Animatronic dinosaurs are one of the indispensable exhibits in theme parks and exhibitions around the world. These vivid dinosaurs, once they appear in theme parks or exhibitions, are often one of the most attractive decorations, which can bring a large number of visitors and interesting interaction stories for social media.
In our Zigong city in China, we have absolute control over the production of animatronic dinosaurs. Nearly 90% of the dinosaur exhibits are made here. If you are a merchant looking to purchase realistic dinosaur models, which manufacturer do you think is trustworthy and suitable for cooperation?
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#1. The company has a professional website as your reference
#2. The company has professional sales and technical personnel to connect with you
#3. The company can provide product manufacturing scenes and videos
#4. Have real factory to support the production of animatronics
#5. Real projects or cases are available for reference
#6. Welcome to visit the factory or company at any time
#7. Arrival at the supplier’s production base and the focus was on inspecting production
#8. Supplier is usually able to provide relevant certifications for manufacturing materials
1. The company has a professional website as your reference
Uni Dinos Website
Who can manufacture “living dinosaurs” for you? The first certification is that this company has a professional website and sufficient knowledge information for your reference. On the company website, you can find various tips for beginners, such as how to import animatronic dinosaurs, how to install large dinosaurs, professional transportation proceduress, and price informations, etc.
With these contents, you can fill in the blank information in your mind and make an advance plan for the purchase.
The framework that a professional website should have:
- Have a clear product catalog with a sufficient products for you to choose from, and the products are
- classified according to your interests.
- There is a brief introduction of the company, simply and clearly stating what the company can do and what kinds of dinosaur products it can offer you.
- There are projects from the company, which will be helpful for you to make a decision on whether to cooperate or not.
- There is a real factory display to enable you to truly collaborate with the original manufacturer.
- There is a clear contact page with email and company address information on it.
As a professional manufacturer, we recommend our Universal Dinosaurs Production, which can meet all the professional requirements described above.
2. The company has professional sales and technical personnel to connect with you
Professional Worker
Once you find a professional website, send the information you want to know to the message form or the company’s email. During the next 3 to 6 hours, professional personnel must send you the relevant information (if it takes longer than this period, the response efficiency of this company is considered substandard). This person not only has extensive sales experience, but also has a high level of professional familiarity with the products you are interested in. They can clearly and precisely answer all the questions you raise.
How to determine the level of professionalism?
- In the email you replied to, did you clearly and concisely state all the relevant technical parameters at the very beginning?
- In the reply, for the products that you are interested in, whether the various standard accessories and the warranty period of the products have been mentioned.
- If it is a phone-based communication, promptly address your questions or provide the technical specifications of the product?
3. The company can provide product manufacturing scenes and videos
Manufacture Dinosaurs On Site
Professional manufacturer must have real factory and a large number of product manufacturing process diagrams. If you want to learn about a product, the manufacturer proactively provide images of its production process or related product videos? If you need it and ask for it, the manufacturer will be happy to show it. This is to confirm that you are indeed dealing with a manufacturer with a real factory.
- By observing the product flowcharts or factory construction drawings the manufacturer provided, you can determine whether they have the capability to produce large-scale animatronics models.
- Manufacturer that typically supply products to the global market, usually have their own official YouTube video channels. By watching these videos, you can confirm that they have extensive production experience.
4. Have real factory to support the production of animatronics
It’s actually difficult to determine whether online communication involves negotiations with suppliers who have factories. The following two methods can typically be used to verify whether a supplier has a real factory.
First: Ask the supplier to provide a complete flowchart of the model manufacturing process. For example, a 12 meters long animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex model would include steel frame welding, electrical installation, foam wrapping, shaping, leather texturing, silicone skin grafting, skin tone painting, and dynamic video.
Second: Alternatively, during the supplier’s working hours, you can connect online (FaceTime) and have them film the factory scene to see the working conditions of the staff inside.
Actually, use the second method with caution! It could cause suppliers to develop a negative impression of customers.
5. Real projects or cases are available for reference
Animatronic Dinosaurs At Park
An experienced and professional animatronics manufacturer must have a large number of completed real-world projects. You can verify this on the OUR PROJECT page on the website. In addition to displaying images, videos are usually also displayed. If you have doubts about their projects or cases, you can ask them to provide production drawings of the products to verify the authenticity of their performance.
Suppliers with overseas track records can generally prove that they are experienced in handling overseas orders and logistics, and can complete the production and transportation process relatively well.
6. Welcome to visit the factory or company at any time
Animatronics Team
After you’ve thoroughly researched a supplier through their websites, emails, and phones, you can also consider visiting their factories or companies in person. Most animatronics suppliers who have factories, are located in Zigong city, China.
You can plan your itinerary in advance (usually take plane, then transfer to Chengdu or Chongqing after arriving in China, and then take a high-speed train or bus to Zigong), and communicate with the supplier about the visit time. Then you can wait for the supplier to make arrangements for you.
7. Arrival at the supplier’s production base and the focus was on inspecting production
Manufacturing Animatronic Stegosaurus
After a long journey, your primary objective is to inspect the supplier’s production line. You need to personally observe how a lifelike dinosaur is produced in the factory and see if it matches what the supplier told you.
One animatronic dinosaur production process:
- Welding steel frame structure and installing motor
- High-density sponge wrapped around a steel frame structure
- Sculpting the outline of a dinosaur on a sponge
- Heat-pressed dinosaur skin texture
- Applying silicone to the textured sponge
- Painting lifelike skin tone
- Testing animatronic dinosaur movements
8. Supplier is usually able to provide relevant certifications for manufacturing materials
Certification
If you’ve already arrived at the manufacturing plant, you can spend more time looking at the various international certifications for the materials used in the production process. The certifications for motors and silicone are important. Some clients’ countries may require relevant certifications when importing these models, but dinosaur models are purely handmade and are non-standardized products, so the only certifications that can be provided are for materials.
What are some highly recognized certifications?
- CE certification for motors and electrical appliances
- CE certification for silicone
- ISO certification for electric motors
Summarize
A manufacturer that can perfectly balance the above 8 points is undoubtedly your best partner. You can have in-depth discussions with such the manufacturer to customize cooperation plans. The manufacturer will also provide you with high-quality animatronic dinosaurs and other products to meet the needs of your local entertainment market.
