A Trophy Worth Keeping: Your Season MVP as a Custom Figurine
End of season, club hall, parents at the back. On the table, a row of strictly identical gold cups. This year's player of the season award looks like last year's, which looked like the one before that.
Nobody is pretending otherwise: it is the most anticipated moment of the evening, and the object handed over is the most interchangeable one imaginable. There is another option, at a comparable budget: a figurine of the player, printed in resin in a French workshop from a single photo.
What makes a trophy stick around
A cup ends up in a box in the garage, often before the next summer. That is not about value, it is about recognition: nothing on the object says who it belongs to.
A figurine does. There is a face, a stance, a kit. It sits on a bedroom shelf or a desk, and it tells one specific season to anyone who walks into the room. On presentation night, the reaction in the hall has very little to do with the one an engraved plaque gets.
Their sport, their style
The library holds more than 15 styles for human figurines, including Football, Tennis, Basketball and Rugby. You upload a photo of the player, the AI reads their features, and the 2D preview appears in under three minutes. Nothing goes into production until you approve it, and the photo you send is deleted after the generation.
If your club's sport is not on the list, Custom Mode lets you describe the kit and the attitude you want in your own words, while keeping the face from the photo. Handball, judo, swimming, climbing: you write it, the team handles the rest.
One thing worth knowing before you pick your shot: very fine fabric patterns are replaced by the clothing of the style you selected. So do not count on the club shirt being reproduced sponsor by sponsor. Very fine accessories such as thin glasses and small jewellery are simplified too, so the piece stays printable.
Three renders are available on a human figurine:
- Complex: rich detail, gradients, fine textures. The most faithful one.
- Simplified: bright flat colours, five maximum. Readable from a distance and easy to paint later.
- Chibi: big round head, large eyes, smooth surfaces. The favourite in youth categories.
One figurine per player
A photo becomes a figurine, and a figurine shows one single person. There is no shared piece covering several players.
In practice, if your evening rewards the MVP, the top scorer and the breakthrough of the season, that is three figurines ordered together. They line up side by side on the trophy table and everyone goes home with their own. Same logic for the coach, who often deserves one as much as the squad does.
What size makes a trophy
Every figurine ships in raw, unpainted resin unless you choose the painting option.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 54mm | 18€ |
| 110mm | 31€ |
| 150mm | 38€ |
| 180mm | 45€ |
54mm is the option that lets you reward a whole squad without wrecking the club budget. 110mm is the display format by default, present enough to be seen from the back of the room. 150mm and 180mm are for the major awards, the kind of piece handed over once a season. Shipping is not included and is calculated at checkout.
The painted option for a formal ceremony
If you want a trophy ready to display on the night, hand painting is available in 150mm (129€) and 180mm (169€). Painted by hand, classic finish, main tones and contrasts, with a preview sent before the painting starts.
Save that one for the award that really counts. For the rest, raw resin does the job perfectly well, and some players enjoy painting theirs during the off season.
Working back from presentation night
Your date is set well in advance, so work backwards. Preview in under three minutes, 3D model prepared by the team within 24 working hours after you approve, then shipping within 10 working days for an unpainted figurine. Simple rule: order two to three weeks before the evening.
For a hand painted figurine, count 20 to 25 days, so give yourself a good month if you want to sleep at night. We ship with tracking to France and the countries of the European Union, in reinforced packaging with custom padding.
Your turn
Try it with the full time photo sitting in your phone: the preview takes under three minutes and commits you to nothing. Create your figurine, compare formats on our pricing page, and if you want to see every use case, our custom figurine page covers the lot.