Top 7 Pre-Sale Questions
We do not stock mascots for sale.
We specialize in crafting custom mascot costumes to bring your ideas to life. Our offerings include traditional, animatronic, and collapsible mascot designs and custom plush toys. Also, we provide professional mascot costume cleaning and repair services to ensure your mascots stay in top condition.
While we don’t offer costume rentals at this time, we can help you manage your mascot events. If you’ve previously ordered a custom mascot from us, we can provide storage and event support services.
Due to copyright restrictions, we cannot recreate characters protected by intellectual property laws without proper authorization. However, we specialize in creating unique and custom character designs tailored to your specific needs. We turn your mascot vision into a captivating character that stands out from the crowd.
Loonie Times handles all shipping needs, all you need to do is wait in excitement for your character to arrive. We ship to Canada, US and abroad. By using Loonie Times, you’ll benefit from our special shipping rates to save you money.
There are factors that can affect the time it takes to make a mascot costume, such as the number of requests at any given time or if special materials need to be ordered. Most mascots should be ready within 10-12 weeks. We also provide a rush service if you require your character in a flash.
All our costumes are unique, making the cost difference for each character. Factors that can affect the cost include accessories, complexity, size, material etc. The first step is to fill out our quick survey here or call us today to discuss your particular mascot requirements with one of our professional service representatives so you can start benefiting from cost-effective promotions with a mascot. We will provide you with a conceptual drawing to illustrate how your mascot will appear in public and a detailed quote clearly outlining all the associated costs before you order.
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Custom Mascot Marketing Questions
In the competitive business world, we live in today, it’s become more important than ever to find a way to make sure your brand stands out from the crowd. That’s why mascot marketing and advertising at events, trade shows, or even just on the street can help people experience your brand like never before.
Getting visibility with your mascot is of paramount importance to get the biggest return on your investment.
Only if the mascot is seen at various events and promotional materials including advertising in print, banners, and business cards, will the brand association mature giving you instant recognition in the eyes of the public. Think of Kellogg’s Cereal and Tony the Tiger comes to mind, what about the Kool-Aid mascot?
Mascots are alive, walking, touching, and making an emotional connection. That emotional connection triggers recall value for the brand or product as there is an immediate association with the character. Hence designing your custom mascot be sure to keep in mind that it is an expressive and lovable mascot character.
Your custom mascot is a social media darling. In today’s world, everyone takes pictures and post it on social media thus making your investment in custom mascot a very cost-effective publicity tool.
Unlike radio, TV or print media, mascots have limited cost once they are made. You only invest in performer cost (that is if you want a professional performer) otherwise someone from your company or a high school student can perform. So repeat cost is few hundred dollars versus 1,000 of dollars in print or TV or radio renewals
Mascots capture the attention of everyone with no age bar, no religion, political or any limitations.
Mascot characters are crowd-pullers. They rally teams, fans, and convert pure passion into a life- long bond with the brand or company, school or team.
Don’t trust anyone with your mascot marketing needs. Loonie Times specializes in helping companies like yours bring your brand to life with an amazing mascot you will love.
Not only do we provide support and advice at every step of the way, but our mascots are manufactured to reach the highest standards.
We only use quality materials and proven techniques that will ensure your mascot stands the test of time. Want more information on how we can help your business succeed? Contact us today to learn more.
You can use your custom mascot in the following ways to ensure exposure and brand association:
- Name your mascot: create a buzz even for naming your mascot. Be it company, school or sports team, get your employees, students or fans to submit ideas and vote on them. That way you have already created a buzz internally and external for the launch of the mascot
- Create a Web page: Give your custom mascot a character. What does it like, what is the favorite food? What social cause is dear to it? What is its favorite color, etc. That way you build a personality of your mascot which will relate to your target audience.
- Participate in community events: Once your custom mascot is created select a yearly list of community events that it will make an appearance every year. Being regularly there builds familiarity and exposure.
- Create a game night: How about a scavenger hunt at the park or local store or in the school? Get families and children involved. And distribute free samples of your product.
- Associate with charity: Take part in the annual function for the charity and help raise funds for them. Get kids involved and make it a big event.
- Create Plushie: create a soft plush toy to extend your mascot brand presence and selling the cute small version of your mascot as a soft plush toy. They can also be given as give away or used to raise funds for a cause, be it to buy sports equipment raise funds for a local hospital or just pure profits.
- Create coloring book: Create a color book to give out to schools free thus making it meaningful and same time to promote your mascot.
- Create an online game with a mascot: Creating games with the mascot as the centerpiece will help more visitors to your site and create a fun way to explore your brand.
- Make your custom mascot brand-centric: All communication, marketing materials, social media assets, product packaging need to have the mascot included for maximum exposure.
Other Frequently Asked Questions
The production time for a custom mascot varies depending on its complexity and size. Typically, it takes anywhere from a few weeks to several months. For a precise timeline tailored to your specific design, please reach out to our team.
We ship via FedEx and UPS. Shipping typically takes approximately 5-7 working days.
Yes, we offer a rush service for an additional fee. Depending on our current workload, we can expedite production to deliver your mascot within 6 weeks. Please contact us to inquire about rush service availability.
Mascot Build Process Questions
Every costume is a unique creation. Depending on your particular custom mascot needs or design, we give you a choice of eyes, hands, feet, and helmets. Most mascot heads are carved from a durable, yet lightweight foam. For the more athletic mascots, we use a soft, flexible foam for more maneuverability and less weight because comfort is as important as the quality
- Each mascot head comes with a helmet and a battery-operated fan unit for maximum comfort. We also give you a choice of helmets – from an adjustable hard hat, or an adjustable baseball helmet to a soft foam cap.
- Eyes. Expressive, humorous, and smiling… they’re the soul of the character and we love creating them for the utmost impact. Our vast selection includes plastic, mesh, foam, buckram, or a combination of the above. The choice is yours.
- Hands, gloves, mitts, and paws are also custom-made to give the performer the ability to shake hands, grasp objects, or pick them up.
- Feet comes with felt boot liners and rubber soles. Some stage mascots get ballet soles for more grip when dancing. They come in all shapes and sizes too!
- Mascot Accessories: We’ve created fiddling felines, bouncing pigtails, cowbells, dragon wings, mouths that move, and more. Just give us your request and we’ll do our best!
