>>10429279>>10431080I want to be clear that I'm very impressed with a lot of the things happening by these guys, and I wish we were getting toys with the level of engineering and sculpt and cool designs that a lot of the 3D printer guys are making right now.
But what's happening is you have all the big dino toy reviewers shitting themselves over these items, putting up pics and videos of them all over instagram and youtube and shit, and suddenly everyone is like "holy crap I need to save up $500 so I can get one of these!"
No, you don't, and you shouldn't. These are display items that will deteriorate rapidly that are cool for photos when you initially get them and that's pretty much it.
If you do want to get 3D printed dinos here's a guide:
-If they are painted they should be static or with super minimal articulation(like jaw and arms only or something)
-If they are super articulated they should be solid color in the printed material with little to no paint. If there's paints around the joints at all it will get destroyed
-If they're articulated they need some kind of alternate system to printed tech for joints. Some 3D printed figures use rubber bands ala dolls and old joes to hold figures together and keep the joints tighter. This is pretty good. The best option is a figure that integrates actual toy joints, like separate plastic joints ala revoltech or whatever, that are glued into every joint the figure has.
Follow these points and you should be satisfied with a 3D printed dino. Ignore them and you will have issues.
