Hasbro Can Now 3D Print Your Face Onto a Star Wars Action Figure

"Customized action figures at massive scale," promises a video at CNN. They'll be priced at $59.99, and it'll all start happening this fall - thanks to Hasbro's new partnership with 3D printer company Formlabs. Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland explains:"It wasn't until recently that two technologies came into play at once," Brian Chapman, Hasbro's head of global design and development tells CNN. "One is a very simple way to scan someone's face and head" - which can now be accomplished with a Hasbro mobile app (which also allows customers to select other customizations like specific costumes). "And then, a very affordable way to print that head in a one-off way" (so it can be affixed to the standard body of Hasbro's action figures). Imagine your face on Star Wars and Marvel action figures, as well as Power Rangers, Ghostbusters - and more. CNN adds that Hasbro say it will not sell user face data, and will delete it after 60 days.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.