After successfully reimagining the classic View-Master into the new View-Master Virtual Reality viewer, Mattel has its sights set on bringing affordable home 3D printing to families by reimagining the ...

Had you been a child in the 1960s, you might remember something called the ThingMaker, a do-it-yourself toy creation kit from Mattel that came out decades before 3D printing would itself become a ...

The original ThingMaker was all about making little rubbery monsters. However, the new ThingMaker unveiled at Toy Fair this week can make whatever you can imagine in its app -- no metal molds ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mattel has a new 3D toy printer so kids can make their own gizmos. The ThingMaker is being introduced this week at the New York Toy Fair. Mattel says the ThingMaker can be used to create toys like ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rather than pinning their hopes on Santa, kids will soon be printing their own favourite toys as ...

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 ...

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Mattel has announced that it's bringing back ThingMaker, its toy making kits which launched in the 1960s. But this time around ThingMaker will get a modern make-over and consist of a fully functioning ...

Toymaker Mattel has announced that it is throwing its lot in with the maker movement, launching an aggressively-priced 3D printer targeting younger users. Mattel is no stranger to homebrew devices: ...

If you promised your teen a Mattel ThingMaker this Christmas, you may want to find something else that's just as cool ASAP. A spokesperson told Engadget that the company won't be releasing its toy ...