Commercial Christmas lights and displays
Walk-through and drive-through light tunnels for light shows, parks and zoos, made as a run of lit arches or panels that bolt together on site. Send the route, the length and what has to fit inside. We plan the sections and the crates, and quote the tunnel landed at your gate.
From the workshop to your site
At a glance
Before you ask
The quote is built on the specification you send. These are the choices that decide what gets made and what it costs.
People on foot, or cars on a light trail. It sets the width and height of every section, so decide it first.
How long the run is, and whether the path curves or slopes. A site plan or an aerial photo with the route drawn on it is enough to start.
The clear width and height you need inside. For vehicles, the largest that will use it, service trucks included.
Open arches outlined in light, or shaped panels such as stars. Say how close together they stand: closer reads as one passage of light, and takes more sections.
Steady, chasing or animated. Animated runs need controllers, and the quote shows where they sit along the tunnel.
What the tunnel stands on, where the nearest power is, and the night it has to be lit. The calendar on this page works back from that date.
Price
We do not publish a unit price, because the honest number depends on your configuration, quantity, destination and the duty rate on the day the goods land. We do publish what moves it.
Every extra arch or panel adds steel, light and crate space. On a tunnel, length moves the price more than anything else.
A tunnel that cars drive through needs a much wider and taller opening than one for people on foot, so every section is bigger and heavier.
Arches set close together read as one passage of light, but the same length then takes more sections.
Plain arches outlined in LEDs are the quickest to build. Shaped or skinned panels take longer, and chasing or animated runs need controllers and extra cable.
Sections that come apart flat or nest inside each other fill fewer crates, and the ocean leg is charged by the space the crates take.
The quote names the tariff line the tunnel is filed under, the rate used to price it, and who carries a change before it lands.
Order-by calendar
Enter the date the goods have to be on site. The calendar works back through every stage at the slowest duration we plan for and shows when the order has to be placed.
What goes wrong
Who carries duty, and what happens if the rate changes between quote and landing, is stated on every quote. How that works Add up a landed cost
The record
We do not name customers without written permission, and we do not ask them to be references. What we can show is the paperwork.
Custom display structures and lighting consumables over six seasons, several containers a year, with the customs entry filed by us each time.
Available redacted, on request
Questions
As long as the route and the budget allow. A tunnel is a run of sections, so its length is a count of arches or panels. Our price lists include a 7-panel star tunnel about 20 feet long. Longer runs are drawn to the site plan you send.
Yes, if the tunnel is drawn for them. A drive-through tunnel needs a wider and taller opening than a walk-through one, so name the largest vehicle that will use it before the drawing starts. How each section is held down is for your site and your engineer to settle.
Broken down into sections that crate flat, numbered to the assembly drawing. The crates go by sea in full containers, then by rail and truck to your site, and the landed quote prices each leg.
The tunnel, the ocean freight, the customs entry, duty at the line it is filed under, and delivery to your site, each on its own line. It also says who carries a change in the duty rate before the goods land.
From commercial display suppliers. Some build in the US, some import, and most sell set lengths from a catalogue. We are the import option: the tunnel built to your route in China, shipped by the container and quoted landed, so you can set it against a domestic price line by line.
Buyer guides
GuideWhat a shopping center has made to fit its spaces, who approves each piece before it goes up, and when to order so it lands before install.
Read the guide
GuideThe steps from a sketch to a crated, lit steel display, and what the factory needs from you at each one.
Read the guideIn the same category
Lit walk-through arches for park entrances, paths, plazas and light shows, in stars, snowflakes, hearts, gingerbread or a shape of your own. Tell us the opening to cover and what has to pass under it. The arch is built in sections that bolt together on site, and the quote covers it delivered to you.
See the arches
Walk-through arches, animated figures, tunnels and photo-op structures for light attractions, downtowns and parks. We build from your drawing or make one from your sketch, crate the structures to fit the container, and clear them through customs at the other end.
See the displays
Lit ornament sculptures, walk-in ornaments for a photo spot, ornament stacks and plain oversized balls, each drawn to the space it will stand in. Tell us the spot and how far away people will see it. We have the piece made in China, crated in sections and quoted landed.
See giant ornamentsSend it as a sourcing request. Tell us what it is, the quantity and the date, and we will say whether we can get it made, and by when.
Send a requestRequest a quote
Tell us the quantity, the destination and when you need it on site. We return a landed cost that itemises the goods, ocean freight, the customs entry, duty at the line we file under, and delivery.
We take on the orders we can do well, and we will say so if yours isn't one of them.
Now reviewing requests
Either way, we read every request ourselves.
Everything we need for a landed quote.
Just the basics. We go through the rest together.
Private sourcing and tradingWe take on the orders we can do wellMinimum order value (MOV) US$5,000
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