 May 1, 2013 - 7:39am | WOW, the kickstarter campaign for this item raised over 2 mill when the goal was only 30K! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1351910088/3doodler-the-worlds-first-3d-printing-pen Possibilities for 3D mapping at the table top right on your battle mat. pretty cool. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 May 1, 2013 - 8:17am | Holy crud! The applications for that is flippin' tremendous. No wonder it's gotten such support. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 May 1, 2013 - 7:47pm | This thing is way cool! Want. It would go well with the 3D printer I just convinced the wife-unit I needed to buy ("to encourage the kids to explore new technology" was the winning argument). |
 May 1, 2013 - 8:37pm | It would go well with the 3D printer I just convinced the wife-unit I needed to buy ("to encourage the kids to explore new technology" was the winning argument). This is what my Dad said to buy the Commodore 64 in 1984. Then I drug in into my bedroom and he didn't get to play with it again. I needed it to write an SF character generator. -iggy |
May 1, 2013 - 8:59pm | It would go well with the 3D printer I just convinced the wife-unit I needed to buy ("to encourage the kids to explore new technology" was the winning argument). This is what my Dad said to buy the Commodore 64 in 1984. Then I drug in into my bedroom and he didn't get to play with it again. I needed it to write an SF character generator. Haha, it's an age-old argument. Seems to work every time (psssst, don't tell the spouse units!). I don't recall the exact reasons why we got our C64, but my parents refused to buy a second TV so mine had to stay in the family room. There were some arguments over "coding games vs. watching shows"...I did end up being a software architect though. :) |
May 1, 2013 - 9:03pm | I scrounged an old black and white portable tv to work with and used the family color tv for games on the weekend. -iggy |
May 1, 2013 - 9:09pm | My parents kind of hated tv, or sought to limit it while raising kids. Our sole tv was black and white. :) Had to do color work at the computer lab at high school (it had *2* color monitors and the rest green screens). In some twisted parental logic my parents bought a huge console color tv a couple of weeks after I left for college. |
May 1, 2013 - 9:44pm | My parents kind of hated tv, or sought to limit it while raising kids. Our sole tv was black and white. :) Had to do color work at the computer lab at high school (it had *2* color monitors and the rest green screens).
In some twisted parental logic my parents bought a huge console color tv a couple of weeks after I left for college. ROFL! I have got to meet your parents. They must have laughed for a whole week after they got it. That's brilliant. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
May 2, 2013 - 2:47am | This thing is way cool! Want. It would go well with the 3D printer I just convinced the wife-unit I needed to buy ("to encourage the kids to explore new technology" was the winning argument). I like that, I would steal and use that but my spouse hates technology in an irrational way. She let the phone bill go unpaid till the bill was $700 and they shut it off just to prove that we coudn't afford the internet. Incidently, the Hobby Bunker over in Malden has a major toy soldier business going and a major portion of their mail order business is Money orders- men not wanting the spouse to see a credit card charge. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
May 2, 2013 - 8:15pm | This thing is way cool! Want. It would go well with the 3D printer I just convinced the wife-unit I needed to buy ("to encourage the kids to explore new technology" was the winning argument). I like that, I would steal and use that but my spouse hates technology in an irrational way. She let the phone bill go unpaid till the bill was $700 and they shut it off just to prove that we coudn't afford the internet. Incidently, the Hobby Bunker over in Malden has a major toy soldier business going and a major portion of their mail order business is Money orders- men not wanting the spouse to see a credit card charge. Yuck, my first wife tried things along those lines. In the last 20 years since the divorce she's had 7 more (ex)husbands, I've only had 1 more wife (17 years so far). So you are saying that there is a market for someone who prints plastic gaming miniatures and advertises mail order w/money orders? Could even ship in official corporate document looking packaging. :) |
May 3, 2013 - 8:55am | @ firstcitizen i bet your ex doesnt think she's part of the problem! As check out the hobby bunker on line they sell all sorts of stuff and move a lot of the high end pre painted miniatures of the ove 70mm variety that are not intended to play with. Pro painted and air brushed stuff that sells in the $60 to $120 range of romans, gauls, WW2 and etc. In fact the toy soldier market is 90% of their business while role playing games are only 10% yet the owner maintains a rpg section in store larger than what the % of business warrents. They have weeks where money orders out number credit/debit receipts on the mail order side. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
