Custom Toy Lab chooses Birmingham’s ‘James yeah?’ for their first interview…
“I’d like to custom something like a … full-size replica robot outfit complete with weapons.”
I’m wondering if there’s going to be a cross-over between custom toys and gaming, with people paying to get 3D-printed / hand-finished toy versions of their own Spore creatures? It seems likely that someone will crack the procedural code that Spore embeds in .png files for sharing creatures, and find a way to expand and export it into a 3D-printer friendly Lightwave .obj or somesuch. Of course, it’s possible the game will have this feature available as an expansion pack eventually — the idea of a built-in ‘Spore figurines’ service was mooted in 2006, but it seems that little has been heard about it since. Apparently the figures are too intricate — and thus too delicate — to ship in the millions. The rate of “returned because broken” items would make it unprofitable. Which leaves the door open to grassroots makers.
by James yeah?
03 Sep 2008 at 16:40
Hi
Thank you for featuring my toy, I really appreciate it. I was sent this link by someone, and was surprised to see it featured.
Can I ask how you came across my little toys, please (feel free to email me). I’m just curious.
Thanks again for featuring it
James.
by site admin
03 Sep 2008 at 18:27
Hi James, welcome. It was found via a casual Google Blogs search for “Birmingham”, which landed me at the Custom Toy Lab interview.
by James yeah?
04 Sep 2008 at 19:46
Ah okay, thanks for letting me know, I was very curious.
Very nice and interesting blog by the way, I’ve become a fan.