A letter with a mandarin: a cropped faded-indigo jacket, a large rounded belt bag, sandy trousers and soft chunky boots. The left paw holds the bag while the right presses an imagined letter close; a tea-filled mandarin is visible in its own protected compartment, its little lid touching the fruit.
Cities and workshopsKaiping, Guangdong
Kapi.
Sze Yup Family Letter Collector
Keeps copies of family postcards in a separate envelope; the story concerns the memory of correspondence, not an invented shared genealogy.
Cultural context
Siyi / Sze Yup
Sources2
TEA.TOYS / Design story
From idea to toy
- 01Character briefDocumented
- 02Original drawingNot yet documented
- 03Drawing processNot yet documented
- 04AI draftsDocumented
- 05Early prototypeNot yet documented
- 06Current artworkDocumented
- 07Digital 3DDocumented · 3/3
- 08Print preparationNot yet documented
- 09Physical sampleNot yet documented
- 10PackagingNot yet documented
- 11ReleaseIn preparation
No original drawing has been linked to this character yet.
AI drafts
AI draft: the original file metadata identifies ChatGPT / gpt-image and records 14 October 2026. This is not a verified hand-drawn original.
Digital images and renders are not photographs of manufactured toys. Physical production and sales are not confirmed by this page.
Kapi / Collection
The looks02
Mandarin tea at home: a short ochre shirt with a chocolate collar and cream trousers. One paw supports a dry mandarin shell filled with pu-erh; the other lifts its little lid slightly, keeping it in contact with the fruit. No water, bag or letter.
00 / Original form
Character starts with form.
An elongated, asymmetric amber-and-cream oval head, with the left cheek fuller than the right. Two small, thick tea buds at the back grow from one base, without a long stem. An elongated torso, broad short paws and feet. Dark-tea eyes open to different degrees and a friendly crooked smile.




