Announcement · 3D printing
Creality mBox: enclosed 3D printer for kids, with no heated bed and an AI camera
Creality shows the mBox, a small CoreXY printer that kids are meant to operate themselves. 153 mm build volume, cold print bed, its own kids’ app.
3D printers for kids are becoming a trend: shortly after QIDI announced the MakeBuddy Smart5, Creality has put up a product page for such a machine too. Creality calls the mBox a “Kid-Operated AI 3D Printer”, a printer children are meant to operate on their own.
Safety
- enclosed build chamber, with the nozzle and moving parts behind the door
- door-open alert
- no heated bed: printing happens on a cold bed
- activated carbon filter
- kid-friendly PLA, with a 250 g spool of rainbow PLA in the box
Specifications according to Creality
- Build volume: 153 x 153 x 153 mm, CoreXY
- Speed: typically 200 mm/s with Hyper PLA, up to 300 mm/s
- Controls: 3.97-inch touchscreen, AI camera
- Machine: 290 x 340 x 335 mm, 6.78 kg, 65 W
- Software: the Creality Park app with models and courses, the PC program Creality Park Studio for designing your own models, and Creality Print 7.0 or later
Price
The product page gives no price, buy button or date. According to Makers101, Creality mentioned $329 and a sales start on 10 November in a livestream on 12 October, initially only via TikTok. We could not confirm this with the manufacturer. There is no euro price or information for Europe yet.