How do they paint mass produced dolls and action figures? Are they just hand painted by lots of people, if not, what kind of machines do the painting?
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Fine details get stamped on by a tampo printer, which uses a silicone dome to stamp paint onto contoured surfaces. Larger areas of color get airbrushed on. A mask (basically a mold of the toy with the areas to be painted cut out) is fitted onto the toy, then it gets airbrushed, either by hand or robot arm.
You can see both processes here – airbrushing at 1:20, tampo printing at 2:36
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