Comments on: Makies: custom-made, 3D printed action dolls

By: Edward

Edward — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:14:00 +0000

What a minute cory didn’t i read this book and i seem to remember you wrote it.

By: Mark Leaman

Mark Leaman — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Why do I get the feeling that I’ll be fighting off an army of these things with a lawnmower.

By: Franca Lee

Franca Lee — Sun, 27 May 2012 05:29:00 +0000

This is very awesome! When I have my own kids I am gonna definitely do the same.

Thanks for sharing! :)

By: Dan Libera

Dan Libera — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Looks like someone was hired to make dolls for a remake of Puppetmaster or something

By: tubacat

tubacat — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:04:00 +0000

I did it! I made a Makie (named Evangeline) and even though it was not cheap (about $150), I ordered it to be made real, or 3-D, or non-virtual, or whatever adjective we’ll have to come up with now that things that live in computers are now the unmarked case…

Here she is…

By: Knitasha

Knitasha — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Covered in bees?

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:03:00 +0000

These would be great for a number of MMORPG, but will they get into trouble over copyright issues? I can just see the lawsuits drifting down like confetti if they tried to do them for STO, WOW, or EVE Online. Could they ‘port specs from a game?

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:29:00 +0000

I quite like the creepiness of the white skin and black eyes, much more interesting than normal skin colour i.m.o. All black skin would be cool too.

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:09:00 +0000

Fascinating concept, and a gift certificate would make an interesting present.

But for Ghu’s sake, they need some color. As it stands they’re like something that would crawl out of little holes in the depths of the Uncanny Valley and jab utility knives into your ankle.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Pretty sure they’re paintable.

By: jpgsawyer

jpgsawyer — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000

I for one welcome our new alien overlords!

By: stephen levering

stephen levering — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:26:00 +0000

These will be perfect for the eventual Robopocalypse film…

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000

It’ll never be truely customizeable as we’d like (no import your own shirt images etc) due to copyright wonks. However this is a great idea.

By: Jonathan Scott

Jonathan Scott — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:18:00 +0000

i like my sintered plastic like i like my women: white, strong, and flexible.

By: benher

benher — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:01:00 +0000

I think it’s a great concept!! Hopefully a bit more control in the future – I’m not crazy about the facial proportions, but then again I’m a picky and pedantic doll collector to begin with!

By: Orthodoxcaveman

Orthodoxcaveman — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:25:00 +0000

At last I can build my own Team America: World Police. If not I’ll just settle for a Kim Jong-il.

By: puppybeard

puppybeard — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:22:00 +0000

Short note: if you make a doll, try and save it, and click the Facebook option, then get self-conscious about people seeing what you’re doing in work, and hit the back button, you lose your dolly. :(

By: puppybeard

puppybeard — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15:00 +0000

Oh my jesus I’m a grown man and I’m playing with their online doll designer.

These people are onto something.
The concept is so easy to get across, the interface is brilliant, and it lets people make their own dolls. I hope they do fantastically well, they deserve it.

By: puppybeard

puppybeard — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:07:00 +0000

WHO GAVE IT A SCISSORS! AhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHH IT’S GOT MY EYES!

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:02:00 +0000

I thought they were creepy too when I saw these yesterday, but I really think it’s just the color. If you make them a normal skin color (or, well, any color besides what it is ;) then they’d look fine. The seemingly all-black eyes in the second picture don’t help of course :)

You could almost certainly figure out a good type of paint to use, and paint skin colors and other details if you wanted. And @TheMudshark:disqus - someone really interested in these might also be interested in making their own doll clothes :)

Just out of curiosity, I do wonder what specific influences informed the design – it feels reminiscent of a bunch of different things (including grays).

By: RadioSilence

RadioSilence — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:58:00 +0000

Are they meant to be that scary looking?
They’re a bit disturbing :(

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:02:00 +0000

There’s only one Maakies, regardless of how many times you use the letter A

http://www.maakies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/m709-1024×338.gif

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:28:00 +0000

The face editor is fun, the fashion choices leave a lot to be desired. Maybe just some plain t-shirts would be nice. Or even custom printed t-shirts.
For the future, perhaps different body types would be an option.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:29:00 +0000

Hate to be the doubter in this, but the gray like styling sets of my neck hairs.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:08:00 +0000

They should totally get with some of the virtual environment companies. There are people who go gaga over their 3D avatars.

By: CH

CH — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:05:00 +0000

Ooh, that’s a really nice idea!!! Really nice web page, too! I was going to suggest custom skin color… but then I noticed it was on the “todo” list, so never mind. :)