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All were obviously 3D printed. Layer lines were very clean. Even saw a kid walking around with one in hand hugging his parents to buy it for him.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They were running at $9.99 if I remember correctly. Just finished a 5 hr drive, the stopover at Cracker Barrel was a pitstop en route.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's fair.

$10 retail

approx. $7 for the manufacturer (30% retail)

cost 2x "formular": $3.5

With packaging, this might cost around $3 to make.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My daughter’s friend got a 3d printer for Christmas (K1C) and started making bank printing anything he could find free off Cults.

This little kid - think he is 12 - is printing those dragons and everything else imaginable and taking them to school and selling them to classmates.

Am pretty sure my daughter told me that he was selling them from $20 up to some of his classmates. Whereas chump me will give them to friends for free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

There's probably some sort of lesson to be taught here, but hell I respect the hustle.