I bought into this on Kickstarter over 8 or 9 months ago as a present for my daughter. Her older brother and I built a Prusa Mendel 3D printer in our basement a year and a half ago from a MakerGear kit. We’ve had great fun designing and building things for ourselves and others ever since.
She can’t wait to get her own “3D printer” in her hands now that she knows it’s coming. She’s an artist, or at least fancies herself as such, and the ability to draw in 3D is appealing to her. My kids both now understand that they can create anything they can imagine.
The 3Doodler only appeals to me as a repair tool, but I did give her an idea that I think will resonate with her and others.
Little kids love balloon animals at parties. I told her that she could learn to do the same kind of thing with the 3Doodler at the local Children’s Hospital. Whether it’s drawing “puppies” for kids with cancer, or “caterpillars” for kids with epilepsy during an EEG, I think she’ll enjoy bringing a little sunshine into others’ lives.
Forgot to mention that as far a Kickstarters go, this project was a doozie.
It was oversubscribed by a factor of almost 80.
I expect it to arrive this month, a month earlier than it was promised.