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May 9, 2012

You Can Get Your Face Frozen In Carbonite Now

You no longer have to be a smuggler who drops his shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser to be frozen in carbonite. As part of its Star Wars-themed weekends, Disney World is now offering that service to all of its guests.

But you don't have to worry about how you're going to get home afterwards because they don'treally freeze you in carbonite. Instead, when you enter the 'Carbon Freezing Chamber' several cameras capture your facial features from all sides, and the resulting 3D model is used to create an eight-inch carbonite figurine featuring your likeness.

At $100 it makes for one expensive souvenir, and it takes four weeks for it to be delivered. Which makes sense given how long it takes to print a 3D model, but having to wait is still pretty lame. You can also order additional copies, but they'll set you back $75 each. More here.

5 comments:

R said...

Looks really nice!

Outcast said...

I honestly don't feel worried by the cost at all, as a huge Star Wars geek the price would be so worth it for me, thanks for sharing this.

Jim said...

I'd do this, and what a great idea using the 3d printers.

Anonymous said...

$100 is totally worth it.

wizardOZZ said...

quite expensive...i rather wait till i can buy a 3d printer