Easy Action Figure

There have been millions of different action figures over the years, from the earliest He-Man toys to the latest Avengers toys. My toy is not really different from the others in design, but what it's meant for is different from all those other figures.

At the beginning of designing the toy, I had to think of what the figure would look like, so I laid out a basic body shape and went off from there. Then I designed the ball and socket joints, placed them on each part designed, and then I printed that. But in the first design, the socket joint walls were too thin, causing the ball joint to just fall out. So then I went back, and I extruded the walls to be taller, and then made them wider and thicker, so the ball joint wouldn't fall out, and I printed it again. But another problem arose in the final print: The socket walls were too long, scraping the edge of the other toy, so I went back for a third time, and I shortened the socket walls, finally getting that perfect length, and I printed it again, and it was perfect. And thus comes to what this toy fully is: What my toy is is an action figure for younger kids, and why I made it is because I want younger kids to have the freedom to have cool action figures too without the hazard of them eating small parts. For most of my younger life, I always loved playing with action figures, so I had the idea to make one that has the movability of a regular action figure, but it's safe for young children to play with. I took inspiration from regular action figures, which is the ball-and-socket joints plus their placement. I also took inspiration from the dummy 13 printable action figures, with the interchangeable hands. I made the toy have big parts so that way, younger kids don't have as big of a temptation to put said parts in their mouth, like all young kids have the urge to do. It doesn't have any sharp pieces either, so it is safe to play with. The stick that it comes with is a place-holder for showing all the different places it can be put in, like the eyes can be used for big bulbous eyeballs

3D printer, preferably a larger 3D printer

PLA filament

The file for the toy

The program used by the 3D printer to import the file into a slicer

Put the 3MF file into your printer program, prusaslicer or Creality or whatever program you have, and spread out the pieces so they all fit on plates

Slice the parts, use organic supports so it's less of a risk for the parts to break when you remove the supports. Slice all of the parts, and make sure everything is ready to print, and select what color filament you want for the print.

Coreone+: Export the file into the USB as a 3MF, then put it back into the printer and select the file, and start the print. Repeat this for all the other parts

Creality K2plus: Just select the plate with the parts you want to print, hit print, and watch the printer start the making process.

Any other 3D printer: Use whatever process it uses to start the print.

Note: Make sure you sand the flat parts down so it looks clean after the prints are done