3d Printers + WoW Characters = Profit

[pomo]

I spoke with a friend of mine today and was informed that in the next few weeks a company is coming up with a way to print YOUR WoW characters.

They have not launched yet and I am not affiliated with them but if they can do it well, it would be pretty amazing.

Fabjectory.com is doing this now but the results are kinda.... so so. And they are delicate. Drop them and they break. Plus, no WoW characters. This new stuff purports to be quite the durable material. When a sample gets here, I will know more but figured you guys could appreciate this.

I explored this well over a year and a half ago and decided that the technology was not ready for prime time just yet. Plus there were some IP issues. The tech was there though.

Glad to see somebody is making a go at it. The market is huge if they can keep prices reasonable.

See my prior post here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=1041

was your friend owner/partner in http://figureprints.com/ they seem to be poping up as advertising printing your wow character.

[Remote]

I assume that's how Blizzard is making the action figures mentioned in this article?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wow_themed-...ops-329489.php

[simpletom]

I assume that's how Blizzard is making the action figures mentioned in this article?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wow_themed-...ops-329489.php

An upgrade certificate which allows customers to upgrade their accounts to a "Collectors Edition Account" enabling them to get a special in-game pet
Golden Ticket which allows customers to get a pre-paid special custom action figure based on their own in-game WoW character.



sounds cool shame that its a dell laptop, no problems with dell as ive never owned one, after owning a Alienware i dont think i would ever go any other way.

[pomo]

I assume that's how Blizzard is making the action figures mentioned in this article?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wow_themed-...ops-329489.php

An upgrade certificate which allows customers to upgrade their accounts to a "Collectors Edition Account" enabling them to get a special in-game pet
Golden Ticket which allows customers to get a pre-paid special custom action figure based on their own in-game WoW character.



sounds cool shame that its a dell laptop, no problems with dell as ive never owned one, after owning a Alienware i dont think i would ever go any other way.

they give you a cdkey for wow+ tbc thats the "upgrade "

and alienware was bought out by dell if i remember correctly. the beta pass is a nice touch though as well as the figurine but not enough to justify 1,200+ to the list price

[Wilbur]

5 Beta Tickets. They'll sell for around £200-300 EACH when WotLK Beta starts.

[Hippieman]

This is awesome! I'll take four, plix, all in a dance-pose

[simpletom]

"And this isn't just any laptop with WoW images slapped on it, this is a hulking XPS M1730 Dell Laptop with WoW images on it. Hit the jump for all the details on the $4,500 laptop released just seconds ago. The laptop officially launches on Dec. 11"


december 11th same day as http://figureprints.com/ starts taking orders, so its probably going to be a tie in with that company to make the model. Im very sceptical to the quality of the models to the cost of them, ive never seen anything made in a 3D printer, but cant immagine they are that strong. "Your 3D World of Warcraft® character will then arrive at your doorstep in a protective glass dome ready to accompany you on your adventures!" so i cant even play with it or put 5 together simulateing my army wonder is gnomes get discounts over tauren?

$4500 isnt bad for the laptop considering all the extras, with how terrible the dollar is to the english pound, comming from england i used to hate being paid in dollars. £1 is normally around the $2 mark.

so for a gaming laptop this is probably pretty close to what my alienware laptop cost, and i run 5 wow accounts on it no problems.

like someone said about the beta tickets being worth 200-300 each i can easily see them going higher as this might be one of the only ways go get one.

i like on the back of the laptops the little lights looks really cool.

[Bollwerk]

$4500 for a "WoW" laptop is a bit of overkill, considering WoW doesn't support dx10 or the physics card in it ... and WoW runs at 60fps solid on a sub $2k laptop at 1920x1200 with everything maxed.

figureprints.com rocks though!

[Xzin]

Yep, that is the one.

[Xzin]

$115, comes in a protective dome as it is quite brittle. Looks like a bit broke off of the bow in the top picture.

Costs probably $15 - 20 in materials for a 4 inch figure. Not bad I guess.

Printed on ~ 60k machines. Takes about 2 hours to print about 9 figures per machine.