A star that opens and closes as you spin it: a print-in-place kinetic fidget with no assembly and no supports, so it comes off the plate ready to twist. Spinning it expands the arms from a closed cone into an open fan and back, which is the part that keeps hands busy, and it looks good parked on a desk either way. Best in a silk or colour-changing filament, which is what the designer recommends.
Design by Big-D-SyneS
A dragon that prints in one piece with every plate of its body already jointed, so it coils and straightens straight off the bed - no supports, no assembly, and no loose parts. The spikes run the length of its back and read as armour when it is posed on a shelf. Three sizes: Small is 116 mm nose to tail, Medium is 140 mm and fits an A1 mini, and Large is 223 mm - the one that needs a full-size bed. The designer asks that anyone selling prints credit them and link the model page, which this listing does.
Design by CLUCKWORKS 3D
A snake printed in one piece with its body jointed along the whole of its length, so it coils and straightens as you play with it and holds whatever shape you leave it in. The scales run along its back and give it something to grip with. The designer prints it at 0.16 mm layers or finer at 100% scale, which is what keeps the joints free - print it coarser and it will come out stiff.
Design by Bash Studio 3D
A cube of eight hinged blocks that folds in on itself: twist it one way and it turns inside out, fold it the other and it closes back into a cube, which is the whole trick and the reason one stays on a desk. It prints as a single piece with its hinges already in place, in two sizes, and needs no supports or assembly.
Design by Print3DFamily
A starfish printed as a chain of flexing segments, with five arms that trail and curl so it drapes over your hand. 4.5" across, printed in one piece with no supports.
Design by mieldeprot
An articulated dragonfly: the body and each wing are cut into flat segments joined by print-in-place hinges, so it flexes in the hand and settles back flat when you set it down. It prints as one piece with no supports, 4" across by 2.7".
Design by Tybob24
The little tool for pulling the PTFE tube out of a Bambu A1 hot end without taking the printer apart - slot it behind the collar and lever. 1.7" long, printed in one piece in a minute or two. Remixed by R3DPanda from their own earlier version with a handle.
Design by R3DPanda
A tiny dragon printed as a chain of flexing segments, detailed all down its back and small enough to sit in two fingers. 3.0" long and only a few grams of plastic, printed in one piece.
Design by CrissyCat
A one-piece toy bow with a springy arrow that launches when you pull it back. Prints as a single piece with no assembly - ready to play with straight off the plate.
A clip that holds a cable or a rope flat against a wall, in three sizes for different thicknesses. Each one is two parts that snap together - no supports, no screws - and the file prints all three sizes on one plate.
Design by GiskardReventlov
A lucky toad, printed in one piece with no supports, about 1.9" across and 2" tall with its little belly. Four come at the bulk rate.
Design by Ake Studio
A slug that ripples: the body is a chain of segments under a soft brim, so it flows through your fingers and settles into a curl. About 3.0" curled, printed in one piece with no supports. Enlarged and remixed by yusuffles from matveymoo's "Curled up Friendly Slug", and sold under the same share-alike licence.
Design by yusuffles
A crocodile printed as a chain of flexing segments - ridged back, four stubby legs and a tail that swings - so it wriggles and curls in your hand. 4.0" long, printed in one piece.
Design by ThePrintDrawer
A monster printed as a chain of flexing segments - horns, a ridge of spines down its back and a tail that curls - so it stands up, slumps and wriggles. 3.9" tall, printed in one piece with no supports, in one colour or three.
Design by TinkerLink
An eight-legged octopus printed in one piece with its legs already articulated: no supports, no assembly, and it wriggles the moment it comes off the plate. Small enough for a desk or a pocket, and the designer's own profile runs it at 0.16 mm layers, two walls and 8% infill. It takes a two-colour silk filament especially well, which is how the designer's sample is printed. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by Timmy_1293
A tiny dino for a keyring, all of an inch tall, printed flat in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by SG3D
A small articulated dragon: body and tail cut into segments joined by print-in-place hinges, so it curls through your fingers. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by BashStudio3D
A rubber-band fly swatter gun: stretch the band, aim and let go, and it fires the swatter head across the room. Printed flat in five parts with no supports, about 5.2" long. Remixed by 123木头人 from uhltimate's original Fly Swatter Gun. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by 123木头人
A little snake printed in one piece with no AMS and no supports, coiled so it sits up on its own tail. 2.5" long and about 2 g of plastic - a desk pet, or a whole plate of them for a market stall. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by AmandaRoos
An orca printed in place: the body and its fins come off the plate as one piece that already moves. 2.4" long, with the eye patch and the white belly reading in black and white filament. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by slavko
A dolphin that looks knitted and bends like a chain - stitches down the back, a fin and a tail that flex. 2.5" long, printed in one piece with a hole through the tail for a keyring. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by OrangeSs
A starfish printed in place, with five arms that already move on the plate and a face on top. 2.2" across, printed as one piece with no supports and nothing to assemble. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by slavko
A baby dragon 3.9" long, printed in one piece. Two versions come off the plate: the flexi one is a chain of segments that curls and straightens in your hand, and the solid one is a single rigid body with the same shape. Pick which you want. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Quantrex
A gecko printed as a chain of articulated segments, with its toes splayed and its tail trailing, so it drapes over a shelf edge and stays there. 5.1" from nose to tail, printed in one piece with no supports and nothing to assemble. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Timmy_1293
A hose clamp you print instead of buying: a ring with a screw lug that tightens onto a hose or a duct. Four sizes, measured across the clamp - 33 mm, 40 mm, 60 mm and 88 mm - each printed in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by inhabitworker
A dinosaur that looks knitted rather than moulded - cable ribs down its back, a stitched belly and little knitted feet - printed as one piece. 3.0" long, and the stitch texture is the print itself, not a pattern painted on. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by hjs19
A fox printed as a chain of flexing segments - pointed ears, a bushy tail and a loop through the tail for a keyring - so it curls in a pocket and springs back. 4.2" nose to tail, printed in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by OrangeSs
A 608 bearing that prints already assembled - the races, the balls and the cage all come off the plate as one piece, and it turns as soon as you break it free. 22 mm across, 7 mm thick, the size a fidget spinner or a skate wheel takes. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Jerryie
A jumping spider, joints and all, with a loop through the top for a keyring - eight legs that fold under it and a body that moves when you hold the ring. 2.4" across, printed in one piece. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Daann_ii
The full-size articulated dragon: plated spine, wings folded along its back, and a chain of joints from nose to tail so it coils around a monitor or a wrist. 7.0" long, printed in one piece with no supports. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Freddie
A slug that ripples: a chain of segments under a soft brim, so it flows through your fingers and settles into a curl. Two sizes - 3.5" and 5.2" long - each printed in one piece with no supports. Remixed by Elite_1650 from Teque5's "Friendly Articulated Slug", sold under the same licence. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Elite_1650
The articulated dragon shrunk to pocket size: a chain of segments, a plated back and a tail that curls round to the head. 5.2" long, printed in one piece, and small enough to live in a bag. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by MeltyBits
A print-in-place finger catapult: two halves that come off the plate already joined, with a sprung arm that flicks a small pellet across the desk. 3.1" long, about 13 g of plastic. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by somtru
A fat little frog printed as one piece, every joint already moving, so it sits on its haunches and waddles about when you nudge it. 1.5" across, in one colour or two. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by TinkerLink
The flexi rex as a keychain: a chain of articulated segments with a loop through the tail, so it jingles and curls in a pocket. 2.5" long, printed in one piece with no supports. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by LukesWorkshopBuilds
Ballasted track sections for the Dragon Railway at 1/64: six straight lengths from 50 mm to 300 mm, each printed with its ballast shoulder moulded on, so a layout needs no loose gravel. The set is the six lengths the designer's plate holds, and his recommended minimum radius is 400 mm. The curved sections live in his second file, which prints a whole loop at once - that is a custom print rather than a shelf item, so ask for a quote and the shop will run the curves you need. Designed by RamBros and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by RamBros
A 1/64 scale tanker for the Dragon Railway: the tank, its chassis, walkway and bogies across three plates, about 98 g of plastic. The designer's own profile runs 0.08 mm layers, for the surface the model deserves. It runs on the Dragon Railway bogies and autocouplers, which are separate prints. Designed by RamBros and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by RamBros
A dragon-scale egg that opens into two halves, one nested inside the other, with a printed shaker bead rattling in the middle: 47 mm across and 62 mm tall, an Easter egg that is a maraca as well as an ornament. The two halves print on one plate with the bead, and the file pauses at the colour change so the shell can come out in one colour and the dragon scale inside in another. Designed by ThrottleXdesign - a remix four links deep of the Original Dragon Egg by Studio YBL and tonyyoungblood - and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by ThrottleXdesign
A palm-sized egg shaker for small hands: 40 mm across and 57 mm tall, printed as one closed shell with the rattle sealed inside, so it shakes without anything coming loose that a toddler could get at. Two of them and a kitchen is a percussion section. Designed by craftygirl21 and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by craftygirl21
A 1:20 pallet, 50 by 55 mm, for an RC forklift or a shelf of scale freight. It prints with no supports and, at two walls with solid bottom layers, comes out solid through the body. The proportions follow a UK-style pallet rather than a North American one. Designed by CippyO and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by CippyO
A 1/64 scale GP60B diesel for the Dragon Railway: the body, the bogies and the small fittings, printed across five plates, about 191 g of plastic in the set. It is a layout model rather than a toy that survives a floor, and RamBros publishes an assembly manual and a video covering the parts it wants. Designed by RamBros and printed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Shown as a render of the printable model, not a photograph.
Design by RamBros
A chunky little turtle with a big head, four stubby legs and a tiny tail, and a keyring loop moulded into its shell, so it sits on a desk or dangles off a bag. It is 1.6" by 1.2" and prints in one piece with nothing to assemble. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Type1Printing
A baby stone dragon in one piece: the plates of its body are jointed all the way down, so it curls and straightens and holds whatever shape you leave it in, and it stands on its four legs because the legs are part of the same print. This is the wingless one, so nothing catches on a sleeve or a shelf. Two sizes - 4.2 inches and a 2.5 inch pocket-sized version - both printed in place with no supports. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by Bash Studio 3D
An articulated baby dragon: the body, tail and neck are cut into segments joined by print-in-place hinges, with the head and its small horns on top. It is 4.5" long and prints in one piece. Choose the finish: solid is the plastic alone, and each extra colour is a filament change at the printer, charged at the shop's $1 a colour. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by BashStudio3D
A segmented caterpillar that wriggles: every segment is jointed to the next, printed as one piece with nothing to assemble and no supports, so it comes off the plate already moving. Two lengths - the short one at 5.4 inches and the longer twelve-segment version at 7.2 - and the longer one is the one to buy if you want it to drape and coil in your hand. Prints at 0.2 mm layers in PLA, and it takes a colour change well if you want the segments striped. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by Timmy_1293
Halloween tokens that flip and slide: a disc in a frame that turns over in the hand and clicks through a stop, in five designs from a small 2.6" ghost to a wide 3.4" one. Pick the token you want - each prints in one piece with the disc already in its frame. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Toddy's Trinkets
Hide and seek, fifty times over: fifty numbered ducks, each with its own number cut into it, and a case to hide them in. Buy the fifty ducks on their own, or the case on its own - the case is 5.7" by 3.8" and holds the lot. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by TuscaroraTech
Christmas cone fidgets: a spiral cone that runs down through your fingers, and a Santa hat built the same way with its own spiral inside the brim. Pick the one you want - both print as a single piece and stand about 2.8" tall. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by Nerdherder
