The Studio Behind the Characters

A workshop in eastern Poland that has been designing and building brand characters since 2015 — and does the design, the sewing and the shipping under one roof.

How we got here

We started in 2015 making plush toys for other people’s brands. Clients kept asking whether we could also build the walking version, and then whether we could design the character in the first place. Doing all three turned out to matter more than doing any one of them well.

The reason is simple: a character designed by someone who has never sewn one tends to be unbuildable — heads too heavy, ears that snap off, no way for a performer to see out. When the designer sits twenty metres from the sewing floor, those problems get caught on paper instead of after the foam is carved.

Ten years on we work mostly with European clients: clubs, retail brands, parks, cities and the agencies that serve them. Production has stayed in-house, which is why we can tell you what something is made of.

Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot

Studio visualisations of our own, showing the finish we aim for in mascot costumes and other custom mascots.

What in-house actually means

  • Design, pattern-making, sculpting, sewing and assembly in one building
  • We can name the material in any part of anything we sell you
  • A change at the sample stage takes a walk across the floor, not a month of emails
  • Repairs come back to the people who built the thing
Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot
Studio visualisation of a mascot

Studio visualisations of our own, showing the finish we aim for in mascot costumes and other custom mascots.

In business since 2015 ten years
Production In-house no unnamed subcontractors
Based in Poland EU, single market
EN71 & CE certified Every batch accredited laboratory

About MascotiQ

How long has MascotiQ been making mascots?
Since 2015. MascotiQ started by making plush toys for other companies’ brands; clients then asked for the walking costume version and for the character design itself, so the studio added both. It now works mostly with European clubs, retail brands, parks, cities and the agencies that serve them.
Where is the MascotiQ workshop?
In Biała Podlaska, eastern Poland, inside the EU single market. The company is EnjoyGroup Sp. z o.o., ul. Brzeska 8/4, 21-500 Biała Podlaska. Visits to the workshop are welcome, and a video call through the production floor is easier to arrange.
Does MascotiQ use subcontractors?
Production is in-house: design, pattern-making, sculpting, sewing and assembly take place in one building, with no unnamed subcontractors. For very large retail plush runs MascotiQ also works with audited partners, and you are told where your goods are made before you order.
Why does MascotiQ design and manufacture under one roof?
Because a character designed by someone who has never sewn one tends to be unbuildable: heads too heavy, ears that snap off, no way for the performer to see out. At MascotiQ the designer works twenty metres from the sewing floor, so those problems are caught on paper, and repairs return to the people who built the costume.

Want to see the workshop?

Visits are welcome, and a video call through the floor is easier to arrange.

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