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Warner Bros. Consumer Products has partnered with Toybox, a company specialised in 3D printers that allow fans to create their own toys at home, to enable audiences to print characters from across the Warner Bros. portfolio. Marked by many as a major step forward in the ongoing development and evolution …
Read More »Ravensburger opens floor to 3D designers with MyMiniFactory collaboration
The international board game giant, Ravensburger, has partnered with the London 3D content platform, MyMiniFactory to invite creatives to design new themes and figurines that can be used in an updated version of its popular title, Labyrinth. In a first of its kind IP licensing agreement, it is hoped that …
Read More »3D printing and IP: It’s not just child’s play
As both Toys R Us and Hasbro embrace the new medium, Marks & Clerk's Matthew Jefferies and Thomas Prock explore the pitfalls and opportunities the landscape presents the industry.
Read More »Toys R Us teams with XYZprinting to stock ‘family friendly’ 3D printers
Toys R Us will stock 3D printers from XYZprinting’s da Vinci range, with prices starting at £239.99.
Read More »Hasbro files patent for 3D scanning toy tech
The concept would give the user the ability to incorporate the 3D scan of their favourite toy into a game, or output it to a 3D printer.
Read More »The Entertainer pilots in-store 3D printing scheme
A 3D printing booth has been added to its store in Amersham.
Read More »3D printing industry to be worth $20bn by 2025, states IDTechEx report
Growth will be down to 'improvements in existing printing technologies'.
Read More »ITVS GE finds new Thunderbirds partners
The new partnerships will bolster the brands gift, apparel, publishing, stationary and toy lines.
Read More »TOYSHOP UK DEBATES: Will 3D printing revolutionise the toy industry for the better?
In a new feature, ToyShop UK asks its listers if they agree or disagree with a particular statement. This time, it's the prickly issue of 3D Printing.
Read More »Disney develops 3D printer capable of creating soft toys
The process involved to create a two-inch soft bunny using the machine takes two-and-half hours.
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