Surprise object advances for the 3D printing entertainment industry

A method for constructing a plurality of three-dimensional objects, the plurality of three-dimensional objects including a hidden content object, the plurality of three-dimensional objects to be constructed, for a consumer, through an additive manufacturing system, the additive manufacturing system comprised of a 3D printer, an input interface, a non-transitory computer storage medium, a computer processor, and an additive manufacturing material, the method comprising:

• (a) detecting, by the input interface, an object-build input;
• (b) performing, by the computer processor, a build operation caused by the detecting of the object-build input, the build operation retrieving an object-build data set from the non-transitory computer storage medium, the build operation configured to implement the object-build data set, the 3D printer, and at least a part of the additive manufacturing material to construct the plurality of three-dimensional objects, with at least one of the plurality of three-dimensional objects including a construction arrangement configured, by the object-build data set, to prevent a premature accessing, by the consumer, of one or more parts of the hidden content object at least in part to preserve one or more surprises;
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• (c) constructing, by the 3D printer, the plurality of three-dimensional objects, with the construction arrangement preventing the premature accessing, by the consumer, of the one or more parts of the hidden content object;
• (d) wherein, following at least a partial construction of at least two of the plurality of three-dimensional objects, including at least a partial construction of the hidden content object, at least one of the one or more parts of the hidden content object is configured to be revealed, at least in part, to surprise the consumer.

An additive manufacturing system for constructing a three-dimensional object, the three-dimensional object configured to include a presentation of hidden content, the three-dimensional object to be constructed using an additive manufacturing material, the additive manufacturing system comprising:

• (a) an input interface capable of detecting an object-build input;
• (b) a non-transitory computer storage medium capable of storing, and making available for retrieval, an object-build data set;
• (c) a computer processor capable of performing a build operation activated by the detecting of the object-build input, the build operation configured to retrieve and process the object-build data set in order to implement a construction arrangement that is configured to transform the additive manufacturing material into the three-dimensional object, with the construction arrangement further configured, by the object-build data set, to prevent a premature accessing of the presentation of hidden content;
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• (d) a 3D printer being capable of constructing the three-dimensional object from the additive manufacturing material using the construction arrangement that is configured to prevent the premature accessing of the presentation of hidden content;
• (e) wherein the presentation of hidden content is, at least in part, configured to be revealed as one or more surprises following at least a partial construction of the three-dimensional object.