[behindthemask]

3d printing would be awesome for guns/weapons, headcasts,bullets, bases, etc, smaller stuff that has limited detail compared to an entire figure, and less time designing/making, and could be mass produced, would be sweet to have a Tony Stark Head for every figure I own, rather then buying a figure just to get the headsculpt. Or buy a MS figure just to get the base.
I do like the idea of Hasbro making a toy repair centre, where you can take a broken toy and make a new replacement part. Cheaper then buying a new one. Or Hasbro selling online pieces, such as bases, weapons, headcasts, similiar to what Spawn.com used to do. The other issue I thought of with 3d printing to be profitable is licensing rights, you can't make and sell Spiderman toys, even if it's your own design without giving Disney/Marvel a piece of the action, so your left coming up original characters and designs which is hard to sell to a mass audience, without doing a cartoon or movie.