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ModiBot mention on MakeBlog

ModiBot mention on MakeBlog Click the title above to see a nice, little story about ModiBot’s beginnings from our friend and Maker Media senior editor Brian Jepson. His story is true, he printed the first ModiBot parts on his MakerBot […]

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Tags: 3d printing, Blog, Brian Jepson, Figure Kits, make magazine, Maker Faire, makerbot

Delayed gratification

In the product world, it takes a long time to get product to shelf, but you are trying to put so many items through the pipeline that you don’t have a lot of time to ‘sit around’ waiting for something to show up. I got my 3rd round of parts in the mail today. Once […]

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Tags: 3d, 3d printed, ball, bot, build, building, character, construction, customize, figure, gizmo, kit, makerbot, Mecha, modelling, ModiBot, modular, parts, platform, Ponoko, Rhino, robot, shapeways, socket, toy, Xevoz

1st part order- ETA Halloween

So the order for my first proto parts went in last week some time. This first test batch (upper arms) is coming from Shapeways. I ordered a few parts to check the overall finish, strength and compliance of the snaps and the overall durability of the plastic itself. I tried a few of both the […]

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Tags: 3d, 3d printed, ball, Blender, bricks, build, building, character, construction, customize, figure, kit, Lego, maker, makerbot, modelling, ModiBot, modular, parts, peg, Ponoko, Rhino, robot, shapeways, Sketch Up, socket, toy, Xevoz

ModiBot

I’ve been doodling on a mechanical figure platform for about the last 5 years. It continues to evolve, but its founded in my love of figure systems- from Micronauts to Lego to Centurions to Xevoz (of course). I miss the days when figure lines were built around a single figure and the fun was accessorizing […]

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Tags: 3d, 3d printed, ball, bricks, building, character, construction, customize, figure, kit, Lego, maker, makerbot, modelling, ModiBot, modular, parts, peg, robot, shapeways, socket, toy, Xevoz