Feb
27
2011
Ok, this is funy: The post was originally titled ‘A cow named Sue’. I thought I’d give the cow a name, for the sake of reinforcing the anthropomorphization. Fast forward a couple of months later, I look at my web stats and more specifically the referrers. Turns out there were two Google searches for the [...]
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no comments | tags: animal, cow, model, template, toy | posted in Toys
Feb
23
2011
If you haven’t already stumbled upon it, Muji and Lego found a great way of combining paper and Lego® bricks. For any Lego® afficionado, that is exciting news in and of itself. However, I think that this idea can be expanded some more. If we combine Lego®-compatible punches in sheets of paper with a cutting plotter such [...]
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no comments | tags: lego, model, template, toy | posted in Toys
Feb
23
2011
Among other things, this site contains templates that can be used in conjunction with Lego® toys. The Lego Group is rightfully protective of their trademarks, and for anyone providing stuff related to Lego® bricks, it’s a good idea to follow their fair play rules. I usually despise all documents in legalese and am very easily [...]
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no comments | tags: instructions, lego, reference | posted in FAQ
Feb
21
2011
Who wouldn’t agree that pandas are the most adorable of all huge, vicious animals capable of killing man with one stroke of their paw? Well, and exactly for this reason I have created a panda paper model. This model features a number of rounded shapes, and therefore is actually quite tricky to assemble. It takes [...]
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2 comments | tags: animal, panda, template, toy | posted in Toys
Feb
20
2011
This site features several models which can be printed and cut. You have three options: Print a model, then cut it manually Print a model, then cut it using Craft Robo Import the artwork and cutting outline into a software for whatever cutting plotter you use, and proceed as required. Option 1 is self-explanatory, for [...]
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no comments | tags: instructions, reference | posted in FAQ
Feb
19
2011
Craft Robo’s aptly named control software Robo Master uses a proprietary file format ‘GSD’. I work with CorelDraw, and while CDR is perfect for cutting directly (and in my opinion much better suited for complex Craft Robo projects than Robo Master), there is no way around the GSD format if you want to pass on [...]
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no comments | tags: coreldraw, craftrobo, instructions, reference, robomaster, template, tools | posted in FAQ
Feb
18
2011
As you may or may not know, Janus was the two-faced Roman god responsible for doors, gateway, beginnings, endings – anything transition. One face would look back, and the other into the future. Whooo – the symbolism! Now, for the first time in history, man’s best friend and this mind-blowing concept of ambivalence have been [...]
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6 comments | tags: animal, dog, instructions, material, model, paper, template, toy | posted in Papercraft, Toys
Feb
18
2011
Well, you’ve sure come to the right place. Here is a dog you can make quickly from a sheet of paper. It’s bipedal. though, so technically it’s more a dog deity than a mere mortal dog. But hey, what’s not to like about man’s best friend taking the next evolutionary step?
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no comments | tags: animal, dog, model, template, toy | posted in Toys
Feb
17
2011
Ok, so this is one more thing where the shadow world government has failed miserably: Paper weight (technically, grammage) and dimension units, or – even worse – paper size standards. There is the big divide between continental Europe and the British empire, including its overseas colonies, but then there is also a whole mess of [...]
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no comments | tags: instructions, material, measures, paper, reference, standards, tools | posted in FAQ