This is why Lego has nothing to fear from 3D printing.

wongarsu 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not in terms of people printing lego bricks. But at least as an adult, designing things in Fusion and printing them scratches a similar itch as building lego. And 3d printing is now pretty accessible to the 14+ age group. I doubt this will completely replace legos, or that it's even their biggest threat, but I'd be surprised if it had no impact

	▲	antonyh 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Framed that way yes, but wouldn't it be cool to 3D print interlocking parts that can be reassembled in different ways?

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spatular 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The trick is to redesign the bricks for worse tolerances. With 3D printers you can print very nuanced springy elements that are impossible to achieve with injection molding. I got some reasonable bricks years ago on cheap printers with PETG, should work even better now with modern printers and ABS.

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tmaly 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It would be interesting if 3D printers could reach this tolerance

	▲	antonyh 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm sure they will if they can't already, but the price of the tech & the materials could be the limiting factor. How much would a hobbyist be willing to spend on consistent 10-micron 3D printing?