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similar_name writes: "The prospect of children printing their own Transformers and My Little Pony toys is a step closer, after toy firm Hasbro revealed a partnership with 3D printing company 3D Systems. The two companies are working together to 'co-develop and commercialize innovative play printers and platforms later this year.'"
[Ed. Note] The first one I would print is Applejack.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by Vanderhoth on Monday February 17 2014, @04:59PM
Now I can just print that one my little pony horse shoe my daughter keeps loosing instead of actually having to get out of my chair and go look for it.
On the downside I'm going to be too afraid to get out of my chair, there'll be too many tiny front left shoes laying around to step on...
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(Score: 1) by slartibartfastatp on Monday February 17 2014, @07:27PM
I was thinking... printing Lego? I guess it would be probably cheaper than the overpriced original stuff.
(Score: 1) by mhajicek on Tuesday February 18 2014, @03:19AM
Good luck getting them to fit right. Even the knock-off molded ones can't hold the tolerances for good fit. Perhaps with a much higher grade printer.
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(Score: 1) by lhsi on Tuesday February 18 2014, @10:28AM
My son has some not-LEGO blocks that fit together and don't look like they need high tolerances (Mega Blocks I think it is). Each piece is about the size of 10 or so single LEGO bricks though, so that might not be good if you want to build larger structures with lots of bricks.