Now they have a true CMYK 3D printer AND printers that can deposit different materials I think the interest will soon explode.
I reckon we will find 3D cameras and 3D printers will soon be printing tiny 3D images of everything from family snapshots to combined units making 3D photo copies of plastic components.
Alas poor LEGO....
It will take a while I think before the price of 3D CMYK printers are in the sub £100 mark but it will happen - just as the first CMYK laser printers almost 25 years ago were around £10,000 and a basic full colour laser printer can now be had for under £100. I bought a terraced house around that time for £24,000 less than the price of three colour laser printers at the time.
A cheap device that can make a 3D print of "Aunt Maud's 100th" will appeal to a lot of folks and you can bet your bottom dollar that the first shop that offers an ultrasound scan & 3D print of someone unborn will be busy at almost any price.
So, after all that waffle (sorry), I reckon it could be an interesting forum that will gradually get progressively busier as prices come down, models get better/faster/cheaper and the library of free images to download has an increasingly useful range of items. With cheaper filament and more materials the appeal can only get stronger still I think.
Need to print a replacement panel for part of your toner cartridge to make it much easier to refill ?? - Click, print and fit......
I reckon this forum would be a great place to have some interesting dialogue going where some of us (like me) can start to learn from those who have already played around and learned the good, bad and ugly parts of different makes, models and types.
So my vote would be: Yes Please
imagine making all you own Lego blocks for a special project or big car, it would cost a fortune in ink...Ops Sorry plastic for just a couple of dozen blocks...
