So I have be playing with 3D printers for the better part of a decade – and I cant believe I never though of this! Most of what I do is making parts for prototypes – I haven’t been making toys.
My nephew is in town and I wanted to show him what you could do with a 3D printer. He’s 8 – and awesome – so we made some accessories for a Nerf gun under his direction. Once we were done with that though, we found this guys design for a mini-fig walker. (Design here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:171087).
The designer painted his, which looks better, but I don’t really want to give kids painted parts to play with. They tend to end up in their mouths. Turns out there are a bunch of interesting designs for mini-figs out there.
At this point I pretty much need to design and make my nephew some new toys, but until I have time to sit down and design something for him myself, these designs look neat.
Lego Walker http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:462844
MiniFig Mech http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:22834
MiniFig Mech 2.0 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:22835