Mattel has long held a place in childhood play. An upgrade to its 1960s hit, ThingMaker, hopes to continue the tradition in a very modern way. Related: Navies could harness 3D-printing to build ...

Mattel is hoping to make at-home 3D printing more popular than ever with its new ThingMaker, 3D printing technology designed for kids. Unveiled at the New York Toy Fair, the system can be used to ...

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For kids who aren’t satisfied with Mattel’s new and improved Barbie, the company’s latest product might do the trick. During the New York Toy Fair this past weekend, Mattel debuted the ThingMaker 3-D ...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) of El Segundo, CA, is an American multinational corporation which manufactures and sells toys and games such as Barbie, Othello, Scrabble, UNO, Outburst and Fisher-Price. The ...

A 3-D printer in every household was never going to happen, for so many reasons. But a machine that lets kids design and create their own toys with a few taps on a screen? Now we’re talking. That 3-D ...

We've been waiting years for 3D printing to finally be simple enough for mainstream consumers — and now, it looks like Mattel might be the first company to make that happen. At NYC's Toy Fair this ...