"It's a Through-Hole Christmas, Charlie Brown!

As we close out 2011, we are offering big close-out discounts on well known kits from Sparkfun, Adafruit, Jimmie P. Rodgers, Evil Mad Science and more! We’ve cut prices 20-50% off list; these items are awesome gifts for for all your DIY stocking stuffers. From Multimeter kits to musical instruments, we have great soldering projects or the pièce de résistance for holiday mischief!

Check out the MakerBot Store’s Accessories section for the complete selection! These items are shipping same-day for hyper-fast delivery time. You aren’t too late to save money and still stuff the gift boxes of your loved ones, or favorite geek next door!

Naturally, we suggest overdoing it on the LED themed holiday party decor. Start with these holiday classics.

Sparkfun’s It’s a Through Hole Christmas, Charlie Brown
Evil Mad Science LED Menorah
Jimmie P. Rodgers Open Heart

Photo By flickr user stu_spivack

Step away from the leftovers.  Black Friday is happening, and MakerBot is not going to be left behind…not this time.

Something big is going to drop on Friday, and there’s only one way to find out about it: by signing up for the MakerBot Industries newsletter. If you have already signed up for the newsletter, you will receive the notice…but if I were you I’d check to make sure your newsletter subscription is up to date by updating your details after following the link.

Not only is the MakerBot Newsletter one of the finest missives of its type, including clever jokes and brightly-colored photos of super-hip MakerBotsters, but it also often includes a special sale code.  And this Friday’s letter will be no exception…in fact, it will be one of the best deals we’ve ever offered.  Ever.

If you miss out on this limited time deal while trapped in a tryptophan-induced coma, you will regret it for the rest of your life.  Well, potentially.  Do you want to take that risk?

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You’ve asked for it, and here it is. You can now find the 32 inch Thing-O-Matic ABP/HBP Wire Harness in our online store! We’ve got ‘em in stock and ready to go. Feel free to now use your old harness as a great fashion accessory to complement your “Fall” collection or your custom project. If you need to replace the wire harness for your Thing-O-Matic’s Heated or Automated Build Platform, this is the right part!

3D Printing for Fathers Day!

This is an unheard-of 3D Printing bargain, the likes of which shock even me, your dear narrator. On Sunday 6/18, The CupCake CNC Ultimate Kit is dropping to a brain-freezingly low price. We love the CupCake CNC and know what a st/deal this is, so take advantage and get one soon! These are the last units of the CupCake, and we have run out of space for them here at the BotCave. Yesterday an avalanche of printed parts temporarily blocked access to the bathroom, and the decision was made. “Sell, sell, sell!” called Commander Bre. The big wheel keep on turning, and Fathers Day is looming! So get cracking and get the all-time best bargain in DIY 3D printing history. It’s everything you need to get started 3D Printing with a fun build, a great device, and a great Fathers Day gift! This is a limited time offer so carpe diem!

A few good people have recently noticed a photo in MakerBot employee extraordinaire Matt Mets’ photostream: Botcave vending machine by night

Matt’s photo has a handy-dandy key to what’s in there for there now; there are also $0.25 sample prints in there now, and we’re going to be adding even more products as time goes on.

We had been putting the finished touches on it, so we hadn’t yet shouted it to the rooftops, but you can come on down to the Botcave, 87 3rd Ave in Brooklyn 11am-6pm weekdays, to vend yourself  little helpings of the future.

If you come this week…bring $1 or $5 bills.  (It’ll take twenties soon, I promise.)

This is a pretty momentous day that we’ve been working towards- the unleashing of all the BotCave Store products into the MakerBot Store! It’s a kitbuilders paradise, with lots of great kits from our friends and collaborators in the Open Hardware world! Plus the MakerBot x Baggu BotBags are up too! Carry your bot in style!

EggBots, Brain Machines, Adafruit and Sparkfun products, and Jimmie P Rodgers LOL Sheilds- we’ve added them to our Accessories section and they are ready for order. So many great projects to try out!

Here’s a list of some items we have in stock!

Adafruit
The Infamous TV-B-GONE kit
Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino Kit v1.0
Adafruit Drawdio Kit
Adafruit Wave Shield

Evil Mad Science
Evil Mad Scientist Meggy Jr RGB Standard Kit
Evil Mad Scientist Diavolino
Evil Mad Scientist Bulb Dial Kit
Evil Mad Scientist Deluxe LED Menorah Kit

Jimmie P Rodgers Kits
Open Heart Kit
LOL Shield Red
LOL Shield Green
LOL Shield White
LOL Shield Blue

Sparkfun
Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit for Arduino
Sparkfun Multimeter Kit
Sparkfun Metro-Gnome
Sparkfun ClockIt
Sparkfun Simon Game Kit
Sparkfun Triple Output High Power RGB LED
Sparkfun VoiceBox Shield for Arduino
Sparkfun Audio Amplifier Kit – STA540

SpikenzieLabs
SpikenzieLabs Drum Kit – AI

Wayne and Layne
Arduino Video Game Shield Kit

Earlier this week, Andy put together our newest kit – Evil Mad Scientist’s Egg-Bot!
Before we got ourselves all yolky, we decided to try some light bulbs.
I was hoping we could get a cool gobo-effect from printing on the bulb.
The light effect didn’t work so well, but they do look great, especially if you have ‘em on a dimmer!

Here’s a video of it printing a demo pattern that we found on the website.

It’s been a good run at the Botcave!
After today, we’re closing up the cave for hibernation until further notice.
That means you have until 5pm today to get your loved ones (or yourself) some sweet gadgets, arduino accessories or [the best present evarrr] a MakerBot!
Thanks for stopping by a n3rd1ng out with us at the Botcave.

Happy and Healthy Holidays,
Mike, Andy & Hanny

This week we discuss Thing-O-Matic assembly and use, Botacon 0 and introduce a couple of faces at the Botcave. Thanks for checking it out!

Check out our previous episodes here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-the-makerbot-botcave