Michael Womack's mod shop.

[Michael Womack]

for a long time I had the vision of a mod shop to sell custom puzzles. But it wasn't until 2018 when I actually did something about it and added some puzzle to the store. But over the years I've barely had any sales. But I've had plans to expand my product inventory and I need to add a few others to the store. But I need some feedback about one other puzzle I want to also add. This feedback is just to let me know what the demand/interest for this so I can get a better idea on whether or not I should sell it.

Several years ago I had a plan to 3d print a bunch more of these Jr. Slim Pyraminx fidget puzzle toy to sell. But I was working on printing something else and my printer broke. So it sat broken for a few years until my mom decided you know what it should be fixed so she can use it to print some storage boxes. But recently my dad fixed the printer and now it's back to life. I have a few questions that I want feedback before I actually start selling these. The questions I have are:
1. What's a reasonable price to sell these at?
2. What base color of plastic should I offer them in?
3. Are you interested in buying a DIY kit if I offered them?
4. How likely would you want to buy one of these?
I'm asking this cause I want some feedback about what options I can offer these in for a reasonable price.

https://imgur.com/2pajRve

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https://imgur.com/S6uDvba

 

[Michael Womack]

Oh I forgot to put a link to my mod shop in the post. But it's also in my signature of links. https://mikeni.startlogic.com/index.html

 

[Michael Womack]

Update I'm slowly working on printing out a bunch of these within the month of December. I'm planning on officially putting them up for sale sometime within the first few weeks of 2024.

 

[ender9994]

Let me know when they release, I would like to buy one. In my head its a 1.5x1.5 pyraminx, and I like to complete collections. I am still waiting on someone to actually make a 2x2 pyraminx

 

[Michael Womack]

Let me know when they release, I would like to buy one. In my head its a 1.5x1.5 pyraminx, and I like to complete collections. I am still waiting on someone to actually make a 2x2 pyraminx

I've made a 2x2 Pryraminx by bandaging up ShengShou Master Pyraminx. But actually these 3d printed puzzles are called Jr. Slim Pyraminx.

 

[Michael Womack]

Update I'm almost ready to start selling these in a few weeks. I already have like 60 something of these printed out so far but only a handful of them are fully assembled. Once I do start selling these I'll be offering them in Black and White base colored options. At the same time I'll also be offering a DIY kit as well as a custom color option. The custom color option is for those who want something other than black or white. But it'll be limited to what colors I have currently at the moment. But I'll eventually open up the color option to more later on in 2024. The plan is to sell the fully assembled ones at $15, DIY kit at $10, the custom color option $20, and then the custom color option as a DIY kit $15. You may be asking why the prices are like that. It's all down to several factors of time to print, the cost of the 3d printer filament, and how much time it takes me to assemble one after it's printed. As for the DIY kit it's cheaper since I don't have to assemble it myself before sending it out. Finally for the custom color price options it's due to the fact that I have to specially print one out in a certain color as part of a customer request. Since I normally would be printing out a multi batch print of about 8 or so at once. But anyway stay tuned into this thread for a release date announcement for when these will go on sale.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

I do recommend one small thing, and idk if this was a defect, but the two of the tips are slow and the one is really fast and loose. The only other thing I think would be nice is it you sanded off the sharp edge of the tips. Other than that it's pretty good.

 

[Michael Womack]

I do recommend one small thing, and idk if this was a defect, but the two of the tips are slow and the one is really fast and loose. The only other thing I think would be nice is it you sanded off the sharp edge of the tips. Other than that it's pretty good.

I'm currently working on updating my shop to add these Jr. Slim Pyraminx puzzle. I will also add a disclaimer note within the discerption of these that there will be some imperfections like the one you mentioned. These are 3d printed and assembled by myself so during the printing/assembly prosses there will be some imperfections. Some of the imperfections that will accrue during assembly is that I can't always glue on the tiles perfectly centered even if I tried. Also I'm lubing these so that'll help with turning. But the most important thing is that the more you play with it the break-in prosses will accrue and it'll get smother over time.

 

[Michael Womack]

Ok Update time. The host site that I've been using disabled my site editing since I haven't logged in for a while. So I'm going to have to rebuild the site up again from scratch. So this is going to take longer than I expected.

 

[Michael Womack]

This took me some time to rebuild my website shop from scratch. But Hey I like how it turned out. I'll update it with some other products and some other stuff later on in the next few months. https://michaelsmodshop.com/

 

[cuberswoop]

https://michaelsmodshop.com/

 

[Michael Womack]

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Idk what happened when making the website but it's not HTTPS safe apparently. But if you continue clicking on advance and the click on proceed to the site then it should work. I'll try to fix this tonight.

 

[Michael Womack]

I made some minor updates to the site and I think I fixed the HTTPS security issue.

 

[NebraskanSpeedsolver]

I made some minor updates to the site and I think I fixed the HTTPS security issue.

Still returns an error about safety

 

[Michael Womack]

Still returns an error about safety

That's odd

 

[Michael Womack]

OK so a little over a week ago I purchased a used 3d printer of of ebay for $59.95+$46.75 shipping. So in total I spent a little over $100 for a $400 printer. The owner was selling it cause they couldn't get it working properly. After I received it it came with one damaged part so I had to order a replacement part. One replacement part and a bunch of fine tuning I managed to get it working. I knew I could get it working since I already have a working printer of the same exact model. Now this means I can double up on printing out puzzles for my mod shop.

https://imgur.com/a/WrveYUd

 

[Michael Womack]

If I where to start selling these Cube stands. Would anyone buy one?

https://imgur.com/a/OMoX5W6

 

[Kami]

i might if you could do custom designs. how much would they be

 

[qwr]

OK so a little over a week ago I purchased a used 3d printer of of ebay for $59.95+$46.75 shipping. So in total I spent a little over $100 for a $400 printer. The owner was selling it cause they couldn't get it working properly. After I received it it came with one damaged part so I had to order a replacement part. One replacement part and a bunch of fine tuning I managed to get it working. I knew I could get it working since I already have a working printer of the same exact model. Now this means I can double up on printing out puzzles for my mod shop.

https://imgur.com/a/WrveYUd

Have you posted these on youtube? I'd subscribe to follow your progress

 

[Michael Womack]

Have you posted these on youtube? I'd subscribe to follow your progress

Not really. I've sorta quitted youtube. Due to the fact that I have a full time job and I currently don't have a good recording space in this house that I moved into back in 2017. But I sorta do post videos on tik-tok. But I really haven't made a tik-tok in a while.