Theo Jansen's 3D printed Strandbeest continues to evolve with an even more elaborate walking mechanism and a centipede-like walking motion. The latest evolution called 'Animaris Geneticus Ondularis' walks on twenty separate legs that move in a wave sequence. This new configuration results in a fluent walking motion, different from its twelve legged predecessors. It incorporates 122 moving parts, showcasing the complexity of mechanisms possible with 3D printed fabrication. It is also slightly larger than its predecessors. The operating principle of 'Animaris Geneticus Ondularis' is based on one of Theo Jansen's original beach walkers, the 'Animaris Ondula'.

Cyber Monday is upon us with Free Worldwide Shipping, after our Black Friday promotion our 3D printers are already running hot to keep up with the orders and have them shipped out in time for the holidays.

Take a look out our 3D Printer's Gift Picks to see if anything tickles your fancy like the Honeycomb Borromean Surface below, or you can always design your own with one of the Easy Creators that make it simple to customize a design with no 3D skills.

And while you are looking at the picks from the 3D Printer, why not listen to the muzak we pipe into the machines, to keep them humming along, day and night, 3D printing your designs. Subscribe via Spotify and hit shuffle for the best listening experience.

Erik Martin of Reddit has chosen a few of his favorite 3D printed items from the Shapeways Gallery. From what has become a 3D printing classic, Gyro the Cube through to the latest 3D printed product to go viral thanks in part to Reddit, the Success Kid, Erik's picks are a fun cross section of gifts for the internet meme connoisseur. Check them all out.

Better get in quick as there are only a couple of hours left in our Black Friday Sale.

Make the most of the 20% discount or free shipping this friday with a 3D printed stocking stuffers to blow the minds and with the hearts of family and friends. Take a look at a tiny 3D printed Ryan Gosling for the feminist in your life.

Or maybe you want to order a HeatLock iPhone 5 bumper.

You may have seen it before but what better excuse to give infinite bacon to the carnivore in your life.

Or another kind of flavor explosion with the Fruit Grenade to cleanse the palate after the Mobius Bacon onslaught.

There are plenty more gift ideas to be found in the Shapeways Gift Guides but keep in mind that time is limited to get your orders submitted in time to meet the holidays deadline.

The Choice is Yours!!!!

We are now offering two options for Black Friday with 20% off of orders over $75 OR Free Worldwide Shipping on orders of any value. 

For 20% off orders of $75 or more, please enter tdzmu at checkout

or

For free worldwide shipping on orders of any value, enter v9v7r

There is a limit of one use per person on each of the discount codes.

The 20% Discount will be applied to the retail cost but Shapeways shop owners will still be paid full mark-up.

These special offers will be in place until midnight EST so get your orders in today to make the most of our Black Friday specials. 

(Note: If you tried to apply free shipping earlier and had trouble, our sincere apologies! We have reprimanded the robots and the error has been fixed). 

The Black Friday sale is now on at Shapeways!

Today only we are giving 20% off all 3D Printing on orders $75 and up sta Enter code tdzmu at checkout by 11:59PM EST tonight.

Do you really believe every snowflake is unique? Until we can really preserve and analyze every single snowflake that has ever fallen to earth how can we really know? Really, none of that matters when you can get 3D printed post modern snowflakes to hang from your tree thanks to Kimotion Arts.

Whether it be Batman, Lego Man or He-Man inspired snowflake, or even a snowflake for the folks in Colorado and Washington State, there is sure to be a 3D printed snowflake for you. 

To celebrate the launch of the Shapeways Gift Guide and the impending Black Friday avalanche of traffic to your Shapeways shops this weeks Tag Tuesday is gift. Tag your designs with gift to help people find your designs that are suitable for giving this holiday gifting season.  Over the course of the day we will take a look back at the tag gift and will try and include more in preparation for Black Friday.  We will be doing some promotions over Black Friday so ensure your shop is ready with tags, descriptions and images, yes images!!!!.

Following are a few products in the Shapeways shops tagged with gift, what are yours tagged with?

We have seen our 3D printed ceramics used for quite a few applications that take advantage of the heat resistance and food safe properties, but this is the first smoking hot design to use those same properties for smoking tobacco.  Pookas has also designed the Skull Tobacco Pipe with a Bronze Stainless Steel mouthpiece, a clever use of combined 3D printed materials. 

This is a fully working tobacco pipe. The head is made 3D printed in glazed ceramics, the mouthpiece is 3D printed in antique bronze glossy.

A pipe is definitely a matchmaker. It makes you look distinguished and sexy. Like a successful scientist, a confident playboy or an experienced sailor.

Yeah, tabacco is bad for your health, so use bubbles instead! Works even better cause it gives you a great lemon flavor, but this depends on the dish soap you use. The ladies will appreciate it!

Pookas as bubble blowing playboy. 

Eric Haines with a quick introduction to Mineways video to make it easy to 3D Print parts of your Minecraft world with Shapeways. Check out more 3D printed Minecraft action at Minecon 2012.

Black Friday is usually the day of shopping nightmares/bargains in the USA, with congested shops full of shoppers sweating anxiety as they jostle to pick up gifts in time for the holiday season.

Why line up under harsh fluorescent lighting for a mass produced item (manufactured in an assembly line mirroring your shopping experience) when you can find or design unique gifts 3D printed on demand from the comfort of your own home? (Or computer/laptop/iPhone/iPad/Android/commodore 64/wherever!)

We have made selecting the perfect gift a little easier with our curated gift guides, but we will be sharing a little more 3D printed love leading up to the holidays that may make buying the perfect gift a little le$$ stressful. Time is limited though, so check out the last days to order, especially if you are designing something new that has not been printed before.

Stay tuned, keep an eye on the Shapeways Blog and the Shapeways social media stream of your choice for updates as we enter the gifting season...