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Hollywood 3D Printing Is Surprisingly Down to Earth

Legacy Effect’s amazing and unique special “physical” effects, 3D printed for some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters may have given some the impression that all of Los Angeles is a 3D printing paradise, with everyone walking around with incredible 3D printed costumes. The truth is that Los Angeles, apart from being an extremely large inhabited area, is a city like many other cities, with lots of amenities and shops in its city centre, including Hollywood 3D Printing, a surprisingly “normal” 3D print shop.

The paradox here is on two levels: one is that we have already reached a moment in time where a 3D printing shop can be considered “normal” and the other is that this shop is in the centre of West Hollywood, on Fairfax Avenue, right before the road turns toward Beverly Hills, a place where it is “normal” to see Leonardo di Caprio or Johnny Depp et al taking a stroll, or anyone of the new starlets and bad boys (I prefer not to point anyone out in particular) crashing into something.

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Within this colourful context, in a city of roughly 4 million people spread over an extremely wide area, there are also lots of technology enthusiasts and artisans that include lots of creative artists, designers, and professionals for whom affordable and fast 3D printing is just what they need. Hollywood 3D Printing wants to cater to their creative requirements.

Hollywood 3d printingSaying Hollywood 3D Printing is a “normal” store, however, does not mean it is an average store. It offers everything a 3D printing shop should offer; a complete service that goes from 3D scanning and 3D modelling to design support and 3D printing. The shop’s staff can help customers develop their idea from scratch starting from sketches or from a 3D scan. The shop has a 3D Systems’ Capture 3D scanner on site. All 3D printing is currently achieved FDM with MakerBot’s Replicator 2X 3D printers, in PLA or ABS. The shop is also a MakerBot official reseller.

Apart from the very central location of its walk-in shop, within one of the world’s most famous areas, Hollywood 3D Printing can offer very quick turn around times (as fast as 1-2 days), online quotes, and even global shipping if necessary. There is also an online shop section which, at the moment, only offers 3D printed drone arms.

Hollywood 3d printing

In West Hollywood the shop will have to compete with stores selling anything from comic books to music, to clothing and – of course – all sorts of medical marijuana accessories. Then again each one of these very diverse businesses might evolve into a possible partnership and business opportunity for Hollywood 3D Printing: there is no better place than Hollywood to dream big.