Hasbro Can Now 3D Print Your Face Onto a Star Wars Action Figure (cnn.com) 29
"Customized action figures at massive scale," promises a video at CNN. They'll be priced at $59.99, and it'll all start happening this fall — thanks to Hasbro's new partnership with 3D printer company Formlabs.
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland explains: "It wasn't until recently that two technologies came into play at once," Brian Chapman, Hasbro's head of global design and development tells CNN. "One is a very simple way to scan someone's face and head" — which can now be accomplished with a Hasbro mobile app (which also allows customers to select other customizations like specific costumes). "And then, a very affordable way to print that head in a one-off way" (so it can be affixed to the standard body of Hasbro's action figures).
Imagine your face on Star Wars and Marvel action figures, as well as Power Rangers, Ghostbusters — and more.
CNN adds that Hasbro say it will not sell user face data, and will delete it after 60 days.
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland explains: "It wasn't until recently that two technologies came into play at once," Brian Chapman, Hasbro's head of global design and development tells CNN. "One is a very simple way to scan someone's face and head" — which can now be accomplished with a Hasbro mobile app (which also allows customers to select other customizations like specific costumes). "And then, a very affordable way to print that head in a one-off way" (so it can be affixed to the standard body of Hasbro's action figures).
Imagine your face on Star Wars and Marvel action figures, as well as Power Rangers, Ghostbusters — and more.
CNN adds that Hasbro say it will not sell user face data, and will delete it after 60 days.
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Too old, star wars is for kids.
Seems pretty good, Disney had an early version (Score:5, Informative)
A while back DisneyWorld had an early version of this, where you stepped into a scanning machine that did a 3D scan of your face, and a few hour later you had a 6" 3D statue of you as a Jedi, or frozen in Carbonite (they had you do specific expressions for which one you were dong).
The result was pretty fun, though the quality was mediocre... the face ended up a bit smoothed over, a little Odd-like. I think the cost at the time was something like $120, maybe higher.
This Hasbro thing sounds like it might produce even better results though, which would make sense as both the scanning and molding have improved since then.
I look forward to seeing what options there are, what would be really cool would be a generic Mandalorian with a removable helmet, where you could also add graphics (or dare I dream, 3D raised elements) to go on the armor.
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Would it really take you an hour to type what I wrote? Oh my.
It took me about a minute...
I'm glad (Score:2)
I'm glad that you don't spend more time writing carefully. Just as I don't pay much attention to typos and such. If you had spent longer, we wouldn't get things like "for which one you were dong".
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I'm glad that you don't spend more time writing carefully
Correct, almost no-one on Slahsdot is worth careful editing, and my time is valuable.
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Slashdot could pump a septic tank into a trough, and you'd still happily gorge on it, wasting an hour to thoughtfully "discuss" the ad of the hour. Scott
It takes you an hour to read that? I think I found your problem, and it isnt /.
Can they do this with a sex doll? (Score:5, Funny)
Then when someone tells me to go fuck myself, I can send them a video of me actually doing it.
You struck gold there (Score:2)
Can they do this with a sex doll...I can send them a video of me actually doing it.
That is 100% a show Netflix would pick up, I'm imagining the title "Love Thyself".
Not bad (Score:4, Funny)
But when I can get my cat's face on an action figure is when I click the buy button.
Sigh. (Score:2)
Those of us with glorious beards are gonna get shafted, I just know it.
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http://www.rebelscum.com/Kenne... [rebelscum.com]
But I have to say, they nailed it on the newer ones
https://media.gamestop.com/i/g... [gamestop.com]
3d printing of a scan (if that's what they are actually doing) would not work. The beard geometry needs to be simplified to look good in a model.
I wonder if they are using the 3d scanned coordinates directly, vs. matching to a library of hand-curated fac
Hasbro says (Score:3)
"CNN adds that Hasbro say it will not sell user face data, and will delete it after 60 days."
Yes, of course they will...until they don't.
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I have an SLA printer and a 3D scanner for that.
Re: Hasbro says (Score:2)
Weasel words (Score:2)
Hmm (Score:2)
This seems like it could easily backfire.
Go and fuck yourself with Hasbro (Score:2)
*nt*
Ok, so (Score:2)
They won't sell it, what will they do with it?
Prior art (Score:2)
Will this work for Face ID? (Score:1)
cancel disney (Score:2)