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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: 2, Insightful) by romanr on Monday February 17 2014, @01:04PM
The idea of children playing with 3d printers is pretty neat but... Current 3d printing is quite expensive and I think it would be too expensive to have them just fool around with 3d printer. There are cheaper ways to let the children be creative ATM.
(Score: 1) by mhajicek on Monday February 17 2014, @01:33PM
We need cheaper Filibots too. Then the kids can make toys out of water bottles and milk jugs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @03:55PM
Have you any idea how much it costs to raise a child? You're being more than a little short sighted here. What we need to do is combine 2 current trends in 3d printing. Childs 3d printers and 3d printable guns, a "Columbine Playset" if you will.
Think of all that disposable income you'll have once junior is out of the way. Finally, your hard earned money can be directed towards the important things in life... hookers and beer! Mmmm... beer!
(Score: 1) by NovelUserName on Monday February 17 2014, @06:43PM
More important than cost (I think) is the complexity. I've fooled around with 3d printers and it's hard to be creative with a 3D printer. If all you want to do is get on thingiverse, download a file and print the thing- no big deal. Creating a novel 3d digital object to print? That takes dedication and a fair understanding of computers and the mechanics of 3D printers and it will still take a few tries before you wind up with something that's not a stringy mess. For teens with the interest this is great, for small children I rather doubt it.
And you are right, while people might quibble about what's expensive- I don't know of any printers that I think people would call cheap.
Cheers
(Score: 1) by umafuckitt on Monday February 17 2014, @10:00PM
This is the impression I have too. TBH, although I find the idea of a 3-D printer pretty cool, I can't think of anything I actually need to print. Even at work, where I build stuff quite regularly, our staffed machine shop is going to be faster, produce better results, and not be limited to a narrow range of plastics. If I wanted to go completely DIY, I think I'd rather opt for lathe and CNC skills than purchasing a 3-D printer and screwing around with that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 18 2014, @01:36AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:27AM
"The idea of children playing with computers is pretty neat but... Current computing is quite expensive and I think it would be too expensive to have them just fool around with a computer. There are cheaper ways to let the children be creative ATM."
Wow. I'm really glad no one said that 30 years ago when I started hanging out at the local college computer center!