WhiskeyJack Toys founder joins Toys on Tap to talk about the brutal, expensive, and incredibly rewarding reality of making 3.75-inch action figures.

Darren wanted to make toys since discovering G.I. Joe as a kid, but getting there included lost molds, failed production runs, a $100,000 factory disaster, and one very expensive education.

We talk about:

• Falling in love with G.I. Joe

• Buying his first toy company

• Losing $100K in overseas production

• Starting over with Whiskey Jack Toys

• Building Hidden Force

• Why action figure tooling gets so expensive

• Relaunching a failed Kickstarter

• Reusing parts without making figures feel repetitive

• Factory delays, QC, and production nightmares

• Designing toys kids can actually play with

• Impact, Chaos, and w ...