I printed one for myself for that exact reason a few weeks ago. Afterwards I felt like an idiot for 3D printing for so long and never printing one out for myself before. I can't exaggerate how much one of these has helped my figure poses with how insanely posable and diverse they are.
I have got some cool 3D models too, do check them out in my link if you are interested. I update regularly and planning to post some more magnetic, connected and articulated things soon. :D
I can't stop printing them. I just love printing and building these things and all the remixes. The heroes and the weapons and hats and stuff. All fun.
These have been such a blast of nostalgia for me. I hate that newer "action figures" have little movable parts and super cheap quality, vs growing up with our G.I Joes that could move everything and take a beating. ive printed 3 so far and want to just keep printing more for no reason other reason than the joy of it. lol
I've made so many of these, along with her other models, Lucky and Mini 13. These have held up through lots of rough play. A definite thumbs up. Thank you for bringing Soozafone some attention.
This is like printing your own Gundam! It would be awesome to have different kinds of armor/outer shells like maybe a storm trooper! Also I wonder if you print the frame in TPU if it would work better? Some Gundam parts use a rubber type material in the joints.
I've wondered that too - I used to have those toys he mentioned, "Stikfas" and the issue was the joints would wear out super quick because they were a hard plastic. But my old Gundams that saw WAY more play still hold up pretty well due to the more rubbery joints.
@@AluminiumPanda6 Its not so much that the joints wore out. The big issue was how thin the walls of the sockets were/are. Also, as the plastic got very brittle over time, it was extremely easy to snap the socket, making them useless. Its fine for any you might find that are already put together but I would avoid any that aren't, unfortunately. Also, the ones made and packaged later were made with a different plastic. For example, the blue duelist or the red succubus. And, oddly enough, many of the clear versions, like the clear knight, have held up fairly well.
The Dummy13's armature is a really good base. I'm working on a way to make more detailed character bodies with different shapes using it. I've been printing these constantly just because they're really good for art posing and the like. There's a satisfaction in putting them together I used to get from K'NEX figures and the like.
I have a 50% sized one I hide in different places at work to mess with my co-workers. I also have a 300% sized one just chilling on my desk. It's a lot of fun. Look up the Dummy goes to comic con C3PO pack. The head gives it a lot of personality.
*If you really want to mess with coworkers, print a life size one. When you take time off, have the Dummy13 sit by your desk and put some of your clothes on it. Would look like you're still there and working.*
I remember Stikfas! I was super into customizing them and was even involved in their official forums back in the day :D Also digging the Eva 01 themed photo sweep
I used polycarbonate (pc) for the joints and it is perfect for this situation ,very tough material ,though it needs to print with 280 degrees on hotend and 110 degrees on heatbed
I know there's at least one guy that printed a 600% one and it's like the size of a small child, It's honestly pretty crazy. NVM seen someone print one at 1300% and is just massive.
@@UncleJessy Yeah, fidget toys are awesome. People who can design those in a way that they can be played around for hours should be the ones to design toys and games :)
I've been trying to print this a few times and I've been having trouble printing the initial layer. It doesn't have that many problems when I print the parts individually, but when I try to print the runner the initial small lines pull up when moving between the parts. I've thoroughly cleaned the build plate but I keep having problems. Idk if it has to do with my retraction settings or something else. I also keep having the first few mm curl up. On large prints this doesn't seem to cause much problems but on smaller pieces it does. I'm printing on a Neptune 4 Plus
great timing on your video!!! I just printed 2 of these yesterday, and am going to print like 20 more, they are so fun, and there are a ton of weapons and addons by the community to print and play with
Hey there Uncle Jesse. All i could think about when i saw you fighting your 2 figures was Spaceballs. No sir, I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
I know you don't tend to go back and cover the same prints again typically.. but seeing you have those figures and that backdrop you printed as well made me wonder. What if you were to print the backdrop and the figure stand as a green screen sort of color. You would be able to make the figures look like they are actually jumping or fighting or whatever.
I have some Figma figures I bitt a few years ago that look very similar to these exterior they have real body parts like a human shaped chest, arms, etc.
It’s really optimized for FDM printing. I watched a video from someone in the stop motion animation community trying to resin print one, and I think he eventually got to one that could be assembled, but it took a lot of failed prints and all of the joints were pretty still and brittle
Used to have wooden versions of these decades ago for artists/animators to do poses. This could be great, but right now it just looks like a 3d printed version of those old wooden figurines. Seems to me this is a perfect opportunity to expand upon that and make figures with character to them, like popular characters (being able to pose a Tony Stark, or Black Widow) or even exaggerated proportions for like anime sketching, or some other style I'm too old to be hip to.
Hmmmm. Had a lot of problems with the Beta version. Pieces needed trimming and filing to get them to fit together. I used all the recommended settings and filaments. I'll have to try again with this official version as Jessy shows things just snap together. Let's see...
Those 3-D printed toys don’t even stand up. Mine came with a stand but I think they sent the wrong stand because it doesn’t even fit anywhere. Also when I printed mine it didn’t come with any connections. It had to glue it into a position that I liked and then leave it.
00:47 ... is that it's print-in-place... (looks at the print and all the "snapping together"...) We obviously have very different definitions of that phrase...
I actually just printed these yesterday on my Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro but all in PLA since I don't have any PETG. Printed at 100% scale, I'm having issues with inserting the frame pieces into the armour pieces, the tolerance is too tight. Do you think giving it another try at 150% scale would help with this issue?
So would the giga printer be able to do a life sized version? That would be so neat. You'd need a filament sponsor because you'd use all of the filament (as 3D Printing Nerd aka Joel would say).
Unable to fit my dummy13, petg for the frame, pla for the armor. 0.15 height, good printing but don't fit properly need to do toooooo much force. any tip/advice/test would be appreciated! new in 3d printing, txs
I think it's pretty obvious...the world needs to see a Giga Dummy! Also, if you have some clear PETG I would love to see what it looks like with the body clear and then the armor in a nice bright color. I bet it'd look sick!
I tried printing one with PLA, it's a waste of filament, the balls for the joints snap off immediately when trying to assemble it. May work if printing at like 200% But PLA is a little too soft for this project, that's why it is recommended to at least use PETG.
Thankfully there are individual parts already. printing the sprues feels like a huge waste of filament. It makes sense for injection molding, but 3d printing hard nah
@@marciompjr well, with at least my printer it was totally fine without em. spurs are fine, but i just dont see the point in having the whole kit and kaboodle of faking injection molding when all of that plastic is being tossed, and takes longer to print.
Dude Stikfas are the first thing that came to mind when I saw these! I miss those toys. I only have a resin printer... so maybe I should enlist the help of a buddy who has a filament printer to make some of these for me.
Sooooo should I Life Size Print one of these on the Giga!?
Do it!
Com certeza! Just do it!
@@UncleJessy 100% that would be sick “Super sized Dummy 13 “
Yes
@@Airaple imagine like 0,5 Meter Dummy 13 🤩
This is great for artists posing. I'm so getting these.
Agreed! I also just saw a cool posable hand model on printables that I might try and print
glad i came across this video, i was looking to spend about $60 on one of the commercial posable figures for artists, now i don't have to
I printed one for myself for that exact reason a few weeks ago. Afterwards I felt like an idiot for 3D printing for so long and never printing one out for myself before. I can't exaggerate how much one of these has helped my figure poses with how insanely posable and diverse they are.
I have got some cool 3D models too, do check them out in my link if you are interested. I update regularly and planning to post some more magnetic, connected and articulated things soon. :D
I can't stop printing them. I just love printing and building these things and all the remixes. The heroes and the weapons and hats and stuff. All fun.
These have been such a blast of nostalgia for me. I hate that newer "action figures" have little movable parts and super cheap quality, vs growing up with our G.I Joes that could move everything and take a beating. ive printed 3 so far and want to just keep printing more for no reason other reason than the joy of it. lol
I've made so many of these, along with her other models, Lucky and Mini 13. These have held up through lots of rough play. A definite thumbs up. Thank you for bringing Soozafone some attention.
Am i the only one who's noticed that Soozafone's files on Printables have a ton of dummies and just one articulated spider hanging out there?
If I were a toy manufacturer, like Lego, 3D printing would be the bane of my existence.
This is like printing your own Gundam! It would be awesome to have different kinds of armor/outer shells like maybe a storm trooper! Also I wonder if you print the frame in TPU if it would work better? Some Gundam parts use a rubber type material in the joints.
I've wondered that too - I used to have those toys he mentioned, "Stikfas" and the issue was the joints would wear out super quick because they were a hard plastic. But my old Gundams that saw WAY more play still hold up pretty well due to the more rubbery joints.
@@AluminiumPanda6 Its not so much that the joints wore out. The big issue was how thin the walls of the sockets were/are. Also, as the plastic got very brittle over time, it was extremely easy to snap the socket, making them useless. Its fine for any you might find that are already put together but I would avoid any that aren't, unfortunately. Also, the ones made and packaged later were made with a different plastic. For example, the blue duelist or the red succubus. And, oddly enough, many of the clear versions, like the clear knight, have held up fairly well.
People are printing gundams, there are a few vids out.
On Printables there's already tons of armor / shell parts, even Space Marine and Gundam is there
@@parangsakti2610 oh I’m so there. Thank you!
Print one at 6 foot tall with a suit of Stormtrooper armor or something? That'd be pretty cool.
There is a stormtrooper armour mod on bambu handy
My daughter and I have been printing these lately and putting them together. The largest we have now is 150% but we are going to 500%!
about 19-20" tall or so, at 500%?
As someone who wants to make his own action figures sometime, I enjoyed this.
The Dummy13's armature is a really good base. I'm working on a way to make more detailed character bodies with different shapes using it.
I've been printing these constantly just because they're really good for art posing and the like. There's a satisfaction in putting them together I used to get from K'NEX figures and the like.
Great idea.
So cool! You definitely need to print a life size version.
I have a 50% sized one I hide in different places at work to mess with my co-workers. I also have a 300% sized one just chilling on my desk. It's a lot of fun. Look up the Dummy goes to comic con C3PO pack. The head gives it a lot of personality.
Oh wow! 300% size might be a good big but not too big option
@@UncleJessyno such thing as too big. Bring the Giga sized one to Printopia!
*If you really want to mess with coworkers, print a life size one. When you take time off, have the Dummy13 sit by your desk and put some of your clothes on it. Would look like you're still there and working.*
Wonder if there is a way to customise a dummy 13 into a gi joe B.A.T or trooper
@@prepperinthewoods oh that’s a cool ides
Yes! Def print one out on your Giga. That was one of the first things I thought of when clicking/watching your vid
Gotta LOVE Sooza!
"I alone am the honored one" pose at 5:29
I've already found and printed a chappie head for mine, it suits it 😊
I remember Stikfas! I was super into customizing them and was even involved in their official forums back in the day :D
Also digging the Eva 01 themed photo sweep
I actually love these, but when I printed mine in PLA the joints wore out in under 24 hours of posing them. Definitely should have used PETG
I used polycarbonate (pc) for the joints and it is perfect for this situation ,very tough material ,though it needs
to print with 280 degrees on hotend and 110 degrees on heatbed
I know there's at least one guy that printed a 600% one and it's like the size of a small child, It's honestly pretty crazy. NVM seen someone print one at 1300% and is just massive.
That's a pretty good toy print.
It’s a lot of fun to fidget with
@@UncleJessy Yeah, fidget toys are awesome. People who can design those in a way that they can be played around for hours should be the ones to design toys and games :)
I large sized print would be awesome but I have been curious how a SLA resin style print of this would be?
What slicing software do you currently recommend for these? I’m still using Cura, but wonder if there’s something better.
I printed both the armor and frame in PLA, first broke bcz PLA is too thin in some places but next one worked perfectly
Dumb question here but if these are being printed, why are they on big substantial sprues? I understand that the sprues can be recycled but still...
No, its been done by a ton of people already. One guy did a 40ft tall one in the Czech Republic.
Those are super cool.
This is great for artists who need a model reference when drawing poses!
Soo true thats my thought proccess exactly: "Ooh look a 3D printed dummy -> Ooh look an art piece with terrible proportions -> Ooh look a solution
Someone could so easily make great action stompmotion with these!
the itinialy layer and other layer seems to be inverted on soozafones instructions
It's a truly great model. Amazed you hadn't done an episode yet on it!
I've printed these, but i always wondered whered you get the stand for them
Find the stand on Printables
@parangsakti2610 thanks!
When the joint get consumed, how to hold the pose? Any suggestion on that?
I've been trying to print this a few times and I've been having trouble printing the initial layer. It doesn't have that many problems when I print the parts individually, but when I try to print the runner the initial small lines pull up when moving between the parts. I've thoroughly cleaned the build plate but I keep having problems. Idk if it has to do with my retraction settings or something else. I also keep having the first few mm curl up. On large prints this doesn't seem to cause much problems but on smaller pieces it does. I'm printing on a Neptune 4 Plus
How do I stop the torso armor part from falling it keeps coming off the little things that hold it on the outline thingy
What slicer do you use?
@@GamerOne1017 looks like "orca slicer"
Orca slicer 4 Life
May I ask, if I wanted to start 3D printing, with absolute no experience. Where do I start? And the best printer to start with?
I don’t have any recommendations, but what I would do would be extensive research on a lot of different 3D printers.
I need help what to get to print the figures
Wow gotta love the 13
great timing on your video!!! I just printed 2 of these yesterday, and am going to print like 20 more, they are so fun, and there are a ton of weapons and addons by the community to print and play with
Hey there Uncle Jesse. All i could think about when i saw you fighting your 2 figures was Spaceballs. No sir, I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
I know you don't tend to go back and cover the same prints again typically.. but seeing you have those figures and that backdrop you printed as well made me wonder. What if you were to print the backdrop and the figure stand as a green screen sort of color. You would be able to make the figures look like they are actually jumping or fighting or whatever.
these are super cool, I found these and I already printer 3 and they don't take that long to print
I have some Figma figures I bitt a few years ago that look very similar to these exterior they have real body parts like a human shaped chest, arms, etc.
could you 3d print the body using pla and if so could you give me the settings?
Can it be resin printed?
It’s really optimized for FDM printing. I watched a video from someone in the stop motion animation community trying to resin print one, and I think he eventually got to one that could be assembled, but it took a lot of failed prints and all of the joints were pretty still and brittle
Used to have wooden versions of these decades ago for artists/animators to do poses. This could be great, but right now it just looks like a 3d printed version of those old wooden figurines. Seems to me this is a perfect opportunity to expand upon that and make figures with character to them, like popular characters (being able to pose a Tony Stark, or Black Widow) or even exaggerated proportions for like anime sketching, or some other style I'm too old to be hip to.
I have some 3d character models that I wouldnt mind attempting to make into a 3d printable modular parts, my own action figures
I love making these
These are so cool!!!
Should try printing some with the Siraya tech mecha resin since it's apparently designed for rubbing applications like this.
I really want to see it life size, go for it.
Hmmmm. Had a lot of problems with the Beta version. Pieces needed trimming and filing to get them to fit together. I used all the recommended settings and filaments. I'll have to try again with this official version as Jessy shows things just snap together. Let's see...
I'm new to 3d printing. Is it possible to print this with resin?
Definitely need to do a life size scale one 😂
Is it necessary to use PETG for the Skeleton or could I just use PLA
I just did, and works, dont know if it Will last
does this model work with resin printer?
This has to be Stikfas inspired. All of the custom models remind me of the accessories
I loved stikfas
Do you remember Lego Bionicle? I wonder if this would be compatible or able to be compatible with them 🤔
@@petercory8128 looking at my Toa Nuva rn. Lots of possibilities here...
Could you post the height in inches for the various scales?
Yes, do the big one!
When I printed mine the pieces wouldn’t snap together, even what I got a hammer and a wrench, what do I do?
Those 3-D printed toys don’t even stand up. Mine came with a stand but I think they sent the wrong stand because it doesn’t even fit anywhere. Also when I printed mine it didn’t come with any connections. It had to glue it into a position that I liked and then leave it.
What slicer is that?
I've been eyeing Soozafone's Dummy... just haven't printed it yet.
00:47 ... is that it's print-in-place...
(looks at the print and all the "snapping together"...)
We obviously have very different definitions of that phrase...
Funny enough I only have a resin printer. Would that suffice or is it too brittle?
I actually just printed these yesterday on my Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro but all in PLA since I don't have any PETG. Printed at 100% scale, I'm having issues with inserting the frame pieces into the armour pieces, the tolerance is too tight. Do you think giving it another try at 150% scale would help with this issue?
How do I get the 200 scale one???
Would you mind measuring the height of the 150 figure please? I would like them to be 8" tall
I still have a box of Stikfas, my favorite toy as a kid.
i printed them on cura and didnt change anything and the pieces wont go together does anyone know why
I love dummy 13 there is crazy level of poses
Can this be made with a resin printer?
How many grams of filament would you use if you print 1 in 100% size?
Can these be printed on a resin printer please ? Amazing vids thanks for your content.
So would the giga printer be able to do a life sized version? That would be so neat. You'd need a filament sponsor because you'd use all of the filament (as 3D Printing Nerd aka Joel would say).
Yes, do a life-sized one, please.
Unable to fit my dummy13, petg for the frame, pla for the armor. 0.15 height, good printing but don't fit properly need to do toooooo much force. any tip/advice/test would be appreciated! new in 3d printing, txs
What I did was scale the armor 105%. If that doesn't work, WD-40
Was that a 3D printed sentinel from X-Men? Please share that file!
I have a 600% one that I leave on my couch holding the remote. Hes about the size of a small child and its awsome and creepy at the same time.
Man, I miss stikfas. Still have a bunch. Pretty sure the copyright on those has expired. Someone should remake them and cash in.
man I love your videos and your prints, and i have a request that will you make a video on printing old gen beyblades like the plastic ones
I think it's pretty obvious...the world needs to see a Giga Dummy!
Also, if you have some clear PETG I would love to see what it looks like with the body clear and then the armor in a nice bright color. I bet it'd look sick!
How awesome 👍👍
Mad respect you got the master chief helmet in the background
I kinda want to get one on Amazon
what happens if you use PLA instead of PETG? is PETG used just for strength?
I tried printing one with PLA, it's a waste of filament, the balls for the joints snap off immediately when trying to assemble it. May work if printing at like 200% But PLA is a little too soft for this project, that's why it is recommended to at least use PETG.
@@RedMageGaming thank you for the reply explaining!
That would be neat on the giga
Thankfully there are individual parts already. printing the sprues feels like a huge waste of filament. It makes sense for injection molding, but 3d printing hard nah
The sprues really help with bed adhesion.
@@marciompjr well, with at least my printer it was totally fine without em. spurs are fine, but i just dont see the point in having the whole kit and kaboodle of faking injection molding when all of that plastic is being tossed, and takes longer to print.
It’s like FuncoLand, before Toys R Us shows up. It’s ok, but could be better. The joints get loose real quick, and it is a lot of pieces.
Hm.. if you put peg holes in the torso and linbs, you can basically build any IP with this. Maybe like halo or gi joe
I’ve printed this at 300% but would love to do a life size one if I had a large enough printer as well as the money for it lol
Those look awesome! I'll have to try them out for sure! Have you heard of 3D Zip Guy? I just stumbled across his files and they look pretty fantastic
ciao dove si trovano tutti i modeli dei robot grazie
Dude Stikfas are the first thing that came to mind when I saw these! I miss those toys. I only have a resin printer... so maybe I should enlist the help of a buddy who has a filament printer to make some of these for me.
I was thinking I need a new camera background- glad you showed that one off. 🎉
Where do I get the files
Printables
would be cool for stop motion videos!
Someone please make some mecha inspired armor for this. I can just see the potential.
GIGA! GIGA! GIGA! Do it!!
Uncle Jessy your videos are always awesome and have such great information, thank you good sir!