If you had 19 March in the “When will someone respond to Jeremy Clarkson’s latest controversy by turning his head into a 3D-printable part for Hungry Hippos?” sweepstakes, this is very much your lucky day.
3D printing firm CEL has found one of the more inventive ways to capitalise on the TV presenter’s suspension from Top Gear for marketing purposes, releasing a 3D-printable version of Clarkson’s head.
The part can then be printed in multiple colours and used to replace the hippo heads in the classic children’s game.
CEL has made the design available on 3D printing community My Mini Factory to promote its Robox printer. It’s a free download, which is frankly sensible given the likelihood of lawyers for Clarkson and/or the BBC coming calling.
“Now the whole family can feed Jeremy by playing Hungry, Hungry Clarksons,” the company said.
Note, the design will take about 3 hours 40 minutes to print using a (reasonably priced) 3D printer. Its release comes as Clarkson remains suspended from Top Gear following a “fracas” involving an assistant producer on the programme.
Clarkson joins Paul McCartney and Katy Perry’s left shark in the increasingly-starry gallery of 3D-printable celebrities in 2015.
While McCartney released the file needed to print his figurine through his own website, Perry’s lawyers chose to send a cease-and-desist letter to a Florida man who was selling left-shark figurines, after her Super Bowl backing dancer became a meme in February.
