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3D Printed LEGO Mini-figures and Bricks at LEGO World 2012

Why have I never been to LEGO World before!? Now I have the perfect excuse — among the usual injection moulded bricks there will be some 3D printed parts from Objet.

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Anyone that ever sat cross-legged in front of the TV playing with LEGO on a Sunday morning will know that the combination of tactility, creativity and self-expresion is addictive. Previously if you didn't have the exact part you needed, you could use your skill and judgement to make it up from the smaller building blocks. Not for much longer.

3D printing from Objet, renowned for the detailed models produced by its polyjet technology, are used in the development process at LEGO.

How long until we're downloading out next LEGO kit and printing the blocks ourselves?

Let us know your thoughts below.

Full story at the Objet Blog

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