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Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by sadga » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:09 PM UTC

Read landing page,

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by zio99 » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:09 PM UTC

Just ordered my very own 3D printed superhero! First YC S12 company to get my money!

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by zio99 » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:10 PM UTC

nemild wrote: post #3

zio99 wrote: post #2

Very cool! But does he have to stand like that? Or can we change it?

Thanks for checking it out! That's right, you can change his poses in our product. We're adding some crazier poses in the days ahead - drop me a note if there's a particular pose you're envisioning and we'll add it in.

Thanks nemild, just ordered one. Took a few tries, but once I got it, I made sure to pin it, tweet it, facebook it! Good job guys!

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by patdennis » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:13 PM UTC

FYI, I hit this glitch: http://imgur.com/QxQT0

In retrospect, I should've ordered it...

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by laserDinosaur » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:14 PM UTC

Am I missing something or is the only thing you can make a generic looking man in different colours?

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by aurora72 » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:15 PM UTC

In my Firefox 14.0.1 it says " Sorry, WebGL is required Your browser doesn't support the technology we use to help you design superheros. Please consider upgrading to a better browser" linking to the Chrome. Are they paid advertisers of Chrome, or do they really think the only browser in the world which supports WebGL is only the Chrome?

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by keeran » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:17 PM UTC

Cool to see custom toys taking off, http://makie.me launched something similar earlier in the year.

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by sliverstorm » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:19 PM UTC

aurora72 wrote: post #16

In my Firefox 14.0.1 it says " Sorry, WebGL is required Your browser doesn't support the technology we use to help you design superheros. Please consider upgrading to a better browser" linking to the Chrome. Are they paid advertisers of Chrome, or do they really think the only browser in the world which supports WebGL is only the Chrome?

Typically they just recommend whatever browser the guy who wrote the error is fond of. I wouldn't take it as anything more than that.

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by 46Bit » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:27 PM UTC

patdennis wrote: post #14

FYI, I hit this glitch: http://imgur.com/QxQT0 In retrospect, I should've ordered it...

Sorry about that. We noticed a few bugs like this during development that seem to be due to the 3D renderer rather than the code to resize the superhero, but we'd love it if you could save the superhero if you encounter this again and pop us an email (to contact@dreamforge.me) linking to it.

Re: Dreamforge (YC S12): Make your own superhero

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Post by bjustin » Mon, Aug 20, 2012, 9:30 PM UTC

The site told me how to enable webGL in my browser (Safari) which is helpful, but I wonder how many Safari users will actually follow said instructions.