The starting point here was simple: after finishing an earlier project, the maker wanted to build something with more moving parts, and something fun. The result is a 3D-printed dispenser for micro SD cards shaped like an old handheld games console, shared as a free model.
The shell is printed in yellow with black buttons and a clear window at the front. There is a D-pad, a power slider switch on top, and a grey cartridge-style holder that takes the card inserts. The whole thing came out at a 0.12 mm layer height and used about 68 g of PLA+. The maker also noted that no AI was involved anywhere in the design.
The details are where this shines. Each cartridge holds five micro SD cards, and the cartridge label does double duty as the screen. Pressing the A button physically ejects the Kingston 32GB card shown, while the B button feeds a full-size SD adapter from an internal slot. That two-button split seems like a neat bit of mechanical choreography.
Fitting the selector, ejector and click mechanism into such a small body took many test prints. That alone speaks to the patience involved. One practical note: the maker says cards can be pulled straight out of a cartridge without the console at all. In my view the yellow housing is half the point, but it does raise the question of how much is storage and how much is theatre.