Dear Dream Animation Studio: Please Adopt Our Robot
We’re Not Retiring. We’re Inspiring. (And We’ve Got Biscuits.)
Weebert’s World is ready for TV. We’re looking for a UK stop-motion animation studio to bring our scrap-built robots to life. Tea, tales, and heart included.
Weebert, is made from a spy camera and copper wire, and he’s ready for his close-up. All he needs now is a stop-motion animation studio to bring him to life.
That’s all.
But then we gave him a name; Weebert … and somehow that opened a door. A big one. Suddenly there were more robots (The Berts), more stories, a flying sheep called Barbara, and a whole world we never planned on but now couldn’t love more.
Weebert’s World is what happens when two grandparents don’t retire, but decide to give it one last full-throttle go.
So now here we are, putting the kettle on and writing a love letter to a stop-motion animation studio we haven’t met yet.
Because we need you.
We’ve built the world. We’ve written the stories. We’ve even got a script in the works for a 7-minute festive pilot.
But we need help bringing it all to life, frame by handmade frame.
We’re dreaming of partnering with an animation studio that loves stop-motion, gets the charm of wobbly arms and googly eyes, and knows how to coax magic out of the smallest details. The kind of studio where there’s a shelf full of tiny noses and someone quietly sewing trousers for a robot chicken. You know who you are.
We imagine you sitting at a desk, squinting at a maquette and wondering when lunch is. If this is you, we should talk.
We’re Andy and Lotty. Both 60. He’s a veteran of the skies, 27 years in army aviation engineering, 16 in civil. I was in the public sector. We’ve got seven grandchildren, a love of storytelling, and absolutely no idea what retirement is meant to look like … but we’re fairly certain this isn’t it.
Instead of retiring, we decided to take a punt on an idea we couldn’t shake. One little robot, one little story… and now, an entire brand built in our workshop (and powered mainly by Yorkshire Tea).
The best part? Children love it. Parents do too. We even get messages from grown-ups saying things like “we love Weebert too.” And that’s exactly what we’re going for nostalgic gentle, funny, handmade joy.
If you’ve read our previous posts, you’ll know Weebert’s World isn’t just about robots and sheep that think they can fly. It’s also about resilience, though we don’t always shout about it.
We believe children need more stories that show it’s okay to try and fail. That you don’t have to get it right the first time. That you can be made from bits and still be brilliant.
Weebert gets things wrong a lot. His inventions go sideways. He once tried to build a toast-launching rocket (we’re still finding crumbs). But he never gives up. He learns. He keeps going. And we think that’s the sort of message children deserve, wrapped in silliness, warmth, and a bit of steampunk nonsense.
So yes, resilience is in there. Quietly. Like a clock spring inside a robot leg.
Are you an animation studio with:
A soft spot for oddballs made from scrap?
Stop-motion expertise and a good sense of humour?
A secret drawer labelled “Tiny Hands, Assorted”?
The desire to bring something fresh, warm, and character-led to life?
Then we should chat.
We’ve got everything we need … except you.
We’re pitching Weebert’s World as a stop-motion children’s TV series with enormous potential. Think Bagpuss meets Wallace & Gromit (via a garage in Shrewsbury). We’ve got stories, we’ve got characters, we’ve even got a dream cast list. Now we need production partners who’ll bring their magic to the mix.
We’ll bring the robots, the stories, and the stubborn belief that this little world can go far. You bring the stop-motion skills and a big helping of imagination.
Weebert’s polished his copper wires. Barbara’s got her goggles on. We’re ready.
Let’s make something unforgettable, from scrap.
