3d printed toys

2015 is well underway, with the Consumer Electronics Show‘s news so last week, and a stream of new stories that continue to captivate us regarding 3D printing’s evolution as an…

In any of the childcare facilities I have ever worked, the Barbies are almost always mangled, some beyond repair. There’s just something about Barbie dolls that make you want to…

ZVerse, Inc., a content application provider for full color 3D printing, says that after 12 consecutive months of growth in 2014, they’ve added Scot Wingo, the founder of ChannelAdvisor, to the…

One of the new and curious things you may see on invitations for kids’ birthday parties lately is a progressive and ‘green’ request (along with the permission to re-gift and re-cycle…

I have a one year old son, and there is nothing he enjoys more than watching Mommy and Daddy blow bubbles outside. He usually runs and stumbles, trying to catch…

It’s the end of another week, which means it’s also time to catch our readers up on stories we didn’t cover last week. As always, last week’s 3D printing news…

Jason Dallam fell in love with the magic of 3D printing when he was in his final year of undergraduate studies at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. During that…

The toy industry may just be about to change, thanks to the increasing use of 3D printing within the space. We have begun to see several companies take a keen…

I remember as a kid, my brother would always be trying to make things fly. Whether it was the casual paper airplane which he would bend in all sorts of…

My favorite things to 3D print are objects that come off the printer with fully movable parts and don’t require a huge amount of assembly or any messy glue. As time goes…

‘We are Blokko. We are the toy company that doesn’t make toys.’ Blokko makes it clear right away that they aren’t your conventional toy shop. They are, however, champions of…

When it comes to 3D printing toys, there are a plethora of choices to choose from on sites like Thingiverse and Youmagine. There are spinning tops, action figures, toy elephants, and…

When I think back to all the time I spent playing with dolls and action figures as a child, I now realize that it was smart for my parents to…

3D printing is already a lot of fun, but there’s nothing like cutting loose to play. CGTrader, the online community and marketplace for 3D graphics and 3D printing specialists, is…

We’ve covered 3D printed guns, 3D printed knives, and even life-sized replicas of 3D printed bombs in the past. While there is a lot of controversy surrounding the 3D printing…

The UK’s Brighton-based MakerClub is important in that it is one of the 3D printing technology companies that recognizes how important it is to invest in the future: our kids. Since…

The makers are getting younger and younger, thanks to Ingocraft, with the introduction of the first 3D printed construction set that contains fun, interactive parts and tools geared toward the tykes in our…

“We are in a unique moment in time where inventing and new business opportunities surround us. There are magic tools available and vast online resources to help.” – Mark Trageser,…

Some say quite simply that if you can shoot a gun or fire off an arrow, you can use a crossbow. That makes sense—but how is your aim with a…

There are a lot of great products available on Shapeways, ranging from politically motivated caricatures to useful tools that can’t be found anywhere else in the world. The ability for designers…

Does one of your children have a birthday looming? Is the pressure mounting as you try to think of something new and exciting to do this year? If you live…

Back in February, Hasbro announced some pretty big news within the 3D printing space. They had teamed with 3D Systems to “co-develop and commercialize innovative play printers and platforms”. And…

GeeWhiz might seem like the kind of thing a blushing six year old from a 1950s TV show might utter, but the people behind the humorously named company can be…

Mobile app Toyze launched today (July 7). The application allows users to 3D-print customized, mobile-gaming merchandise. To create a custom figurine, users select the character they want and use touchscreen…