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For $28,000, you can buy yourself a small home in Florida, a brand new Chevrolet Spark
electric car or almost 23 shares of stock in Google (GOOG).
Or, for a more niche way to spend that same amount of dough, you can now have a life-sized
replica of yourself 3D-printed. As featured on 3DPrint.com, the Chinese company
Pinla3D has opened a new mall shop in Nanjing, China, that offers several sizes in which
one may 3D print a copy of oneself. Prices range from $160 for a 5-inch duplicate all
the way up to roughly $28,550 for a full-on, life-sized clone.
The in-store customer scanning process requires just a few minutes, but the 3D printing itself
takes two to three weeks (so plan those creepy anniversary gifts accordingly).
On the Pinla3D website, you can take a look at many of the different examples of statues
the company has printed. Most are in the Mini-Me series, including “family portrait,” “positive
youth” and “sports” (according to the English translation). The prints look good,
and according to 3DPrint.com, are composed of a high-strength polymer material, which
gives the finished product a feel similar to ceramic.