Mattel has long held a place in childhood play. An upgrade to its 1960s hit, ThingMaker, hopes to continue the tradition in a very modern way. Related: Navies could harness 3D-printing to build ...

A 3-D printer in every household was never going to happen, for so many reasons. But a machine that lets kids design and create their own toys with a few taps on a screen? Now we’re talking. That 3-D ...

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We've been waiting years for 3D printing to finally be simple enough for mainstream consumers — and now, it looks like Mattel might be the first company to make that happen. At NYC's Toy Fair this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. The 3D printer is controlled by the ThingMaker Design app that enables kids ...

Mattel is getting super creative this year by giving more freedom to the toy experts of the world: kids. At this year’s New York Toy Fair trade show, the company announced its new ThingMaker, a $300 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Some of you will remember the ThingMaker, a 60s Mattel product that saw you pouring liquid plastic into metal molds to create crude toys. In a clever move, ...

Remember ThingMaker? Mattel’s $300 3D printer that would let kids print out their own toys? Its ship date – which was supposed to be this month – just got pushed back another year, according to a ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Toymaker Mattel is not normally at the forefront of bringing new technologies into everyday use. But by ...

Don’t like any of the toys in your closet? Just make your own. In a move that could motivate either incredible creativity or some serious playground envy (hey, maybe both), Mattel has introduced a ...

At New York’s Toy Fair trade show over the weekend, Mattel unveiled its new, $300 3D Printer, the “ThingMaker,” which will allow children to print their own toys at home. The device works in ...