I have a huge library of mostly Transformers and Micronauts parts on Shapeways. Sad. I know other online companies who do the same printing, but you need to supply your own models. No one has their library of designs to pick from.

This is very sad news for our hobby, indeed. Thanks for the confirmation, Dave.

Thanks for the update Dave. I had ordered lots of scenery pieces for my layout from them. Hopefully some other firm will fill this huge void...

Thanks for the update Dave . This is sad news for me , as my biggest enjoyment in the hobby is rebuilding cars with 3D chassis . Perhaps someone else will take over .

This is a bummer

Must’ve been some massive mismanagement to go tank up in 3d printing.

Ouch! Thanks for the update. Sad indeed.

Sad, I've always admired your art

Wow. That was not expected.

It's interesting to see how many fans Shapeways had, but I'm a bit confused as to why. I'm a 3D hobbyist, and when I used to print 32mm minis I'd created, Shapeways used to charge me between £50-£75 per miniature (think Space Marine size)! I went out and bought an Anycubic Photon and, after printing three of my minis (at much higher quality than I ever got back from Shapeways), it had literally paid for itself. I know there's a lot of clean-up work involved with resin, but I can print stuff for literal pennies that Shapeways would charge a fortune for. With so many people buying their own printers these days, I'm not surprised they went under. That said, of course, I'm sure they also were able to print in materials other than resin, which wouldn't be as accessible to the average hobbyist. But yeah, they just didn't work out for me (so no judgement!), but I'd be really interested to hear from their customers why they were their preferred option.

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@@darrenlysenko195 because more people don’t own their own printer than do own a printer.

Well that's a shame. They had tons of products to choose from, and even companies like Olifer were on that site. That's going to leave a big void in the hobby, hopefully someone else can come along and fill it.

It's a tough business world. Sad...

It all went to crap when they changed to that awful squash-stretch logo.

Never heard of them Dave 🤔 but ile check out their history

i used to work here

Just saw this. Really sucks