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.

  • Blackout
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    54 months ago

    Always go for fidget toys, less complicated and kids like them

    • sylver_dragonOP
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      84 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.lol
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        64 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.world
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          44 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.lol
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            14 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.