3-D figures offer memento of happy days

[yuiyoshida]

The Yomiuri Shimbun

A growing number of people are buying 3-D images of themselves created with 3-D printers to commemorate important events or preserve a record of their appearance.

Couples, as well as parents and children, have ordered the figures to commemorate important life events such as marriage and enrollment in school. Middle-aged and elderly people have sought 3-D figures to use in place of memorial photos after their deaths, and there are also a large number of cancer patients who have wanted to preserve an image of themselves before losing their hair due to treatment with anticancer medicines.

“Unlike photos, [the 3-D figures] can convey a person’s aura three-dimensionally, and people can hold them in their hands,” a spokesperson for a 3-D figure maker said. “We believe the uses for such figures will continue to expand.”

Ruri Suzuki, 65, in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, said she thought, “I want to leave something for my husband to remember me by” when she saw a leaflet for a 3-D figure maker in October last year. It was promotional material for the Aoyama 3D Salon, based in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001478647

[intaglio]

1. What an excellent idea! n/t

[NightWatcher]

2. I can think of several pictures/experiences that I would like to have a figurine for

I see this becoming a huge thing in the very near future.

You think you're embarrassed when your parents show your fiance your highschool pictures, wait till they whip out the action figures of you from band practice.

I need a 3D printer to get out front on this here in the States.

[MADem]

7. Didn't they do an episode about this on BIG BANG THEORY?

The lads wanted statues of themselves but they didn't like the results...

And they got a printer to do it themselves...

[Ron Obvious]

3. I already have a 18 foot tall statue of myself as Jupiter in front of my house.

Oh, no wait, that was just a dream I had.

[Skittles]

4. I bet you really do have that big ass statue, don't you

TELL THE TRUTH!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. that "dream" ruse is so obvious.

Just a little too convenient.

[Skittles]

11. HE IS SO F***ING OBVIOUS

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. it's quite apparent.

[Ron Obvious]

14. You say obvious...

I say honest, forthright, plain-spoken, determined, what you see is what you get type of person.

But I'm used to being misunderstood.

[Skittles]

16. hey, I'm just playing wwith your name

nothing else

[Skittles]

5. I knew selfies would not be enough

[Ron Obvious]

8. I'm afraid to admit it.

Someone might threaten to kick my ass

Oops: Meant to reply to your message above this one. Hell, it's early, but feel free to really kick my ass now.

[Skittles]

12. YEE HAW!

[yuiyoshida]

10. speaking of "ass kicking.."

Did you see these two ladies? This was simply amazing!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018650903

[pinboy3niner]

6. The HBO series 'The Lefotovers' takes it to another level

After milions of people mysteriously disappear from earth, eventually a company offers 3-D "bodies" made to resemble the departed so desperate survivors seeking closure can have a burial.

[surrealAmerican]

15. We have now entered an era where every wedding cake ...

... will be topped with likenesses of the betrothed, including their wedding attire.

Somehow, I knew this day would come.