This week’s selection is “The Next Toy Sensation: Designing and Creating the Next Toy Sensation” by Andrew Parry.
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Design of the Week: 3D Printable Pirate Ship
This week’s selection is the Fully 3D Printable Pirate Ship by Conner Sinewe.
Design of the Week: Pool Noodle Sword Handle
This week’s selection is the Pool Noodle Sword Handle by Martin Kozak.
Design of the Week: Dual Portal Desk Toy
This week’s selection is the Dual Portal Desk Toy by Printables contributor Ada Cohen.
Flying Tiger Copenhagen: Reducing Plastic Usage with the q3d Lamp
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at a new toy 3D printer.
Design of the Week: Print-in-Place Armored Vehicle
This week’s selection is the Print-in-Place Armored Vehicle by Matthew of Whopper Printing.
Design of the Week: Animatronic Eyeball
This week’s selection is the creepy Animatronic Eyeball by Enza3D.
Mattel’s Expanding Media and 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at Mattel’s use of NFTs and 3D printing.
Restructuring Asian Toy Supply Chains
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi suggest more use of 3D printing for toy manufacturing could be considered.
Design of the Week: Wooden Train Track Extensions
This week’s selection are the Wooden Train Track Extensions models by Michal Fanta.
Design of the Week: RobBob 2 DOF Robot Head
This week’s selection is “RobBob” a mechanical robot head with two degrees of freedom, by JBV Creative.
Design of the Week: 3D Puzzle V2.0
This week’s selection is the 3D Puzzle V2.0 by woodworker Ray Whitby.
Petoi Bittle: Build and Program Your Very Own Robot Dog
If you’ve always dreamed of making your own robot or love the STEMI Hexapod bot but never had the technical know-how to do so, then boy do I have just the robotic dog for you.
Toy Industry Supply Chain Disruption and 3D Printing Opportunities
Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examines the use of 3D printing to counter supply chain disruptions in the toy industry.
Design of the Week: Airplane Toy
This week’s selection is the flappy winged Airplane Toy by Prusa Printers contributor Jhuttula.
3D Printed Toy Designers Should Aim At Target
Charles Goulding and Lara Tomiko of R&D Tax Savers examine opportunities for 3D printing toys by targeting Target.
Hasbro beseitigt Kunststoffverpackungen
Charles Goulding und Peter Favata von R & D Tax Savers, untersuchen die möglichen Auswirkungen von Hasbros Maßnahme auf die 3D-Druckindustrie.
Hasbro To Eliminate Plastic Packaging
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers examine the potential impact of Hasbro’s move to eliminate plastic packaging on the 3D printing industry.
This Structural Design Kit Is The Ultimate Desk Toy for Engineers
Need something to stimulate your engineering brain? Why not try this incredible desk structural design kit?
Bugatti 3D Prints Classic Car for Kids
French sports car manufacturer Bugatti first made its mark on the world with the Bugatti Type 35 race car (“the Bugatti Baby”) in the early 20th century.
A Giant, Festive 3D Printed LEGO Tractor
LEGOs have inspired generations of makers, and that hasn’t changed with exposure to 3D printers.
3D Printed Holiday Cheer with IC3D and Toys for Tots
‘Tis the season to celebrate the best of 3D printing.
More On 3D Printed Repairs
Our earlier post on the feasibility of performing self-repairs with 3D printing generated some feedback.
LEGO: Many Exciting Developments & 3D Printing
Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe of R&D Tax Savers discuss the connections between LEGO and 3D printing.
This Go-Kart is Made From Giant 3D Printed LEGOS
If you’ve ever needed an excuse to buy a 3D printer, let this be the one.
3D Printed Toys are Financially Feasible, Just Not How It Was Imagined
A study published in Technologies examines the effect of 3D printed toys, specially at MyMiniFactory.
Designer Toys Meet 3D Printing with the Locknesters Toy Collection
While it’s not uncommon to take 3D printed parts to a high-level of finished quality, it’s not necessarily something we tend to see too often when it comes to stationary toys and objects that have become synonymous with consumer FDM 3D printers.
3DKitbash’s Fascinating Test Kits
3DKitbash is a 3D model community dedicated to printable models, but their inventory includes some interesting twists.
Design of the Week: Codename Colossus
This week’s selection is the fabulous Codename Colossus kinetic toy by Machination Studio.
Open Board Game Opens Up Gaming
A new framework permits easy creation of 3D printed items for board games.
Toyze Puts Game Characters in Your Hands
Want a game character? You probably don’t have the 3D model to print one with, but Toyze can help you out.
A 3D Printable Construction Set for Kids
Has your child run out of a particular piece for their mass-produced construction kit? That’s not a concern if you have Ingocraft’s 3D printable construction set.
3D Printed Racing Cars!
A car racing game based on 3D printing has emerged.
Shapeways Partners with Hasbro?
Toy giant Hasbro has struck a deal with Shapeways to provide access to some of their copyrighted characters.
A 3D Felt Printer From Disney and Carnagie Mellon
Researchers at Carnagie Mellon and Disney have developed a new type of 3D printer that prints 3D felt objects.
3D Printed Barbie Armor In Development
A new Kickstarter project hopes to create a suit of armor for Barbie dolls that you will be able to download.
3D Model Marketplaces
With the huge number of personal 3D printers being sold, one wonders where 3D models will be found to print on them.
3D Printers too Pricey? Build a LEGO One
While the price of 3D printers continues to plummet, for some the cost is still too high. To help solve this problem, Instructables author Matthew Krueger, also known as Mastermind, created a 3D printer from LEGOs he found lying around his house. Krueger’s project started as a practical exercise. During college Matthew became interested… Continue reading 3D Printers too Pricey? Build a LEGO One
A Collectable Rubber Duck in Hong Kong
Eddie Tsai of Hong Kong’s Fung Academy researched the adoption of 3D printing by consumers and came up with the concept of “hyperlocal promotions, the ability to respond to events around the world with meaningful relevant products quickly.” An interesting concept certainly, but it quickly became reality for Tsai, who was contacted mere days… Continue reading A Collectable Rubber Duck in Hong Kong
The Free Universal Construction Kit
There’s a growing amount of free 3D models, as you may have noticed, and a recent addition is the Free Universal Construction Kit by The Free Art and Technology Lab (FAT). They are a “an organization dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies and media.” And in… Continue reading The Free Universal Construction Kit
From iOS Game to Reality With a 3D Printer
TUAW reports on one of the latest items from Voxelous, a company dedicated to producing real models of items from popular games. This time (but now sold out) was the runner from popular iOS game Canabalt. Here’s the details: Printed on a color 3D printer, dipped in super glue for strength, and given a… Continue reading From iOS Game to Reality With a 3D Printer
A 3D Printer Made of LEGO?
It’s true – Instructables user graphmastur has designed a RepRap-style 3D printer entirely out of LEGO parts. While he was obviously unable to attach a high-temp plastic extruder, he has included a common Sharpie marker pen instead. This enables the LEGO 3D printer to operate as a pen plotter. Why is graphmastur doing this?… Continue reading A 3D Printer Made of LEGO?