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ambassadorkael
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Captains,
For the last six years, we’ve been thrilled to partner with Gameprint to bring your Star Trek Online ships to life. Getting to hold the ships you customized in your hand or have them on your desk is a dream come true, and many of our developers have large collections of their own. Unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where the business case for this program no longer makes sense. We’ve agreed with the wonderful folks at Gameprint to stop offering 3D printed, STO Starships on October 31, 2023. Since the program is not being shut down immediately, we wanted to give you all time to get any last orders in that you wanted. If you have a ship your desperate to immortalize, now is the chance. We want to extend a thank you to Gameprint for this incredible service. Live long and prosper, Captains.
Kael
For the last six years, we’ve been thrilled to partner with Gameprint to bring your Star Trek Online ships to life. Getting to hold the ships you customized in your hand or have them on your desk is a dream come true, and many of our developers have large collections of their own. Unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where the business case for this program no longer makes sense. We’ve agreed with the wonderful folks at Gameprint to stop offering 3D printed, STO Starships on October 31, 2023. Since the program is not being shut down immediately, we wanted to give you all time to get any last orders in that you wanted. If you have a ship your desperate to immortalize, now is the chance. We want to extend a thank you to Gameprint for this incredible service. Live long and prosper, Captains.
Kael
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--Sadriel Fett
"There are few problems in the galaxy that cannot be solved by the suitable application of concentrated phaser fire."
from what I'm reading on the Facebook group which has the owners on it, looks like the entire operation is ending on the 31st. I really hope either A, they put on a massive sale on the prints so we can get the ones we really want before they go away for good, or B, STO finds another avenue to get us these ships... and maybe to print our captains as well.
"I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment... because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived" Picard to Riker
The problem with that will be the people expecting it to "just work", which it won't. 3D game models rarely convert to good printable STL's as-is, even ignoring needing to scale them. Between holes, needing supports, and smaller bits needing to be beefed up to be printable, it's just going to cause Cryptic a ton of headaches that they get nothing for. The Breen ships, for example, are a nightmare.
Don't get me wrong, as somebody's who's printed a LOT of my own Star Trek stuff, I'd love this option. But I don't see it happening.
> Is there a link for this somewhere?
https://gameprint.integralrealitylabs.com/gameprint/startrek
Here’s the link!
> Unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where the business case for this program no longer makes sense.
Kael,
I understand if it costs more in labor to make new ships 3D-printable vs. the revenue that Cryptic is generating. However, have you considered protecting the money you have already invested by allowing GamePrint to continue customizing & selling ships that have already been uploaded to their website by October 31st? This would allow you to continue to generate revenue for many years and even recoup any losses you may have incurred since so many of these ships designs are timeless, like the Enterprise ships, Voyager, Defiant, etc. With the loss of Eaglemoss, this service is filling a void with the fan base. GamePrint is regularly 2-3 months behind on production due to so many orders continually coming in, so it seems like demand is high for these products. It seems like you would still have profit to gain from the investment you’ve already made in making so many ship models 3D printable, if you would allow them to continue selling what’s already there!
Thanks for your consideration,
AdmiralJoseph7
Thank you. Exactly what I needed.
--Sadriel Fett
"There are few problems in the galaxy that cannot be solved by the suitable application of concentrated phaser fire."
--Sadriel Fett
"There are few problems in the galaxy that cannot be solved by the suitable application of concentrated phaser fire."
I've always found the prices too high for what would be rather small ships. And for many models printing was never available in the first place, so yeah. This doesn't really affect me in any way.