He was also kind enough to freely share the 3D models and posted detailed printing and assembly instructions up on his website. A 23-year-old mechanical engineer named Yvo de Haas, famous for his 3D printable Fallout laser rifle, from Ytec3D decided to make his own version of the Pip-Boy smartphone holder using SolidWorks and came up with a custom 3D printable version of the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV.
Thankfully for all of us nerds late to the party we live in a wonderful future where we don’t need manufacturers to make cool things for us, we can 3D print them ourselves. Bethesda’s Marketing VP Pete Hines told Gamespot that in fact they produced more of the Pip-Boy Edition than any other special collections edition of their games ever before. According to Bethesda, the shortage of the Pip-Boy edition of Fallout 4 wasn’t due to an intentional scarcity, but the factories that were fabricating them were simply incapable of producing any more. Naturally the Pip-Boy Edition of the game sold out really fast, even with the $120 price tag, and if you weren’t one of the lucky few who got one then they were gone forever. The Pip-Boy replica included in the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy edition.
