Open Toys

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The Open Toy project was born from a 2013 workshop at Domaine de, where Samuel N. Bernier decided to use waste material from band saws like cork and wood to create toys using his MakerBot. He designed six accessories that transformed found objects into planes, helicopters, birds, and more. A week after the project's presentation, Bernier spotted an idea while strolling through Domaine's garden - replacing wood and cork with edible materials like vegetables and fruits. Vegetables were easier to pierce than wood without tools, a major advantage. The project stalled for nearly ten months until Thomas Thibault, an intern in Bernier's design team at le FabShops' creation studio, started creating new parts. He designed the rocket and submarine components. In October 2014, the Open Toys debuted at Autodesk Pup-Up gallery in Paris. Kids there eagerly transformed potatoes, carrots, eggplants, and cucumbers into cars, sea vehicles, and space ships. The Mister Potato had just been invented. To celebrate their exercise book "Impression 3D Pas à Pas," le FabShop released the Open Toys files for free download on major 3D printing platforms: Thingiverse, YouMagine, Cults 3D, and Instructables. Le FabShop hopes users will contribute to the collection by creating new models. Their designers are committed to doing the same in the coming months. Share your "open toys" on le FabShop's Facebook page or Twitter. Visit their pages at https://www.facebook.com/leFabShop or https://twitter.com/LeFabShop.