My daughter wanted a “Gorilla Tag” birthday. And my wife wanted me to print some party favors for the guest kids. Not my model, but they are churning out ok-ish.

  • PinGZ@infosec.pubEnglish
    101·
    9 months ago

    That’s a fun arty favor, I love being able to print silly little toys for the kids that they cannot find on the shelf. Sure, it’s a mother silly plastic thing, but I made it for them and that’s neat imo

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Ya, I’ve actually done that in the past. I printed and gave out a print in place bearing fidget toy. This model was a bit ambitious but it coming out pretty well. I also did Among Us ghost key-chains for Halloween one year. Turns out that my 3d printer is mostly just a toy maker for my kids.

      • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Turns out that my 3d printer is mostly just a toy maker for my kids.

        Honestly looking at 3d printer ads and their selling points I think the printer companies have figured that out too

        • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Well, if you aren’t a maker, then buying a tool like that rarely makes sense. Why buy a CNC mill if you won’t ever have a project for it? Printers simply became popular and sound cool to everyone. So everyone gets them and only prints toys

          • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Yeah. Honestly this is one of those spaces where the product is being built first and the use case for it decided after for a lot of companies. I needed 3d printers when I was first getting into them but man my self built repraps sucked and now they are awesome and I don’t need it at all… Sigh.