NEW YORK — Mattel's ThingMaker was the original at-home maker device of the 1960s, but now the company is giving it a modern reboot, allowing kids to design their own toys within an app and then print ...

The original ThingMaker was all about making little rubbery monsters. However, the new ThingMaker unveiled at Toy Fair this week can make whatever you can imagine in its app -- no metal molds ...

Mattel is getting super creative this year by giving more freedom to the toy experts of the world: kids. At this year's New York Toy Fair trade show, the company announced its new ThingMaker, a $300 ...

ThingMaker(TM) 3D Printer and ThingMaker Design(TM) App Eco-System (PRNewsFoto/Mattel, Inc.) Mattel is having a big year at the New York Toy Show, first announcing their updated View-Master headset ...

Mattel has announced that it's bringing back ThingMaker, its toy making kits which launched in the 1960s. But this time around ThingMaker will get a modern make-over and consist of a fully functioning ...

NEW YORK — 3D printing was still decades away when Mattel debuted ThingMaker in the 1960s. As a primitive "at-home maker device," it let kids produce bug-like Creepy Crawlers, mini-dragons, flowers ...

Mattel has long held a place in childhood play. An upgrade to its 1960s hit, ThingMaker, hopes to continue the tradition in a very modern way. Related: Navies could harness 3D-printing to build ...

A 3-D printer in every household was never going to happen, for so many reasons. But a machine that lets kids design and create their own toys with a few taps on a screen? Now we’re talking. That 3-D ...

If you promised your teen a Mattel ThingMaker this Christmas, you may want to find something else that's just as cool ASAP. A spokesperson told Engadget that the company won't be releasing its toy ...