{
  "title": "How much does a custom figurine cost?",
  "url": "https://nendo.world/articles/custom-figurine-cost",
  "published": "2026-09-17",
  "updated": "2026-09-17",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Nendo",
    "url": "https://nendo.world/"
  },
  "summary": [
    "On 17 September 2026, five online shops asked $85 to $209 for a figurine of about 10 cm made from your photo. All five charge in US dollars.",
    "JLC3DP, the company that prints our figurines, has charged us $0.754 per cubic centimeter for full-color resin prints since 3 August 2026. That's $14.61 to print a typical 6 cm figurine.",
    "The same figurine made twice as tall uses about eight times the resin, so it costs about eight times as much to print."
  ],
  "tables": [
    {
      "id": "price-by-size",
      "section": "What shops charge by size",
      "caption": "Custom figurine prices by size, 17 September 2026",
      "columns": [
        "Shop",
        "What you get",
        "Price for one person, by size",
        "Shipping"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "JuJuBit",
          "Resin. The page doesn't say if the color is printed or painted.",
          "4 cm $29.99, 5 cm $49.99, 6 cm $69.99, 7 cm $99.99, 8 cm $129.99, 10 cm $169.99 (size is the longest side)",
          "Extra, free over $99"
        ],
        [
          "CanvasChamp",
          "Resin print up to 10 in (25.4 cm). At 12 and 16 in (30.5 and 40.6 cm), a resin face on a plastic body. The page doesn't say if it's painted.",
          "6 in (15.2 cm) $58, 8 in (20.3 cm) $78, 10 in (25.4 cm) $98, 12 in (30.5 cm) $160, 16 in (40.6 cm) $190 (after a 50% off promo)",
          "Free over $69 with a code"
        ],
        [
          "Figuro",
          "Full-color 3D print, or a one-color print that the shop paints by hand. The page doesn't say which one the price is for.",
          "8 cm $69, 10 cm $85, 12 cm $139, 14 cm $159, 16 cm $199, 18 cm $249 (sale price)",
          "Extra"
        ],
        [
          "PrinYou (China)",
          "Resin with color. The page doesn't say how it's colored.",
          "6 cm $69, 8 cm $109, 10 cm $199, 12 cm $259 (sale price)",
          "Free to the US"
        ],
        [
          "SnapFig",
          "Full-color resin print",
          "6 cm $69, 8 cm $119, 10 cm $209 (sale price)",
          "Free worldwide over $79.90"
        ],
        [
          "JOMO Figures",
          "3D print, painted or in a \"Natural\" finish the page doesn't explain",
          "4 in (10.2 cm) $89 or $119 painted, 6 in (15.2 cm) $139 or $169 painted, 8 in (20.3 cm) $179 or $209 painted",
          "Included in the US"
        ],
        [
          "3D Portrait Lab",
          "Full-color resin print",
          "9 cm $219, 12 cm $279, 15 cm $329, 18 cm $429 (sale price)",
          "Included"
        ],
        [
          "RepliToy (Germany)",
          "Hand-painted plastic print",
          "7 cm €79, 10 cm €129, 12 cm €159",
          "Extra, €3.90 to Germany"
        ],
        [
          "3DSelfieStudio (Australia)",
          "Full-color resin print. Also sells one-color figurines and full-color ones in a material it calls sandstone.",
          "5 cm AUD 120, 7.5 cm AUD 120, 10 cm AUD 150, 12.5 cm AUD 180, 15 cm AUD 220, 17.5 cm AUD 300, 20 cm AUD 380, 25 cm AUD 480",
          "Not stated"
        ],
        [
          "my3Dtwin (UK)",
          "Full-color print built up from layers of powder, made from a body scan at its studio",
          "Up to 10 cm £89 (with limits on detail and poses), up to 15 cm £129, up to 20 cm £189, up to 25 cm £279",
          "Not stated"
        ],
        [
          "Nendo (this site)",
          "Full-color resin print, made from a drawing or photo. Also sold in matte white or matte black.",
          "No set sizes. Half of our figurines are 5.1 to 7.2 cm on the longest side. In full color, most cost $29 to $30 (€31 to €32). From 24 July to 17 September 2026, the cheapest was $15 (€16) and the most expensive $129 (€136). Bigger ones cost more.",
          "$5 (€5) extra on most orders"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "Prices are from each shop's product or pricing page on 17 September 2026, for one person where the page says. The \"What you get\" column is how each page describes it. We converted inch sizes to cm. 3DSelfieStudio shows \"$\" on its page, and its store is set to Australian dollars. Nendo prices are for models quoted 24 July to 17 September 2026, without shipping."
    },
    {
      "id": "what-it-costs-to-print",
      "section": "What it costs to print one",
      "caption": "Print price for a typical Nendo figurine made bigger with the same shape, at $0.754 per cm³",
      "columns": [
        "Longest side and volume",
        "Print price"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "6 cm, 19.38 cm³ (a typical Nendo figurine)",
          "$14.61"
        ],
        [
          "7.5 cm, 37.84 cm³",
          "$28.53"
        ],
        [
          "9 cm, 65.39 cm³",
          "$49.30"
        ],
        [
          "12 cm, 155 cm³",
          "$116.87"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "Volume times $0.754, the rate on our JLC3DP invoices since 3 August 2026. Full-color resin, print only. Each row is the typical 6 cm figurine made bigger with the same shape. It gets wider and deeper too, so the volume grows much faster than the size. A chunkier or slimmer figurine of the same size costs more or less. The 19.38 cm³ is the median of 18 models we paid to print that measure 5.5 to 6.5 cm on the longest side. The median is the middle value when you sort them. With 18 models, it's halfway between the 9th and the 10th."
    },
    {
      "id": "why-price-follows-size",
      "section": "Why size changes the print price so much",
      "caption": "JLC3DP full-color resin price per cm³ on our paid invoices",
      "columns": [
        "Invoices dated",
        "Median price per cm³",
        "Lowest",
        "Highest",
        "Models"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "3 August to 11 September 2026",
          "$0.754",
          "$0.7536",
          "$0.7543",
          "27"
        ],
        [
          "16 June to 20 July 2026",
          "$0.858",
          "$0.8578",
          "$0.8583",
          "8"
        ],
        [
          "30 May to 5 June 2026",
          "$0.845",
          "$0.8447",
          "$0.8694",
          "19"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "Paid JLC3DP invoices for full-color resin, before coupons, shipping and taxes, divided by the volume JLC3DP measured. The dates are the first and last invoice we have at each rate. We don't know the exact day each rate changed. In the May to June group, 16 of the 19 models were within 0.5% of $0.845. The other three came out 2.5% to 2.9% higher, and our records don't show why."
    },
    {
      "id": "material-cost",
      "section": "Full color or one color",
      "caption": "JLC3DP print quotes for the same models in three materials",
      "columns": [
        "Material",
        "Median quote",
        "Middle half",
        "Share of the full-color price"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Full-color resin",
          "$14.76",
          "$14.30 to $15.13",
          "100%"
        ],
        [
          "Black resin",
          "$4.07",
          "$3.95 to $4.18",
          "27.6%"
        ],
        [
          "White resin",
          "$1.78",
          "$1.73 to $1.83",
          "12.1%"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "JLC3DP quoted each of 344 models in all three materials from one upload at the same size, 24 July to 17 September 2026. Print only, no shipping or taxes. JLC3DP calls the materials Full Color Resin, JLC Black Resin and 9600 Resin. We worked out the share for each model and show the median. The middle half is the range left after dropping the cheapest quarter and the most expensive quarter of quotes. Full-color quotes sit near $15 because we shrink models quoted above about $17 until they cost about $15 to print."
    },
    {
      "id": "size-for-the-money",
      "section": "What size $15 of printing buys",
      "caption": "JLC3DP full-color print quotes by the figurine's longest side",
      "columns": [
        "Longest side",
        "Models",
        "Median quote",
        "Middle half"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Under 5 cm",
          "72",
          "$14.78",
          "$14.36 to $14.99"
        ],
        [
          "5 to 6 cm",
          "101",
          "$14.76",
          "$14.43 to $15.06"
        ],
        [
          "6 to 7 cm",
          "72",
          "$14.66",
          "$12.73 to $15.08"
        ],
        [
          "7 to 8 cm",
          "66",
          "$14.75",
          "$14.08 to $15.20"
        ],
        [
          "8 cm and over",
          "33",
          "$14.97",
          "$14.33 to $16.90"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "JLC3DP full-color resin quotes for Nendo models, 24 July to 17 September 2026. Print only. The longest side is the biggest of the model's height, width and depth. A model right on the line between two rows, like exactly 6 cm, counts in the higher row."
    },
    {
      "id": "delivery-time",
      "section": "How long delivery takes",
      "caption": "Delivery times for paid Nendo orders, in days",
      "columns": [
        "Stage",
        "Sent to",
        "Median days",
        "Middle half",
        "Orders"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Checkout to shipped",
          "All",
          "7.6",
          "6.5 to 8.1",
          "35"
        ],
        [
          "Checkout to shipped",
          "US",
          "7.2",
          "6.0 to 7.9",
          "15"
        ],
        [
          "Checkout to shipped",
          "EU",
          "7.6",
          "7.2 to 9.6",
          "19"
        ],
        [
          "Shipped to delivered",
          "All",
          "10.2",
          "8.3 to 10.6",
          "30"
        ],
        [
          "Shipped to delivered",
          "US",
          "10.6",
          "8.7 to 11.0",
          "12"
        ],
        [
          "Shipped to delivered",
          "EU",
          "10.2",
          "7.7 to 10.3",
          "18"
        ],
        [
          "Checkout to delivered",
          "All",
          "17.4",
          "15.9 to 18.4",
          "33"
        ],
        [
          "Checkout to delivered",
          "US",
          "16.9",
          "16.6 to 18.6",
          "12"
        ],
        [
          "Checkout to delivered",
          "EU",
          "17.6",
          "14.8 to 18.0",
          "21"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "Paid Nendo orders placed 27 May to 11 September 2026, in calendar days. The rows that end at delivered only have orders placed up to 26 August 2026, because the later ones were still on the way. Shipped is when JLC3DP handed the parcel to the carrier. Delivered is when the carrier marked it delivered. Cancelled orders, orders from our own team and orders nobody paid for are left out. The \"All\" row under \"Checkout to shipped\" also counts one order sent outside the US and the EU."
    },
    {
      "id": "how-we-measured",
      "section": "How we measured",
      "caption": "Data behind this page",
      "columns": [
        "Data",
        "Source",
        "Count",
        "Dates"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Print price per cm³",
          "Paid JLC3DP invoices, full-color resin",
          "54 models (57 prints)",
          "30 May to 11 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Same model in three materials",
          "JLC3DP quotes",
          "344 models",
          "24 July to 17 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Print quote by size",
          "JLC3DP full-color quotes",
          "344 models",
          "24 July to 17 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Typical figurine volume",
          "Paid full-color models 5.5 to 6.5 cm on the longest side",
          "18 models",
          "30 May to 11 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Delivery times",
          "Paid Nendo orders with carrier tracking",
          "38 orders",
          "Ordered 27 May to 11 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Nendo prices",
          "Our price formula, run on Nendo models in full color",
          "334 models",
          "24 July to 17 September 2026"
        ],
        [
          "Other shops' prices",
          "Each shop's product or pricing page",
          "11 shops",
          "17 September 2026"
        ]
      ],
      "notes": "You can download all the tables on this page as CSV or JSON below."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "JuJuBit, custom figurine of yourself",
      "url": "https://jujubit.ai/products/custom-figurine-of-yourself",
      "note": "Prices by size and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "Figuro, miniature replica from photo",
      "url": "https://getfiguro.com/products/miniature-replica-from-photo",
      "note": "Prices by size for one standing person and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "JOMO Figures, custom mini figurine",
      "url": "https://shop.jomofigures.com/products/custom-mini-figurine",
      "note": "Prices by size, \"Natural\" and painted, and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "3D Portrait Lab, solo portrait",
      "url": "https://3dportraitlab.com/products/custom-3d-figurine-solo-portrait",
      "note": "Prices by size and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "CanvasChamp, custom figurine",
      "url": "https://www.canvaschamp.com/custom-figurine",
      "note": "Prices by size after the promo shown on the page, and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "PrinYou, custom 3D figurine from any photo",
      "url": "https://prinyou.com/products/custom-3d-figurine-from-any-photo",
      "note": "Prices by size and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "SnapFig, custom 3D figurine",
      "url": "https://snapfigures.com/products/custom-3d-figurine",
      "note": "Prices by size for one person and shipping terms",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "RepliToy, figurine from photo",
      "url": "https://replitoy.com/products/figurine-from-photo",
      "note": "Prices by size and shipping to Germany",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "3DSelfieStudio, pricing",
      "url": "https://3dselfiestudio.au/pages/pricing",
      "note": "Full-color resin and one-color prices by size",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "my3Dtwin, 3D-printed figurines pricing",
      "url": "https://my3dtwin.com/3d-printed-figurines-pricing/",
      "note": "Prices by size per person",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "Picture to Puppet, custom figurines",
      "url": "https://picturetopuppet.co.uk/custom-figurines/",
      "note": "Starting price of £560",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "JLC3DP, full-color resin",
      "url": "https://jlc3dp.com/help/article/full-color-resin",
      "note": "JLC3DP's published price for full-color resin (\"From $5\"), page updated 3 September 2026",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "JLC3DP blog, 3D printing cost",
      "url": "https://jlc3dp.com/blog/3d-printing-cost",
      "note": "No full-color rate per cm³ on the page",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "FacFox, full-color 3D printing showdown",
      "url": "https://www.facfox3d.com/info/full-color-3d-printing-showdown-5-technologie-102898260.html",
      "note": "Published rate range for full-color resin printing, April 2025",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, e-commerce",
      "url": "https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/e-commerce",
      "note": "Link for US import rules",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, e-commerce FAQ",
      "url": "https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/e-commerce/faqs",
      "note": "Link for US import rules",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "GOV.UK, tax and customs for goods sent from abroad",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad",
      "note": "Link for UK import rules",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    },
    {
      "label": "Your Europe, shipping and delivery",
      "url": "https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/shipping-delivery/index_en.htm",
      "note": "Link for EU rules on delivery and buying from outside the EU",
      "accessed": "17 September 2026"
    }
  ]
}