Way back in 2011 I joined the 3D printing craze and got a Makerbot Thing-o-matic kit. I put it together over the course of a few weeks.

Here is a picture of my Makerbot Thing-o-matic #6001

Appearently they started at number 3000. So at least 3000 were sold. Notice the spool holder I printed and the brown little trinkets surrounding the machine. It was a wonderful little machine.

Here is a sample of some of the things I made on my Thing-o-matic.

A weird twisted not:

Heart Gear:

Two litter water bottle rocket adapter to easily launch it with an air compressor:

Hemostat:

Planetary Gear Model:

I still have the husk of the machine. But once MakerBot moved on to selling the Replicator I knew it would be harder to get replacement parts. So eventually I got print size envy and cannibalized the moving parts and electronics and created a larger machine.