030 - Meglos
From Meglos (1980)
Version 1 - Updated 4/1/2020

Beta: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1POJmUz2Ekv83HS16sMzybWx9UupzXTtB

As has become traditional, this is the April Fools Day "joke" figure for 2020.

It has zero points of articulation, except you have an option to print the cactus hollow using a flexible resin like Siraya Tech's Tenacious or filament like TPU or NinjaFlex, which means that in theory, it can "deflate" as seen in the episode. There's a loop up inside the tip of the cactus that you are supposed to be able to thread a bit of string around, then down through the platform and out a hole in the back, so you can pull on it and make Meglos collapse.

Unfortunately, even when printing out of 100% Tenacious, I couldn't get this feature to work on my resin test print. I haven't tried it with NinjaFlex (which is significantly more flexible) but I suspect to make it work, the walls need to be even thinner than they are now, but not so thin that they collapse or tear during printing. I might try playing around with this one later to see if I can get it to work better, but for now, it's primarily a solid structure.



The files come separated into 4 variants - Hollow (with and without spines) for printing with flexible resin or filament, and Solid (with and without spines) for those who want a regular figure.

I got at least some of the spines to print when using flexible resin, though it was a pain setting up support structures. I suspect for filament printing (even with TPU) you'll want to print the No Spines version.

Meglos is green. The exact same color as a cactus. However, the spines and outer edges are tan, as is the bottom section where it starts to taper down. (You can get a better view of the colorization in this rare composite photo taken at the Blackpool exhibit by Alex Lyon.)

Coming soon.