Google or YouTube Provisional Patent Video or PM me and I will give you links to consider. I notice you do not have your email turned on in Yahoo or I would have sent it to you..



I do not want to put links in here because lawyers delete my posts when I do.. go figure! They do not want you to know how easy this is! You can email me at [e-mail] too if you want as well!



There are LOTS of ways to move forward with your invention. I would caution you away from paying ANYONE ANYTHING until you COMPLETELY understand what and when they will give you what you want.



DO NOT pay anyone $5,000 to start your invention... Not even invention companies until you COMPLETELY understand exactly what they will do for you. I have talked to way too many folks who have spent from $1800 to $5000 to get nothing.



Not to worry.. there are ways to get what you want ant YOU can do it yourself, for the most part, and it is fairly easy to do everything. Just know the USPTO is a branch of the Federal Government and the Federal government wants YOU to be a millionaire so you can pay taxes. Therefore, the Federal Government, via the USPTO, makes it EASY to file a Provisional Application for Patent. Extremely easy.

Answer 2

You just start a toy company in general, and work hard to gain the exclusive rights to be THEE toy company that gets to put out action figures for what you HOPE will be a successfully-selling series.

Answer 3

I couldn't guess, other than I hear licensing agreements for trademarked items can cost $10,000 each.



There are services that can make custom bobbleheads from photographs, using 3D printing, that might be a niche one could get into.

One place where design prototypes could be made for you from 3D models is ShapeWays.com

Answer 4

$1 million dollars, you need your own action figures, patents and trademarked. You will need a sales force to get them sold

Answer 5

There will be toy safety requirements to meet (parents are fussy about that sort of stuff!)

Answer 6

Plastic, a factory, machines, workers, insurance.

Answer 7

there are probably no decent characters left for you to try and get a license for