Hey, look at our store! We just added six super sweet new colors, and five of them are PLA. More on that material here, but for now, just dig these hues.

Green PLA, but come on, that’s Leaf Green if we’ve ever seen it. Look how shimmery it is, and start imagining what you could do with this around the holidays. A little backlighting, anybody?

This is listed as Yellow PLA, but we call it Buttered Corn Yellow. Don’t you just want to bite into that? (Note: 4 out of 5 dentists think you shouldn’t bite into this.)

Transparent Blue. This truly looks watery and frozen, so we call it Icicle Blue. Add some chill to your summer. In the sense of cold but also, like, chiiiiiillll.

While we’re getting summery, throw a couple of these flamingos on the lawn, now with the most vibrant pink ABS in our store: Stellar Pink.

Orange PLA. We think this looks so perfect for a pumpkin that we went straight for it. Now might be a great time to start thinking about Halloween designs, and this is the perfect Earthy looking orange for that type of thing.

White PLA. This is a great addition to the White ABS we added to the store recently. The PLA looks a little whiter on the spool, but both make for excellent true-white things. To prove it, we made a set of nesting igloos.

We’re super happy to offer these new colors of PLA for the first time. You’ve seen our designs, now show us what you got. If you’re in the market for some filament, grab one of these and start uploading some good pictures to Thingiverse.

It’s been a very busy early summer here at the BotCave.  As many of you may know, shipping has been working around the clock (literally) to greatly reduce our lead time!  Software has just pushed out a huge update that enables new features!

For these reasons (and, OK, because the holiday falls on a Wednesday) we’ve decided to do something almost unprecedented in MakerBot history: we’re going to take a summer vacation. We’ll be spending our time doing totally legal things and eating health food.

What does this mean for you, our esteemed customer?

• Orders for The Replicator™ will still ship within the 30-day lead time!
• Shipping will be closed from July 2nd through July 6th.
• Shipping resumes July 9th.  Please allow us a few days to get through our backlog.
• There will be no phone support this week
• Email support will be available every day but July 4th.  Email [email protected] just like always!

Thank you for your patience while we take a well-deserved vacation!  We’ll come back refreshed, so we can continue help you turn your dreams into reality, print by plastic print.