Found this in the official gift shop at the Roman coliseum

3 years ago by SickIcarus to c/3dprinting

My jaw dropped when I saw these lol.

BudgieMania 12 points 3 years ago

I love how 3d printed goods for the general public always try to make PLA sound like something super special.... "100% colored bio-resin super lightweight..." bro it's PLA it's 20 bucks per kilo

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LifeInOregon 3 points 3 years ago

After seeing the quality of the prints, I feel much better about my own.

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SickIcarus 10 points 3 years ago

"Eco-friendly bio-resin derived from CORN!"

Bitch, that's PLA! 😂😂

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death916 7 points 3 years ago

They're not even really nice quality

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WingedThing 7 points 3 years ago

€150? Damn, I feel bad for any sucker who buys that.

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SJ_Zero 5 points 3 years ago

150 euros? I'm in the wrong line of work!

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nyan 4 points 3 years ago

So after currency conversions, that's . . . $65CAD for maybe $2CAD of filament (depending on the exact size of those busts)?!

Supplying that shop must be a nice gig if you can get it . . .

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CmdrShepard 1 point 3 years ago

That's $216 CAD

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PlutoniumAcid 4 points 3 years ago

150 buckazoids?? Are they made of gold??

And it's funny that it's like emojis: you've got your standard yellow, then also a black and a white edition for those who need to show the world that they care.

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Ajen 4 points 3 years ago

It sounds like a lot, but it looks like this in a museum gift shop. Their profit margins on these prints are probably comparable to anything else in the shop, but a lot of people don't mind if it's a nonprofit they want to support.

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SickIcarus 6 points 3 years ago

it looks like this in a museum gift shop

Yes, this is the official gift shop in the Roman Coliseum. I found it really strange that they would be selling 3d prints. It’s like, why?? If you want to sell plastic souvenirs, surely injection-molded plastic would be much more efficient, cost-effective, and higher quality.

It feels like maybe the gift-shop managers kid “had a great idea” for his new toy.

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Anticorp 3 points 3 years ago

A hundred and fifty euros for a PLA print, with obvious layer lines? Good lord!

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Alperto 3 points 3 years ago

For all of the people here who knows about 3D printing, this happens all the time with every market: fixing some kind of issues for some kind of pipes for a plumber may seem like a steal, but it’s what they take for their knowledge about how to fix it. I’ve been a professional computer repair man and at the beginning I also couldn’t believe people would pay to help them to reinstall Windows on their PCs, because to me that was really simple. But most people don’t know and don’t want to know about some things (you and me included) and are willing to pay for a service or a good that they want. Your knowledge about 3D printers has value and you can benefit from it.

Being said that, those statues seem to be made with the cheapest printer and filament they could find. If at least they used a better printer and some marble filament, it would look more professional or appealing

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tallwookie 3 points 3 years ago

thought it was really weird soap for a second.

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Keepitpushin 8 points 3 years ago

Washing your genitals would be awkward lol

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Piecemakers3Dprints 1 point 3 years ago

Usename checks out.

Both of them.

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yokonzo 3 points 3 years ago

Overextrusion, low resolution, is that layer shifting I see? Good lord this is atrocious

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SickIcarus 2 points 3 years ago

I loved how they wanted $150 for a model I found on thingiverse for free. I told my wife “if I print 10 of them my printer has paid for itself!” I don’t think she trusted my logic for some reason.

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Piecemakers3Dprints 2 points 3 years ago

We were there a few months ago, and I was disappointed at the low quality of this schlock. 😅

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CatfishSushi 3 points 3 years ago

Years ago my wife and I were in Rome and went to Vatican City. All the tourist places nearby had this lenticular print of Jesus face as he hung on the cross. Hold it one way and his eyes were closed. Change the angle slightly and his eyes open. It was sooooo overwhelmingly tacky. Now I wished I'd bought it because it WAS so tacky.

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