Comments on: Makies custom 3D-printed toys, now in color!

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:09:00 +0000

Can someone explain why 3D printing for these dolls is superior to regular mass production? They look like identical forms, and it would appear that the eyes are separately inset, rather than printed along with the rest of the doll.

By: tubacat

tubacat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:23:00 +0000

Hey… I have one, and she’s not creepy at all. She’s a nerd like me, only cuter…

By: Frank Diekman

Frank Diekman — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:30:00 +0000

Looks like they have their 3D printer stuck on the “creepy” setting.

By: Kevin Carson

Kevin Carson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:22:00 +0000

It’s for people who can’t afford a Realdoll.

By: blueandroid

blueandroid — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:21:00 +0000

I can’t be the only one who was expecting Maakies. http://www.maakies.com/

By: spacedoggy

spacedoggy — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:48:00 +0000

Just in time for the flood of colour 3D printers about to hit the market. RepRap have just released the beta kits of their new 3 extruder Mendel. it’s going to cost a third of the Makerbot Replicator 2X, have equal resolution and 1 additional colour.

http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRapPro_Multimaterials

For those with a single extruder printer, I find it useful and cost effective to print in plain white PLA, then color parts using sharpie permanent pens. this saves keeping all colours of filament, and makes for easier recycling of objects using machines like the filabot.

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:38:00 +0000

God damn those dolls are creepy! I’d be scared to have one in the room with me.

By: Susskins

Susskins — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:58:00 +0000

They remind me a LOT of the giant girl from Royal De Luxe’s The Sultan’s Elephant.

By: cjporkchop

cjporkchop — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +0000

Just be glad Cory’s wife isn’t into “reborn” baby dolls. (Do an image search and you won’t be able to sleep for a week.)

By: gaiapunk

gaiapunk — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:34:00 +0000

Okay,

I figured out why these instinctly creep people out, it’s not the big heads, nor the lack of pants, it’s that they don’t have any eyebrows or eyelashes likely just do to the limitations of the current printer. Perhaps the kids can just draw those on…

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:08:00 +0000

“Future” breeding programs? #duhDuhDUHHHHHM

By: apoxia

apoxia — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:50:00 +0000

So you can see their sexy legs of course

By: Ambiguity

Ambiguity — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:44:00 +0000

Why aren’t any of them wearing pants?

By: J Michael Carter

J Michael Carter — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:45:00 +0000

Why stop at fairly regular human coloring? Perhaps ice blue, Orion slave girl green, lobster red…

By: Editz

Editz — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:23:00 +0000

Preparing children for the future alien/human hybrid breeding programs?

By: Max Allan

Max Allan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:08:00 +0000

I look forward to the “3d printed dolls, now with bodies at the same scale as the heads” headline. Then the scary ones can be put to sleep, 6 feet under, in a lead lined coffin with garlic plants growing in the ground above.

By: Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:50:00 +0000

I also wonder what they’re really selling when I read:

A shadowy encounter with Pale Pistachio will satisfy your nutty needs. Hmm…

By: David Evans

David Evans — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:42:00 +0000

I can’t fathom who would want these in the house. It’s like creepy clown dialled up to 11.

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:41:00 +0000

…with your child’s face on them (see Mike Eckhardt’s comment above)

By: gorfulator

gorfulator — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:41:00 +0000

Dollies of the Damned… they need glowing eyes

By: Amorette Allison

Amorette Allison — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000

Not so much ‘feisty’ as ‘creepy.’

By: jondean

jondean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:17:00 +0000

They’re actually getting less terrifying as time goes on, which I suppose is good.

By: Bucket

Bucket — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:15:00 +0000

I see these things, scurrying around in the darkness, darting in and out of the edges of my flashlight’s beam.

By: 5onthe5

5onthe5 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:48:00 +0000

Why does it feel weird to describe certain skin tones as “cocoa bean”.

By: Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:28:00 +0000

Those things are nightmare fuel. I need a unicorn chaser.

By: Mike Eckardt

Mike Eckardt — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:21:00 +0000

Good first generation… but wait until cheap(er) scanners make it onto the market… then parents can scan their or their kid’s faces to be 3D printed onto these things.