Manifesto·2024 / Vol. 02
Serious ducks
for un-serious
people.
We make ducks you don't want to drop in the water — you want to put them on a shelf. The small ones go in a pocket. The large ones go in a lobby. All of them go on camera.
01 — Index
The ladder, from thumb to bear.
One silhouette. Five scales. The same duck, readable from 4 cm to 3 m — the body proportions do not scale linearly, the duck must read as the same duck, not a slightly larger one.
- N° 01 Micro 4–8 cm thumb-sized from €8 today · keychain
- N° 02 Classic 10–25 cm palm-sized from €22 3 weeks
- N° 03 Designer 15–30 cm cat-sized from €68 6 weeks · collab
- N° 04 Mega 50–120 cm stool-sized from €640 6 weeks
- N° 05 Architect 1.5–3 m bear-sized on request 12 weeks · install
02 — Production
One mould.
Five scales.
The same duck, repeated.
A fact base, not a brochure. Material, eyes, method, QC, compliance, care — six blocks, no marketing.
Material
Single-piece moulding of vulcanised rubber — food-grade silicone compound for Micro and Classic, natural rubber with EPDM additives for Designer, Mega and Architect. No plastic inserts, no metal inside, no glued seams.
Eyes
Painted post-vulcanisation with food-grade silicone dye. Black pupil, white sclera. Eye shape and position are invariant across every SKU — the same base relief, the same expression, repeated.
Method by line
Micro — injection, 8 cavities. Classic — compression, 1–2 cavities. Designer — hand-cast in silicone for runs up to 300. Mega — rotational moulding with internal fibreglass frame. Architect — sculptural casting against a CNC-milled polystyrene master.
Quality control
Five checks per duck: visual (no porosity, streaks, short shots), geometry (beak/eyes/feet present, proportions ±2%), drop (5 falls from 1 m), smell (no under-cured rubber), gravimetry (mass within ±3%). Architect additionally receives ultrasonic inspection of the frame's welded seams and an on-site assembly photo protocol.
Compliance
EN 71-3 chemical migration, REACH — no phthalates, no bisphenol A. Age-marked packaging: 6+ for Micro 4 cm with choking-hazard sticker, 3+ for Classic, 6+ (collector's object, not a toy) for Designer, decorative-only for Mega, certified-crew installation for Architect.
Care
Wash with warm water and mild soap. No abrasives, no alcohol, no bleach. Operating range −20 °C to +60 °C. Above +70 °C — deformation. Below −25 °C — embrittlement, especially Mega and Architect. Indoor only. Protect from direct UV and from oils or solvents.
03 — Catalogue
Five subjects. Each with its own accent.
Click a subject to open the spec sheet.
04 — B2B · Custom
Pick from the palette.
We'll tint the mass.
Custom is not "paint on top" — it is body-through pigment, tinted before moulding. Twelve branded Pantone-equivalents in the Quacktory Pigment Menu. Lead time and price stay predictable.
The Pigment Menu
Twelve body-through colours. Pigment is mixed into the compound before moulding, so the colour goes all the way through the duck — not a skin. The duck can be chipped, scratched, and the colour underneath is the colour on top.
Lead times
Micro and Classic — 3 weeks. Designer — 6 weeks, with design sign-off from the collab author. Mega — 6 weeks. Architect — 12 weeks, including on-site survey, transport, climate-controlled crating and installation by certified crew.
Fully arbitrary colour
A third-party Pantone is a separate formula development. New line in the quote, plus two weeks to the lead time, plus fifteen percent to the price. We can match it — it just stops being a catalogue operation.
Custom geometry
A new duck shape or a brand mascot figure is a separate project. CNC-milled polystyrene master, fibreglass mould, internal steel frame with stiffening ribs. Discussed individually — this is sculpture, not a SKU.
Every shipment ships with a care card and a QR code pointing to the full production fact base.
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