I was showing my partially-completed RepRap to my 10-year-old son this weekend. I explained to him how it worked and what it could do. He thought about this for a bit and said, "So, you could make action figures with it?" I'd been so caught up in the industrial side of things that I hadn't really thought much about the leisure aspect. Custom toys and miniatures are an ideal application of RepRap. They're small, easy to make and, if they break, nobody dies. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10201#msg-10201 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:46:07 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,25478#msg-25478 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,25478#msg-25478
Unfortunately, these miniatures are usually about 2.5cm high (1 inch), which I believe would not be within the RepRap's current capabilities. But larger scale miniatures (and smaller) do exist.

One thing that might be feasible for RepRap at the moment is for Miniature Terrain objects, like walls, houses and such. Even if you had to print such objects as components and then assemble them, this would not be a problem as many miniature gamers do this any way (it is part of the hobby).

Also, there is a company called CheapAss Games that make low quality (printed from a home printer quality) board and card games. This is another market that RepRap could potentially have. This could allow for cheap production of parts for small run games that could not be done as cheaply with mass production. Or, you could have the games distributed directly as files for people to download and print directly (both normal paper and RepRaped parts).

these are potentially large groups of people would would be willing to acquire RepRaps and make this technology more mainstream.]]> Edtharan Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:04:49 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,25316#msg-25316 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,25316#msg-25316 I work as a 3d modeler and animator in the advertising industry, so naturally something like the reprap interests me. especially organic shapes like action figures. The only thing that concerns me from what I've seen is the resolution of the reprap. In my line of work detail is everything, and the prints I've seen online done with the reprap doesn't seem detailed at all. Does anyone know of a way to make the reprap print in finer detail. I know this will have an impact on the speed of the process, but i would rather wait a week for a good model to print, than get a bad model in a day. Here is a nice link to some profetional software and rapidprototyping [www.zbrushcentral.com]]]> Gerbrand Nel Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:25:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,21805#msg-21805 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,21805#msg-21805 Direct link to the games section: [reprap-models.com]

Regards,
-Logan]]> logan Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:48:57 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,18612#msg-18612 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,18612#msg-18612 Lou Lessing Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:04:02 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,17346#msg-17346 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,17346#msg-17346
Other than that, at this stage the RepRap can't quite pull off the texture to reproduce a Godzilla toy accurately--I've got a 3D model of an early Showa era Godzilla--which is a shame.]]> Lethosos Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:17:43 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,12991#msg-12991 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,12991#msg-12991
For constructing 3D-worlds, objects and sometimes figures too i use Lightwave and sometimes 3DSMax, here you have the right environmet and tools.

Viktor]]> VDX Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:43:02 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,12990#msg-12990 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,12990#msg-12990
[en.wikipedia.org]]]> WonderWheeler Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:55:45 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,11122#msg-11122 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,11122#msg-11122 > [www.figureprints.com]

I guess they may be making use of this: [ogle.eyebeamresearch.org]

Neat way to capture this. It seems that it only works on windows, but may work through wine (not sure)!]]> ErikDeBruijn Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:52:19 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10368#msg-10368 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10368#msg-10368 [www.figureprints.com]]]> BDolge Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:29:42 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10233#msg-10233 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10233#msg-10233 Ian Adkins Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:46:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10211#msg-10211 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10211#msg-10211
... i had a similar talk with my older son (9 years) - he was fascinated of the promise to build more lego-bricks and some cool parts for his Playmobiles.

I had a long dispute until he accepted, that i won't build lego so soon ;)

Now we're on CNC-milling of toys and 'usefull stuff' and he and the younger (7 years) are busy by re-arranging my spare time at the free weekends ...

Viktor]]> VDX Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:29:00 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10201#msg-10201 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,10201,10201#msg-10201
I'd been so caught up in the industrial side of things that I hadn't really thought much about the leisure aspect. Custom toys and miniatures are an ideal application of RepRap. They're small, easy to make and, if they break, nobody dies.]]> degroof Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:31:24 -0400