3D printers enable users to customize objects and print them exactly to their needs. You end up with a highly limited item that fits your body perfectly, reflects your particular tastes, or looks like something inspired by your dreams. Right now, it’s even possible to map your friends’ faces onto personalized action figures and give them out as novelty gifts. If you always wanted a miniature version of yourself as a pirate, a basketball star, or a Star Trek character, it’s as easy as taking a close-up photo. Companies like 3D Systems have perfected the digital mapping process, so you end up with a lifelike figurine that will guarantee laughs around the office. Below, you’ll find some creative uses of this new technology.
Sports
Imagine your child has just entered his or her first season of club basketball — they love playing the game, they’re obsessed with the NBA, and they’ve even created a custom character for their basketball video game. As a reward for completing schoolwork or doing chores, what if you gave your child a lifelike figurine of themselves as an NBA player, complete with their favorite team’s jersey? Or, if you’re a basketball coach, perhaps you could ask the parents if they would be interested in personalized action figures as trophies for winning the championship. Whatever you decide, a custom figurine might be the most incredible gift that a young sports enthusiast could hope to receive.
Weddings
At most weddings, the cake is an important (and delicious) tradition; usually, the layered dessert will be topped with plastic figurines of a generic bride and groom. To take your wedding reception to another level, you can order personalized action figures in a dress and tux, with your smiling faces on them. Depending on your preference, the miniature groom can be proposing on one knee, dancing with the bride, or carrying her (or him) away to a romantic honeymoon.
Holiday Gifts
It’s that time of the year again, when you needlessly worry about buying presents, cooking a memorable meal, and making sure your relatives try to get along — that’s right, it’s the holiday season. For the family member who has everything, you can take a different approach this year and order them a holiday-themed action figure. Currently, Cubify offers a personalized snowman, reindeer, elf, Christmas tree, and (of course) Santa Claus. You can map the recipient’s face onto the figurine, so they’ll have a holiday decoration to amuse themselves with for years to come.
Children’s Birthdays
Finally, if your son or daughter has a themed birthday party coming up, you can surprise them with a special figurine that suits the festivities. Whether your child is obsessed with superheroes, skateboarding, princesses, sports, or pirates, you can map their face onto a costumed action figure and then place it on their birthday cake. When the cake is eaten, the party ends, and everyone has gone home, your child will have a fun souvenir to commemorate their big day — something more meaningful than a mere toy, which they can hold onto as a keepsake.
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