Building the $300 3D printer anyone can use
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Printing toys, burning cash, and selling out on SharkTank - this is the perilous story of Toybox Labs, building 3D printers for kids.
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Toybox aims to bring an almost magically simple experience to kids: With the press of a button, a small machine will print nearly any toy imaginable, all in their own home.
Toys are a good match for consumer-grade 3D printers. Although industrial 3D printers can produce a small house in about 24 hours, hobbyist printers like Toybox print more slowly, and the smaller size of the device limits the range of producible objects.
Simple toys fall in the sweet spot. To build them, Toybox works like other 3D printers: stock the printer with filament, connect it to a computer, choose a design, and it can print objects within minutes to a few hours, depending on the complexity of the design.
What makes Toybox unique isn’t necessarily its hardware, but rather its ease of use and the company’s software, which includes an online catalog of free and customizable toy designs: animal figurines, castles, miniature cars, whistles, ninja stars, and fidget spinners, to name a few. Users can also create and upload their own toy designs for others to download, and the device can print designs from outside of the Toybox network.
Today, the simplicity of Toybox and its wide variety of toy designs are helping the company earn millions in revenue. But that success came only after multiple close calls with failure.
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What do you think of this business idea?
Deja vu? 😅
I can see this being a very successful product. The ease of use makes it great for kids. But you could still always get a more capable ender printer.
For sure. It depends on the customer and what they want. Many inventors and hobbyists tend to be tinkerers and techies, and gravitate towards the most powerful product for the lowest price. When selling a product to mainstream kids and parents, though, they may place a premium on simplicity, durability and being able to execute a smaller number of scenarios very well. Unlike someone choosing between different models of 3D printers, they may be choosing between a 3D printer for kids and, say, a lego set. Understanding your customer and why they would purchase your product is key in entrepreneurship.
I work with lots of 3d printers . Easy is one thing. Works consistently and well is another thing.
For your 3d printer use hemp 3d spool plastic.. you can make your own spools in a garage from crops in your yard, it is already possible..
That's a great fact to be aware of!
Interesting! Even if we won't admit to having hemp in our yard!
@@freethink I appreicate you. a lot. 🙏
Oh my goodness! An easy and accessible 3D printer was an idea that I was throwing around and wanted to do but like he said, this is fucking hard. Good for him!! This is awesome!! 🙌
Every 3D printer should have a grinder that melts plastic waste back into 3D printing filament.
The plastic bin industry is used by huge farms i work on.. please make those out of.. crops... like hemp, from the same farm. Winning.
Freethinker replying to literally everyone:
"It depends on the customer and what they want. Many inventors and hobbyists tend to be tinkerers and techies, and gravitate towards the most powerful and flexible product for the lowest price. When selling a product to mainstream kids and parents, though, they may place a premium on simplicity, durability and being able to execute a smaller number of scenarios very well. Unlike someone choosing between different models of 3D printers, they may be choosing between a 3D printer for kids and, say, a lego set. Understanding your customer and why they would purchase your product is key in entrepreneurship."
Yup lol. Hey, if you don't want the same response, don't post the same comment!
@@freethink ik lol. most people have the same opinion on this.
Awesome story!
Why restrict yourself to what you want to print with proprietary software that requires a subscription service.
It depends on the customer and what they want. Many inventors and hobbyists tend to be tinkerers and techies, and gravitate towards the most powerful and flexible product for the lowest price. When selling a product to mainstream kids and parents, though, they may place a premium on simplicity, durability and being able to execute a smaller number of scenarios very well. Unlike someone choosing between different models of 3D printers, they may be choosing between a 3D printer for kids and, say, a lego set. Understanding your customer and why they would purchase your product is key in entrepreneurship.
I get the click and print approach and accessibility, but an ender 3v2 is already under 300 usd and an S1 (which comes fully upgraded and is way easier to use) is not much more expensive, and both have bigger print beds, dont use proprietary hardware and can be modded
The drawback to those is the amount of work required to getting it running, leveling making sure everything is calibrated, running tests to see your personal ideal print conditions
Will this printer not require such work?allowing someone like my dad to "just print" without thinking or doing extra work, or would he need to constantly call me to fix some issue or calibrate it because the "gosh darn printer aint workin for some reason"?
Why pay 300 when it's far cheaper for a better printer only 130
It depends on the customer and what they want. Many inventors and hobbyists tend to be tinkerers and techies, and gravitate towards the most powerful and flexible product for the lowest price. When selling a product to mainstream kids and parents, though, they may place a premium on simplicity, durability and being able to execute a smaller number of scenarios very well. Unlike someone choosing between different models of 3D printers, they may be choosing between a 3D printer for kids and, say, a lego set. Understanding your customer and why they would purchase your product is key in entrepreneurship.
Noble as their efforts are, maybe there should be some resistance to printing mountains of useless plastic crap?
Bout to print me a toybox
Can you 3d print a 3d printer
Possible except a few parts like processors and main boards... but eventually.. probably yes. Crazy times..
Do not waste your money on this product. It will stop working. When none of the trouble shooting works, the company will tell you there’s nothing they can do about it.
3d printing is for everyone, maintaining one definetely isnt... if they could tell us if they solved any common issues, that would be nice. I f they did and didnt mention it in the vid, then thats a successful product I think
literally the cost of an ender. i teach kids how to 3d print and they get more bang for buck with any ender 3 clone
That's great! More power to you and anyone who chooses to go that route. At the end of the day, it's up to the customer to pick one that works best for them. Many inventors and hobbyists tend to be tinkerers and techies, and we gravitate towards the most powerful product for the lowest price. When selling a product to mainstream kids and parents, though, they may place a premium on simplicity, durability and being able to execute a smaller number of scenarios very well. Unlike someone choosing between different models of 3D printers, they may be choosing between a 3D printer for kids and, say, a lego set. Understanding your customer and why they would purchase your product is key in entrepreneurship.
Ah yes, nothing like a 3d printed pair of shoes. Also 150$ or less can get you Ender 3 v2.
Yeah doesn't make sense. Get an ender.
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300usd 🤣 you can already buy them for 200euro thats like 240usd or something 🤣
Quality of outcome is different.
This kid isn’t going to make it in the business world. Too emotional and too self-centred.
Yes
Most people with ideas like this realize this then step down to get a new face to lead the buisness side
Uou said that but at 3:39 he mentions he did not fund himself for two years off the project.. so what does that say about you in comparison..
@@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218 usually.. i concur, he doesnt seem emotional or self centered and im usually the guy pointing that out 😅
Isnt going to make it? he is there already plus already worked for bill gates who runs microsoft board
@@dertythegrower yeah item skin loot boxes for kids to leech money from their parents ported IRL on a subscription model. There is making it based on merit, and making it by selling out to VCs. I thought the idea was super cool when opening the video, instead we get subscription-based toys. I personally want to find a consumer friendly 3D printer than can port beginner models from blender and stuff, maybe its own SDK, and generate on its own how to make the printing work structurally and stuff. But I don't want it dumbed down into a toy printer lmfao. It's like those kids cameras that don't actually take pictures. All so Warner Bros can get one more passive income stream from kids advertisement.