Grand Central Pop-Up Hands Out Free 3D-Printed Toys, Nov 11–21
A toy brand's booth inside the terminal runs its printers in the open and gives away 3D-printed toys, no ticket needed.
🧸 A Toy Booth by the Trains
Toybox, a company that makes 3D printers and printable toys for kids, is setting up Booth MC-66 in the Lexington Passage at Grand Central Terminal November 11 to 21. The booth runs every day from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Walk-ins are welcome, and an RSVP on the Toybox site is optional.
For a kid, the pull is watching a toy appear. The new Luna printer runs right at the booth, building a piece up layer by layer. The booth offers free 3D-printed toys to visitors, and custom keychains are printed on the spot. Toybox is also teasing a first look at brand-new toys, with a Harry Potter nod on its pop-up page. Back home, its printable library already includes licensed characters such as Batman, Hello Kitty and SpongeBob. Toy designers are at the booth, a chance for older kids to ask how a toy is designed.
There is no ticket and no timed entry, which makes the booth easy to fit in between school pickup and a train, or on a rainy afternoon. The terminal is served by the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S trains and Metro-North. Toybox doesn't say how many toys it has each day, so weekday mornings are safest before the after-school rush. Expect product demos and in-person discounts at the counter.
Details: toybox.com/pages/nyc-popup
