Creepy, cool or creepy-cool? Buy a tiny version of your head to fit onto a Lego minifig, and become the star of your own plastic-brick adventures. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...

Want to make your Lego collection a little more personal? A seller on Etsy is now accepting orders for tiny 3D-printed heads based on your likeness that you can stick on your minifigures. You’ll need ...

On average, Lego produces about 20 billion plastic bricks and building elements every year, and most come from injection molding machines that are so precise that just 18 of every million parts ...

There is a little thrill in watching something you designed get built, layer by layer, by a 3D printer. But it's a slow thrill. 3D printing, even for a small object, can take a loooooong time. If ...

While 3D printing gives you the ability to fabricate completely custom parts, it does have some drawbacks. One issue is the time and cost of printing large volumes. Often these structures are simple, ...

This story appears in the April 23, 2012, issue of Forbes Magazine. Last year Golan Levin’s son decided to build a car. Aside from the minor inconvenience of being 4 years old, the younger Levin faced ...

Before ‘3D printing’ became a catch-all term, the hardware, which has been in use for decades, was referred to as a rapid prototyper. But even waiting five hours for a ‘rapidly’ printed part can be a ...