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How do you think 3D printers will change the way children play in the future?

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That's brilliant! Anything that adds less plastic into the environment gets a thumbs up! ☺

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Ok. I like the example given, that was cute and would certainly make food fun. Great for parents who make bento type lunch boxes for kids. Even better if the things created can be recycled? Assuming it's all plastic, can this be recycled with local recycling? We try to be as green as we can and it would be great if you could look at the environmentally friendly part of your product - gosh I sound like such a fun person!

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Oh I completely agree with you that's it's something to fuel kids imaginations. It will be brilliant for school projects, making their ideas come to life, for science and inventions. I'm a total geek and things like this really interest me.

In some ways I feel that the idea they can download and print whatever they want takes the fun out of a trip to the toystore to spend pocket money, me choosing gifts for birthdays and Christmas etc. There's something quite satisfying about helping a child create something out of bits of recycling and seeing a homemade monster made from toilet roll and pva glue. I hope this sort of technology doesn't take away the bonding type experiences many parents have with their children. I guess also it's the mystery of toys also. To put a toy on your Christmas list to being able to just make and print your own. I assume it will have limitations for copyright etc though.

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I think the technology is amazing and will really change how we view products. As a parent though it makes me slightly disappointed that things like shopping for a gift for my child may become unnecessary because he's already downloaded it. I don't think owning a whole toystore is a positive thing.