Printed Pink Panther Person [11/22/2010]

[This is a funny bit of MakerBot / Thingiverse / 3D printing lore.  One of the earliest uploads to Thingiverse, #1216 uploaded on 11/01/2009, was the mysterious “Pink Panther Woman!!!” by “januario.”  Whoever januario was, they uploaded this model, provided zero context, and never, ever came back.  The original model was listed with a “no derivatives” license, but people still created lots of variations.  This was in my PLA printing days and on a MakerBot Cupcake CNC at that, so the print quality is not up to what you’d expect today.  The layer lines were around 0.28 – 0.3mm and the PLA was … a little goopy.  Even so, it was a fantastic looking model.]

"The Pink Panther Lady"
“The Pink Panther Lady”

This print turned out really well.  In preparation I made sure I had enough vertical clearance by raising the Z platform up 11.5cm (100 mm for the print, 15 mm extra for the Z platform raise at the end of the print).  I was a little nervous about the print since I had been having tangles in my filament spindle all day long.  Fortunately, that didn’t prove to be a problem.  I printed in PLA at 200 degrees, 1% plastic infill, with an extra shell all the way around.  Since nearly every cross section was fairly large, printing in PLA went very well.  In any case, I wanted to print this to see if I could.  I can, indeed, print it – and quite well at that.

Drafts Zero - The Lost Blog Posts
  1. Misnamer [11/28/2010]
  2. The Lost Blog Posts
  3. Plastruder! [Draft 12/25/2009]
  4. UNTITLED [Draft 12/25/2009]
  5. Preparing to print [Draft 12/27/2009]
  6. More prints [Draft 01/04/2010]
  7. Prototype Pricing [Draft 01/19/2010]
  8. MakerBot tuning [Draft 01/20/2010]
  9. Plastic Screw Anchor [Draft 02/02/2010]
  10. Magic [Draft 02/03/2010]
  11. How are you printing with PLA? [Draft 02/16/2010]
  12. Rebuilding my extruder [Draft 02/16/2010]
  13. MY robot [Draft 02/18/2010]
  14. more things i learned [Draft 02/20/2010]
  15. First commissioned piece! [Draft 02/22/2010]
  16. MakerBot: Toy or Tool? [02/25/2010]
  17. Idea for Skeinforge settings… [Draft 03/27/2010]
  18. RepRap and MakerBot alternatives [Draft 04/05/2010]
  19. RepRap Parts for Sale [Draft 04/07/2010]
  20. Where is the Othercutter? [Draft 06/08/2015]
  21. Mendel Parts – Printed, Cast, CNC’d, Lasercut or Injection Molded? [Draft 04/12/2010]
  22. MakerBot Operator’s Manual [06/04/20210]
  23. MakerBot on CBS! [07/07/2010]
  24. New Print: Soft-Pawed Albino Stoat of South Wales Cookie Cutter [07/07/2010]
  25. House calls [07/11/2010]
  26. Digital assistant? [08/05/2010]
  27. MakerBot + Junk = Stuff! [08/06/2010]
  28. Design choices in RepRap, Goals of RepRap [08/14/2010]
  29. Upgrades and obsolescence [08/25/2010]
  30. Dear Anonymous [08/25/2010]
  31. The ultimate in customer service [08/26/2010]
  32. Open Source Makes You Smarter [08/27/2010]
  33. Getting my Plastruder MK5 running [09/06/2010]
  34. Weird new kind of spam [09/19/2010]
  35. An open letter to Ms. Word [10/18/2010]
  36. Printing with PLA again! [10/18/2010]
  37. Halloween costume too [10/27/2010]
  38. Dream jobs [10/29/2010]
  39. The nuances of time travel [10/31/2010]
  40. Printed Pink Panther Person [11/22/2010]
  41. Skein them all and let ‘Bot sort them all out [11/24/2010]
  42. The Patents for disc shooters [12/10/2010]
  43. Princess Bride with Lightsabers [12/13/2010]
  44. Dilbert comic [12/13/2010]
  45. Ultimachine PLA review [12/15/2010]
  46. Mendel to the power of 101 [12/21/2010]
  47. Potential improvements for Leonardo Voltron [12/27/20210]
  48. You can keep your filthy money [12/28/2010]
  49. I watched Primer the other night [12/30/2010]

Your argument is invalid.

A pink panther lady with Walt disney’s brainy-head bottle opener whistle!
A pink panther lady with Walt disney’s brainy-head bottle opener whistle!

Okay, Erik, my excuse is that I can’t help myself.  If someone asks me to do something ridiculous, I just can’t not do it. 1

But, man, who actually wants a pink panther lady Walt Disney’s brainy-head bottle opener whistle?  That’s just crazy, dude.  You can print out Pink Panther ladies all day long, but how the hell do you explain printing one of these to your wife?

  1. Can I misuse OpenSCAD, or what??? []
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