Gallery: Print-to-Order Service Helps 3-D Designer Revive Forgotten Figurines
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*Stikfas (left) and Xevoz (right) were two of Losey's projects that inspired ModiBot, but Micronauts were his first interactive inspirations.*
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*ModiBot parts are designed to work with accessories from the Xevoz line, giving a second life to discontinued toys. Losey also points out that the patents on ball and socket joints expired in 1919, reducing the risk of any IP entanglements.*
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*"It's like the original G.I. Joe, a platform -- each purchase or piece makes the larger library more valuable," says Losey. "It's why Lego is at the top of their game right now. They're like the Apple of the toy industry right now."*
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*Ball and socket joints make ModiBots poseable enough to stage epic tableaus, or with enough patience, stop-motion animations.*
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*3-D printing allows customers to choose whatever colors they like, not what designers chose or what's left on a store shelf.*
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*Losey is an action figure artist with broad interests. Before working on ModiBots he tried to launch the "[The Hero Project](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gogodynamo/the-hero-project-action-figures-of-world-cultural)," a series of homages to underrepresented cultural icons.*
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*Figuring out the tolerances of parts and the capabilities of materials as it relates to the design of the figure is a still a challenge.*
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*A series of ball and socket joints and holes for pegs gives the ModiBot system a great deal of customization.*
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Losey is now expanding the ModiBot line to feature parts that can be used to make dinosaurs, grasping robot arms, or anything else his imagination can conjure.
