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Articulated Slug. Wiggles like the real thing.

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What it does

  • Wiggles head to tail. Holds the curve you bend it into.
  • Print-in-place. No assembly. No glue.
  • Two tail options: pointed for the original, rounded for kids.
  • 19 g of PLA. Lightweight desk fidget.
  • Designer credit: 8ran on Thingiverse, CC-BY-SA.

A slug with a fully articulated body. Each segment connects to the next with a snap-fit pivot. Print it, peel it off the build plate, and it wiggles.

The trick is the pivot tolerance. Tight enough the segments hold a curve. Loose enough they do not bind. 8ran's design hits the sweet spot. A rounded-tail option ships alongside the original for younger kids.

Original design by 8ran, licensed CC BY-SA for commercial print. About 19.0 g of PLA. Ships in 3 to 5 business days from our US printer network. Free reprint if it arrives flawed.

230k downloads in the maker community. That is interest in the design on the site it came from, not our sales.

What you get

  • This design prints as one piece.
  • Nothing else to print or buy for this to work.

What it is made of

Designs like this print well in PLA. Compare the materials.

Printed plastic is strong for its size, but it is not metal. We have not load tested this design, so we do not publish a weight rating. Keep it out of a hot car and away from open flame.

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Who made this design

Designed by 8ran. We did not draw it.

Shared under Creative Commons, credit and share alike. See the original design