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Joseph, the Lab’s kid inventor, drawn as a cartoon toy in his straw cowboy hat, Texas Toy Lab tee and boots, tipping his hat hello

The 50-second tour!

Crew Country in 50 secondsTex shows you around Crew Country.
Printed at the Printer Ranch, Austin

A real toy lab in Austin. Kid-run.

Joseph’s crew of Texas critters and robots live in Crew Country. Adopt a Pocket Crew friend today, or tap a place on the map to meet who lives there.

Adopt a Pocket Crew toy

Welcome to Crew Country

Six places, one crew. Tap a place to meet who lives there.

Map of Crew Country: a 3D-printed toy playset shaped like Texas, with the whole crew at home in six places joined by trails and a gold star for Austin: the Idea Desk, Norman's Rack, the Printer Ranch, the Test Bench, the Front Porch and the Back Forty Trail
All six places, collected on the play mat
Adopt the crew

Start with the Pocket Crew

Five little originals, printed and ready: $6 each, or $25 for all five. Adopt me means I print yours and it ships in about a week.

All five Pocket Crew toys together: Tumble, Buck, Prickle, Sprout and Tiny Tex

The whole Pocket Crew

Pick one… or adopt all five!

Tumble, Buck, Prickle, Sprout and Tiny Tex, printed together and sent as one crew.

$25
  • Printed in Austin at the Printer Ranch
  • Ships in about a week
  • Checked by hand
  • A grown-up reviews every order

See the whole shop

Why it’s real

Every toy is made right here

Now the real thing

The Lab’s computer rack at home, cables and lights on, with a screen on top
The Lab’s computers
The Printer Ranch playset on the workbench, next to a printer and a spool of filament
On the workbench, next to a printer
Tex, the Lab robot, as a 3D-printed toy
Tex, the Lab robot

See the whole story, step by step

The Idea Desk

Invent your own crew member

Type a toy, remix the crew, snap a drawing or make your name. Norman draws it in 3D in about a minute. Free to design, $24.99 to print.

Come say howdy

See the Lab in real life

Joseph behind his market stall under a tent, the table covered in his 3D printed toys
My stall, set up and ready ★

City of Liberty Hill Sculpture Festival

Foundation Park, Liberty Hill, TX 78642 · 9 AM – 3 PM

Confirmed

A real printer running live, Joseph’s own crew, and a free mini keychain for every new friend of the Lab who says so at the table.

Add to calendar All markets
Text MARKET for a reminder
Not going, but want a free keychain?

Every new friend of the Lab gets a free mini flexi keychain. At the stall, say hello at the table and it is yours. Not coming? A grown-up can claim one by mail:

A grown-up fills this in. Under 13? Ask a grown-up.

Goes straight to Joseph. One per family · US addresses · while the printer keeps up!

Parties & classes

Bring the Lab to your party or your class

Tell me the date and how many kids. Dad sends one clear price within a day.

Party favorsCrew minis in a blind bag, $6 each. A toy kids keep, not candy.Get a party quote → Class sets & prizesA pile of minis for a whole class, quoted from the Lab’s real print times.Get a class quote → A class visitI bring toys, Printer Poop and, where it’s allowed, a live print. Class visits are free when the calendar allows.Invite Joseph →

Grown-ups only. One quote, no list, no spam. Ages 3 and up, small parts. Safety