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Customized LEGO Figurines

Funky 3D Faces Enables Users to Create a Custom LEGO Minifig

— January 8, 2016 — Life-Stages
The custom product market is showing little sign of slowing down, which is evident with Funky 3D Faces that enable custom LEGO minifigs to be created to a persons exact likeness. Working with 3D printers to create the customized products, Funky 3D Faces offers the service to consumers for the price of £25.

The LEGO minifig has become one of the most popular creations by the building block brand, which has gone on to become the star of multiple video games and even more in the toy world.

Capable of being incorporated into a variety of different uses, the custom LEGO minifigs from Funky 3D Faces are just one option: the brand also creates other customized toys that are an ideal way to help personalize a gift.
Trend Themes
1. Customized Products - Creating custom LEGO minifigs to a person's exact likeness is just one example of the growing trend of customized products.
2. 3D Printing - Funky 3D Faces utilizes 3D printers to produce the customized LEGO minifigs and taps into the disruptive innovation opportunities of 3D printing technology.
3. Personalization - The ability to personalize gifts with customized toys, such as the ones offered by Funky 3D Faces, reflects the increasing trend of personalization in consumer preferences.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Manufacturing - The custom LEGO minifigs market created by Funky 3D Faces opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for toy manufacturing companies to offer customizable options in their product lines.
2. 3D Printing Services - Funky 3D Faces' use of 3D printing technology to create custom LEGO minifigs demonstrates the potential of 3D printing services as a disruptive innovation in the manufacturing industry.
3. Gift and Personalization - The trend of personalized gifts, exemplified by Funky 3D Faces' customized toys, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the gift and personalization industry to offer unique and personalized products.
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