{"id":20742,"date":"2015-05-11T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T21:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20742"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:41:59","slug":"mani-zamanis-epic-3d-printed-toy-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/mani-zamanis-epic-3d-printed-toy-collection","title":{"rendered":"Mani Zamani\u2019s Epic 3D Printed Toy Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shapeways allows designers to leverage 3D printing in an interesting way, whether they are making innovative designs, custom products, or designs that are simply not possible without the use of 3D printing. A very eye catching Shapeways shop by designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/manizamani\">Mani Zamani\u00a0<\/a>creates incredible SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) 3D printed toys that wouldn&#8217;t otherwise be possible without 3D printing technology.<\/p>\n<p>Mani&#8217;s 3D printed toy collection called\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/manizamani\" target=\"_blank\">Extra Terestri Aristocrats<\/a>&#8221; are printed in our nylon plastic material and are available in various dyed colors. His toy designs are unique and take on complex and unimagined shapes. Some of his toy designs are printed with moving parts and are fully articulated without any assembly straight from the 3D printers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=6WJMFGJY3\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/manizamani\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20752\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-11 at 4.54.36 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM-401x500.png\" width=\"401\" height=\"500\" data-wp-pid=\"20752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM-401x500.png 401w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM-625x779.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM-216x270.png 216w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM.png 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of some of the models of Mani&#8217;s 3D printed toy collection which are also available for sale on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/manizamani\">Shapeways shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g1YWtLYsJGU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever designed a 3D printed toy? If not our nylon plastic material is a great material for pushing the limits for what traditional toys are suppose to look like. Explore more 3D printed toys and creative designs from our community on our marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/marketplace\/art?li=nav\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapeways allows designers to leverage 3D printing in an interesting way, whether they are making innovative designs, custom products, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":20752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489,481,478],"tags":[953],"class_list":["post-20742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","category-shapeways","category-community","tag-gifts"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-11-at-4.54.36-PM-625x779.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast 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