{"id":863,"date":"2011-05-27T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/863-3d-printed-transforming-robots-are-go.html"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:35:34","slug":"3d-printed-transforming-robots-are-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-printed-transforming-robots-are-go","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Transforming Robots Are Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the coolest things about my role at Shapeways <\/a>is that I get the opportunity to see the amazing diversity of amazing stuff that is being 3D printed by the Shapeways community.\u00a0 I get to take a peak into where you all hang out online when you are not hanging out in the Shapeways forums<\/a>, and I get to see the excitement that spreads into other members of your communities when they see the Shapeways awesomeness.<\/p>\n

\"Transformer<\/a><\/div>\n

I recently stumbled across a few sites dedicated to Transformers that have a fertile community including TFW2005<\/a> that had a few interesting threads singing the praises of Shapeways and showing some fantastic models that have not cropped up in the It Arrived<\/a> forum, yet. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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James from TFW was kind enough to direct me to a few threads including Share Your Shapeways Finds<\/a> which at five pages long only starts to cover some of the 3D printed robot action that is happening through Shapeways.<\/p>\n

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Some of the shops mentioned on the site are familiar names in the Shapeways community, others are a little more quiet but are still doing really nice work including:<\/p>\n

Sad Orange Dodo<\/a><\/p>\n

Never Growing Up by Drawn-Steel Hero<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunlink’s Armory<\/a><\/p>\n

Retro Repro Toy Parts<\/a><\/p>\n

A1 Kitbashing<\/a><\/p>\n

Venksta Customs<\/a><\/p>\n

G2 Productions<\/a><\/p>\n

jpaxson<\/a><\/p>\n

Redshift<\/a><\/p>\n

MR Productions<\/a><\/p>\n

Ariel’s Customs<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing I do notice is that there are not many photos in the shops for these items which is a shame as they look amazing, especially in Frosted Ultra Detail<\/a> (FUD).\u00a0 So break out your cameras<\/a> and upload some images at 450×324 or 700×519 format into your shops so we can see just how cool these items look.<\/p>\n