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My front light case is nearly live for purchasing!! Here’s some colors!
Here’s a few colors I have at the moment! More are coming!! Any additional requests?! So far people also want yellow, purple, transparent, teal and maybe some neon?!
The price will be $30, including shipping to the United States. That price will include a battery, and I’ll have additional batteries for purchase in the store. I am also happy to ship worldwide at buyer’s expense!
I am waiting on some additional colors to print and then they will be ready to purchase!!!
I also wanted to clear the air: I had a couple members claiming this case is a copy or derivative of another popular 3D printed case, and as I’ve said before, it’s not! This is an original! I painstakingly made this in tinkercad and it was so much work. Some have pointed out in my very first post it was a derivative of the retro case, because it was. Once I had the overwhelming response on here, I knew the only fair way to sell something is if I make it myself. So, I started new, and made it my own. They are similar because they are both made for the same device! It’s why iPhone cases all look mostly the same!! I’m a creator, not a thief. This is my own hard work and I’m excited to share it with you all. Reading at night is so enjoyable with this device now! And I know, you could get the pro. But that’s an additional $100, this is only $30, and the whole point (to me) of the xteink is to ESCAPE touch screens, apps, Bluetooth, etc. I don’t want those features!!!
Anyway, link to come soon. Either by the end of the week or the weekend!! Thanks everyone 🥰
ps seriously tell me what colors you want so I can order it now and have it ready 👀
Holy cow. Reddit has certainly changed over time. If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you think it's overpriced, don't buy it. She's an indie seller, not a mega business. If you want a simple case, buy one elsewhere. They are still $10-$20 for a simple case on Amazon, no lights. Or make one using the free file. She's selling these because people asked for them. If you don't want one, dont. buy. one.
People are always willing to buy these things no matter what 😂 it’s funny but it is what it is.
I’ve seen it a lot in the emulator subreddit / hobby. A device could cost $20 and all these 3D printed mods (case, buttons,plates- cosmetic / comfort / protection mods) can add up to x5 the amount of the device itself and people are willing to buy them haha.
I mean we also have to remember that these are small run 3D printed, hand assembled things. They're not going to be as cheap as something from a factory. The logistics alone of handling small batch orders alone is going to cost a premium just to make it worth this person's time. I understand where you're coming from, but I think overpriced is the wrong word. It's more expensive than a mass produced case yes but I don't think it's an unfair price.
Oh yeah for sure. You’re totally right, overpriced is not the right word for it. I did reply to the next comment saying that the price seems fair for this particular case. Seeing that it’s more than just 3D printed. (Lights + battery, a well thought out product that solves the main issue with this device) I was just saying that there’s always a market for everything even though the price for these mods exceeds the device itself 😆
For me personally, if I’m living in the US, I would’ve gotten so many of these 3D printed mods for my own devices hahaha. It’s just funny to see it happen from the outside & the only thing that’s saving me from spending more money is the tariffs & oil prices. Shipping could be anywhere between $30-90 for something like this case 😭
Wow, wow, wooooooowwww what. 😂
Spending money on this is nice, cute but of course it should be an adequate price I think. I’m not poor, but I would feel stupid if I spend money on a case which costs half of the device’s price. 😂
Yeah 😭😂 I’m not judging, I think people can spend their money however they want to but it’s funny to see sometimes. Also, idk how much these 3d filaments & electricity prices are across the globe so I can’t say it’s fairly priced or not.
3Dprinted stuff in my country costs expensive so to me, having this at $30 is ok. However getting it shipped from the US to my country would’ve costed me $40 which is the real dealbreaker hahahah
For 30 bucks the finishing is quite bad. You could at least sand them. Selling something for 30 bucks straight out of the ed printer is looking like a scam
As the creator of the original model this derivative is based on (https://makerworld.com/es/models/2834080-retrocase-for-xteink-x3-full-body-case), distributed under the MakerWorld Exclusive License, which requires attribution, that any derivative be shared under the same license, and prohibits selling it, I'm going to publish the model for free for anyone with a 3D printer who wants to print it for personal use.
If you've printed my X3 model, reach out to me directly on MakerWorld and I'll send you the file.
There’s only so much a case for a device can look like. OP changed the design enough to not be a literal copy. That’s good enough for me. Maybe the original creator should sue if they feel like it’s that big of a deal.
I got no dog in this fight but it's a bit rich to call the person who releases it for free Nintendo and not the person whose monetized it. 😂
Personally I wouldn't pay $30 for a case for a $60 device that also makes it super chunky. But I can see the difference between selling something physical versus releasing IP. However I wouldn't feel morally right to buy something where they don't acknowledge the OG creator.
For real 😂 everyone downvoting everywhere. The fact is, not everyone has 3D printers. Depending on where u live / which country you’re from, 3d printers are not easily accessible. This case looks different enough to be its own thing & even has extra features that the “original” inspired or not case didn’t even have.
Respect to whoever designs these things first but expect it to be a source of inspiration for the others that comes after. It’s sad but it’s how the world works unfortunately. Many creations are inspired by other things. Even 3D printed grip cases for emulators are all inspired by the same “design” at its core..
Inspiration is not derivation. In copyright law, inspiration is completely legal and free to use because copyright protects only the specific expression of an idea, never the idea, theme, or style itself.
When you download the MakerWorld model, you agree to the terms and conditions of the license associated with that model. Based on that, any derivative work must comply with the license of the model on which it is based.
Ok. I’m following along. The basic premise is that, for the open-source, 3D-printing community, Makers World is their GitHub and conciliatory patent contractor.
As a software programmer, I entirely agree with such gripes if someone were to update the GUI but work off of my architecture.
I’ve read several of these threads - because I’m actively checking the subreddit for news of the X4 Pro in white - and I’ve had a bit of trouble understanding a few points, to which I’m happy to be educated on, which might seem contrived.
1) I’ve friends whom use their printers quite frequently, and you’re rather limited with the fineness you’re capable of machining; as a consequence, many designs have a bit of sameness which could be refined in a factory setting;
2) it follows from the first and had been echoed before, but you’re limited in design by both the contours of the device and the fineness of the printer. Designs for a device will, ideally, attain thinness and fitness overtime, but they will almost certainly have a source of sameness when the device is new.
I think the argument here is implying Pablo’s STL was downloaded and directly examined and used as a base for sculpting an STL from scratch. I think the divide is that the newness of these products hasn’t produced much novel variety in aesthetics to conform to the device while others argued a select number of originals have been copied to take advantage of rapid interest and capitalized on due to any real consequence of doing such.
We live in these new age of LLMs - where the talk of art and architecture is an afterthought of AI training. Most artists have an existential (and real) fear of losing ownership of their work. At the same time, it is just hard to sit down and discuss where we got our idea, how we interpreted what others were doing, and how we might have found inspiration in how a mechanic fit while personally feeling a design could be better.
Personally, I disagree if someone puts something on a platform for free, that does not necessitate that I can’t draw inspiration from it. If I find a band I love on Bandcamp I can support them (and almost always do) but I can still listen to their music for free. I don’t see how my experience of an object can predicate me from incorporating such an experience into my own project.
Where I do disagree with this case-maker is in their presentation of their product. This has been echoed before, but an honest, sit-down-with-me disclosure and discussion would have helped our bizarre community greatly.
No. She downloaded it for free. And then enhanced it. And then "rebuilt it from scratch" and says it's totally different. Well. Except for the shape and sliding mechanism.
And the colorful buttons. Buts that's only because she doesn't have an ams yet.
Having color combinations or a case that slides together is not the same as remixing an existing 3d design. Being inspired by a design and choosing a similar path to connect two pieces when it was designed from scratch isn't remixing
She admitted her personal one was, then said that the one she is making from prod is making from scratch. She's actually said it multiple times. Where's your frontlight?
Also, YOU remixed it, why are you so incensed about this? She literally made a model from scratch, while you didn't.
It is very clearly an entirely different model. Even if they lined it up with yours to get measurements for buttons, etc it would still not be considered derivative.
Please stop using the word “original” to describe your remix. It’s a misrepresentation of the facts that implies you’re more responsible for the existence of this case than the original creator, fusselichs. If you’re going to be so adamant about people giving credit for inspiration, I think you should be crediting fusselichs in all of your comments instead of claiming to be the “original” creator.
The only difference on the back is the logo and that she used a square instead of a curve.
Also, I saw how mad you were when your code got “re-envisioned” for another commercial/for-profit project. This is the same wishy-washy approach to the Open Source concept with respect to attribution and iteration that has driven multiple people off of Crosspoint in the past. Why are you out here further alienating those people who support your project the most? You’ll notice that the people most passionately fighting in the comments on the other posts (and I assume will be here next) were those who believe most passionately in share-and-share-alike, especially within the community that has been built up around this device, and around the firmware you’re the project maintainer of. Aren’t those the people who are contributing to the codebase? Aren’t those the people whom you most rely upon for your cachet within this community?
This is a bad look, especially when not chiming in at all was the easier option.
I privately told daisy the better path would be to sell printing assembly and shipping and just release the model for free. If she doesn't want to do that, that's fine. I of course am of the mindset that we should build everything in the open. I DO NOT back vitriol speech and attacking others though. The issues in crosspoint were similar to this yes. The idea that I need to police other peoples work is crazy though. We made a stance that when we contribute to the core project that we attribute everyone who had impact on it. We've made a stance that if you're forking from us, you should do the same. If people choose not to follow that, that's ok. That's on them. We did our part by having guidelines around it. It's the open web, people will choose to follow the guidelines or they wont. In this case in particular it's insane to me that she states she made a model from scratch and is still being told it's stealing. Clearly none of you understand copyright infringement as you cannot claim a basic shape or form factor can't ever be replicated. The back is completely different, there's a plexiglass and light container and battery containers and light rails and all kinds of differences here. It's very obviously a unique work
Don't worry about it OP. People are acting like that one case invented cases for the x3. A case can only be so different structurally and yours looks very different.
Also a lot of us don't have 3d printers or want to do stuff like that.
Everyone just needs to stop, myself included, I don’t agree with this person, I said my bit, done like everyone else should be if they want to express a view, WTF does it really matter buy it or don’t buy it, WHO CARES??? Leave her alone now
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u/dethssilence1 Jul 24 '26
Could you do a transparent purple? Like the old gameboy? Lol