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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mattel is on a mission to make 3-D printing as easy as building with Legos. At this week’s Toy Fair 2016 in New York City, the toy-making titan revealed a new 3-D “ThingMaker” printer that pumps out ...

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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 ...

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: ...

With Mattel ThingMaker, kids can design their own jewelry or toys, then print out their creations. The Toy Fair took place in Manhattan this week, as the biggest toy makers in the world showed off ...