5 Creative Deal Toy Ideas for Your Next Project with Altrum

October 21, 2024

In Design Ideas / Trends

Deal toys, also known as tombstones in other parts of the world, are more than just celebratory keepsakes. They serve as a symbolic marker of significant career achievements, like successful mergers, IPOs, or other landmark transactions. 

At Altrum, it’s our bread and butter to create showstopping and unique custom deal toys that capture the essence of each deal through creative design.

Are you looking for some design inspo for your latest transaction? Look no further. Below are five cool design ideas to inspire your next project with us!

1) Product Embedments in Acrylic

Incorporating real products into the design is an effective way to showcase a company’s physical products or key components related to the deal! Whether using miniaturized versions of the product or including symbolic components (ex: an oil droplet for an oil deal), this style of design serves as a striking way to tie the deal toy directly to the company’s core product or service. Embedments are a unique way to celebrate not just the transaction but also the business’s unique contribution to the market!

Miniaturized versions of the product in the deal toy

2) Product Replicas

Replica of product as deal toy

Product replicas offer a creative solution for companies looking to showcase their products in a more prominent and sculptural form. Unlike product embedments financial tombstones, which feature small-scale items embedded inside of a large acrylic piece, product replicas are often standalone sculptures designed to represent a company’s key product! Replicas can be made to exact specifications, imitating particular and intricate details to accurately represent the original product. Whether it’s a perfectly crafted miniature version of a company’s flagship device or a building replica, these models of deal toys pack a powerful punch, look great on a desk or shelf, and are sure to wow your team.

If you’re ready to start a new project today, reach out to us using our Get My Design form, or reach out to your designated account manager!

We look forward to collaborating with you on your next deal toy project and bringing one of these creative ideas to life!

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3) Layered Acrylic Deal Toys

Layered acrylic deal toys involve stacking multiple sheets of clear or colored acrylic to create depth, dimension, and visual intrigue. This technique is perfect for adding a sense of movement or storytelling to the design of the financial tombstone, and a great option if you’re looking to create strictly from our Canadian factory. The result is a striking multidimensional piece that changes slightly based on the way you look at it! Layering acrylic allows for unlimited creative possibilities, making it an excellent choice for companies looking to create a sophisticated yet bold deal toy.

A stacking of multiple sheets of clear or colored acrylic as tombstone

4) Packaging-Based Ideas

Cosmetic product as a tombstone

For companies in industries like cosmetics, food, or designer goods, packaging is often a key part of the brand’s identity. At Altrum, we can help bring that same energy into the design of your deal toy by incorporating elements of the product’s actual packaging! If your client has awesome and unique packaging for their product, let’s work with that! Whether it’s the bold colors and designs of a food packaging label or the sleek, high-fashion look of designer perfume or skincare bottle, incorporating these elements into the deal toy creates a visually striking and memorable piece that stand the test of time.

5) 3D Printed Deal Toys

One of the most cutting-edge design techniques we offer is 3D printing, which opens a door to a whole new world of possibilities when you’re creating custom deal toys! With 3D printing, intricate shapes, complex angles, and unique structures that would be impossible with traditional methods can be easily achieved. This technology allows for full customization, enabling us to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect the uniqueness of the deal!

3D printed detailed tombstone