Amazon is running the Prime Big Deal Day sale for current Amazon Prime subscribers on October 10 and 11, with discounts of up to 40% on thousands of products. It’s a great opportunity to pick up expensive items and hardware at a discount. Since there’s lots to look through, we’ve scoured the sale for the best Amazon Prime Big Deal Day: 3D Printer deals.
We’ve picked items that either appear on our guide to the best 3D printers for miniatures, or have a similar model from the same manufacturer on that guide. There’s much more than just printers on sale, of course, so check out our guide to the best Prime Big Deal Day board game bargains.
Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro
A fantastic budget FDM printer
Since a long time, the Neptune has been the most affordable FDM printer. Although not the latest, the Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro is a fantastic entry, with handy quality of life features like auto-bed levelling and a magnetic build plate that’s easy to seat and remove. The faster Neptune Pro 4 is also in the sale, though the discount isn’t as good.
AnkerMake M5C
A reliable, easy to use FDM printer
AnkerMake M5 FDM Printer is the best choice for an FDM printer which works consistently and with minimal setup. This is an all-rounder that succeeds at everything it aims to do: it’s easy to use, requires little to no setup, is reliable, fast, and effective. FDM printing is not as accurate as resin printing. However, Alex was able to create surprisingly detailed minis using a sample of AnkerMake’s (slightly bigger) M5.
Elegoo Mars 4.
Discounts on excellent resin printers
Elegoo manufactures excellent resin 3D printing machines for many years. The Elegoo Mars 4 is the latest in their line of “standard” sized resin printers, which doesn’t mean they’re small – 3D sculptors tend to design their minis to be printed on a machine this size. Editor Alex tests a review copy of the Mars 4 provided to him by Elegoo and keeps making positive noises about it.
Elegoo Saturn Ultra
For huge resin prints
The X-Series has a volume of 218x122x260mm, and a 12k resolution. Elegoo Saturn Ultra One build plate can create large, center-piece models. The build plate is larger than what most people need. However, if you plan to print large models such as busts, vehicles or monsters this can save you time.
AnyCubic Wash And Cure Plus
The wash and cure station can accommodate large builds
If you resin print you’ll know how time consuming and unpleasant cleaning up prints can be. AnyCubic’s Wash and Cure stations do just what they say on the tin – they let you wash off uncured resin in a solvent bath, then fully cure your prints under UV lights. I use this model myself, and its been working brilliantly – the smaller version is also available in the prime sale.
AnyCubic standard resin
Quality resin at a low price
While there are a variety of 3D printing resins available with different properties for different uses cases, standard 3D printer resin is all you need for printing miniatures. The Prime Day sale offers AnyCubic standard Resin at a great price – stock up.
AMOLEN dual color filament
Beautiful PLA filament
We expect our readers to paint their miniatures, but we’d like to suggest the AMOLEN Dual Color Filament as an alternative. It speaks to our inner magpie. A variety of different color pairings are available, letting you print iridescent color-shifting objects, whether as display pieces or utility items for your home or work.
If you’re considering getting your first 3D printer, make sure you read our guide on how to 3D print miniatures so you can get started with the minimum fuss and the fastest results.