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TheNextWeb knows that no robot gift guide would be complete without including MakerBot. Just posted yesterday, their Ultimate Robot Gift Guide features the Thing-O-Matic, alongside some awesome gifts like this Robot Tea Infuser and these Recycled Robot Ornaments. Don’t forget – Thing-O-Matic kits, and fully-assembled models, are $100 off through the holiday season, so get yours now!

Gizmodo has chosen MakerBot’s Thing-O-Matic as one of the top Gifts for the Aspiring, But Untalented Artist, raving that “most people would be hard pressed to tell that a Thing-O-Matic sculpture didn’t start life as a lump of clay.” View the full gift guide here. New Yorkers can see a Thing-O-Matic in person this week at the Gizmodo Gallery, the holiday pop up store from the folks at Gizmodo!

WNYC has included MakerBot’s New Museum window in their list of top Holiday Window Displays, Off the Beaten Path.  If you haven’t made it by the New Museum yet, there’s still time to see the Dalek Snowmen, X-Wing Reindeer and Cylon-Santa for yourself — the window display will be up through the end of the year!

ESPN is the latest outlet to include MakerBot  in its holiday gift guide! The Thing-O-Matic is a featured tech pick and is heralded as the “gift that keeps on making.” Thanks, dudes!

Popular Mechanics has chosen the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic as one of the top gifts for this holiday season! Pick up a copy of the December issue (on newstands now) to see MakerBot in print, or check it online here.

NY Post visited the home of our  intern, Nick DeJesus to get a look at all the awesome things that can be MakerBotted–from chopstick holders to whistles. Pick up today’s issue to see the article for yourself, or view it online here, to see why the NY Post calls MakerBot the “invent of the season.”

MakerBot conquers NYC with the cover of this week’s Time Out New York! Not only did MakerBot print the entire cover, complete with our mascot, R. Maker, taking on a mini version of New York City, but the Thing-O-Matic is featured as a gift For the Person Who Has Everything. We are also giving away a Thing-O-Matic to one lucky reader, to enter click here!

New Yorkers who want to see a real MakerBot in person, or even buy one, can visit these brick and mortar stores:

AC Gears

69 E. 8^th Street (between Broadway and University)

New York, NY 10003

(212) 260-2269

Wired Store

4 Times Square (at 42nd and Broadway)

New York, NY 10036

Friday, 11/18 – Saturday, 12/24

Demo on December 17th

12pm-2pm

Gizmodo Gallery

White Box Art Gallery

329 Broome Street

New York, NY 10002

Tuesday 12/6 – Sunday 12/11

New Museum Store

235 Bowery

New York, NY 10002

212.343.0460

Thingiverse citizen Pattywac recently launched two design challenges – a Holiday Design Challenge and a MakerMe Design challenge.  Each winner gets $40.00 from Pattywac and an additional $100.00 in MakerBot store credit from MakerBot Industries!  Without further ado, here’s Pattwac’s announcement of the winners!

Holidays Challenge

Nicholas C. Lewis' print of Kliment's Holiday Prusa Mendel Set!

There ended up being 21 holidays-tagged items to judge, many of them being closely evaluated to each other.  Thingiverse citizen Kliment ended up winning with the Holiday-ized Prusa Mendel design, in part, due to the huge response from the community.  This design was able to incorporate the holiday spirit and will continue to give for years to come by allowing others to print other Things and hopefully other 3-D printers.

MakerMe Challenge

Nutcracker by psync

There were only two entries to this contest but they were both pretty cool.  Citizen psync was able to fit his Holidays Nutcracker into the MakerBot for some z-axis walnut smashing action while citizen Nickames was able to create an egg-bot style attachment for the Makerbot.  Nickames ended up taking home the W with the egg-bot attachment due to the response from the community and the fact that it will allow a whole new range of designs to be posted on and printed from Thingiverse.

Congratulations Kliment and Nickames!