Every maker here has a product on the US Section 338 list. Each card names the tariff line and links to the source. Buy from their own shop.
Vancouver, British Columbia · Shopify shop
Aaron Bleackley cuts every Wild Gears set on his own laser cutter from a single sheet of clear acrylic in Vancouver: geared drawing kits for spirograph-style art, from the CAD$20 Travel set and CAD$49 Compact, Hoops and Encyclopedic sets up to CAD$99 Full Page, Enormous, Paisley and Mandala Maker sets and the fourteen-page Encyclopedic 3 (CAD$99 a page or CAD$1,120 complete), each sheet yielding a matching ring for every gear plus non-circular gears in squares, triangles, pentagons and, in his words, "stranger shapes".
HTS 9503.00.00 · Dolls, toys and puzzles · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Wild Gears sets are a drawing toy, described on the site as "the geared drawing toy for the 21st century", which puts them on HTS 9503.00.00, the toys and puzzles line on the CBP Section 338 list carrying a 50% additional duty on entry to the United States since August 22, 2026. On a CAD$99 large gear set that is close to CAD$50 in duty before shipping, on a shop whose base prices Bleackley says he has held for more than a decade. He had already told American customers in February 2026 that "all packages are being charged a 10% duty before shipment" and that he collects it at checkout as a separate line item; the Section 338 duty is charged on top of the ordinary rate. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026
Toronto, Ontario · Shopify shop
ForeverSpin turns solid metal billets into spinning tops on a lathe — titanium, tungsten, magnesium, aluminium, copper, brass, cast iron, nickel, stainless steel, triple-plated 24kt gold and a one-piece stainless Damascus forge — every one 1.4 inches tall and 1.1 inches across, sold singly from $46 USD, in 5-top and 10-top MetalMuseum sets, and with ForeverDock stands and a ForeverBase that lengthens the spin.
HTS 9503.00.00 · Dolls, toys and puzzles · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Metal spinning tops are toys under HTS 9503.00.00 on the CBP Section 338 list, an additional 50% duty in effect since August 22, 2026, so the $66 USD titanium top lands on an American desk carrying about $33 in duty and the $586 USD MetalMuseum set about $293 — charges ForeverSpin's own terms hand straight to the buyer: "IMPORTANT FOR ORDERS SHIPPED OUTSIDE OF CANADA: FOREVERSPIN™ IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CUSTOMS CHARGES, DUTIES, TAXES, BROKER FEES". The shop still prices in USD and still ships worldwide; it has published nothing about the measure. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026
Richmond Hill, Ontario · Shopify shop
A studio in a warehouse north of Toronto builds wooden-crate mysteries and boxed puzzle games, priced in US dollars on its Shopify store: the US$225 HASTUR crate, the US$75 Dead Man's Tale escape-room game and the US$75 Doomensions pop-up escape room, the US$95 Curious Correspondence Master Collection of cipher chapters and US$45 PostMortem murder-mystery case files, each packed with forged documents, lost journals, aged newspaper clippings, maps, scrolls, coins and custom-made statues and artifacts.
HTS 9503.00.00 · Dolls, toys and puzzles · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
MPC sells what it calls "Immersive Mystery & Puzzle Games Delivered to Your Door", boxed puzzle experiences that fall under HTS 9503.00.00, the toys and puzzles of all kinds line on the CBP Section 338 list, which carries a 50% additional duty on entry to the United States, in effect since August 22, 2026. On the US$225 HASTUR crate that is roughly US$112 in duty before shipping, and on a US$75 Dead Man's Tale about US$38. MPC has published nothing about the measure; its FAQ says only that stock moves to "our various fulfilment locations in the US, CA and UK", so the duty falls on the company at import rather than on the buyer at the door. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026
