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Be prepared to pay well north of $100K for multi-cavity aluminum tooling to mold your items. And be sure to lock down your ownership of that tool as well. Cheaper rubber/plaster tooling is another option but it has a rather limited life and need to be replaced regularly if intended for high-volume production. The margin on stuff like this is minuscule and you'd need to crank out and sell hundreds of thousands before seeing any profit after covering your start-up costs.

That being said, unless you have a tie-in with a major motion picture or comic book franchise (which are virtually impossible to get for someone walking in off the street) you're pretty much SOL. The world is awash in cheap plastic toys that sell for peanuts...just check out any Walmart or similar place that sells toys. I think it would nearly impossible not to lose your ass trying to market a single plastic toy figure without a big-name tie-in.

Drinking beer and watching TV would be much less expensive and far less stressful...