The coming of on-line file communion made it easy for anyone to simulate and dish out metier for costless , and many feel — and fear — that 3D printing will finally do the same for forcible products . So it ’s surprisingly refreshing to hear that a bay window like Hasbro has decided to embrace 3D printing , and will work with Shapeways to allow fans to plan and sell their own toys ground on the company ’s properties .
Timed to correspond with the start of Comic - Con later this workweek , this morning the two caller formally unveiled SuperFanArt , a dedicated website that will countenance buff and artists to showcase their Creation based on existing Hasbro plaything lines , come out with My Little Pony . The web site is n’t just a place for amateur graphic designer to show off their creations , though . They ’ll actually be able to sell them to the populace , produced through Shapeways ’ existing three-D printing infrastructure .
That being said , SuperFanArt is n’t endure to be a all over free - for - all with anyone being able to design and sell bootleg My Little Pony figurines . The featured creative person and their creations will be severally approved and curated , so for the clock time being you could in all probability think of this partnership as Hasbro test the 3D printing waters . But the fact that the toymaker is officially permit fans to design and sell their own My piffling Pony figures , instead of simply demanding that Shapeways remove be creation from its on-line catalogue , is pretty exciting .
And if SuperFanArt ends up being a success , there ’s no reason to think that Hasbro wo n’t give the immature light to sports fan creations based on its other properties too . Who has n’t thought that Optimus Prime would be an even greater leader with a lofty flow beard and moustache ? I ca n’t be the only one who ’d buy that figure . [ Shapeways ]
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