HeyGears G1X Crowdfunds $15.4M to Put Full-Color 3D Printing on Your Desktop

A desktop full-color 3D printer for under $4,000

HeyGears wrapped up its Kickstarter campaign on September 11 with $15.4 million raised from over 3,500 backers. That is well above the original $100,000 goal, and more than half the backers are in the United States.

The G1X combines full-color 3D printing with UV printing and raised-texture workflows. It uses an Epson I3200-U1HD printhead and offers a build volume of 420 x 330 x 130 mm. The company says it can produce colored and transparent elements in the same build, using water-soluble supports for internal structures.

The pricing deserves attention. The $3,299 Starter Pack includes the printhead and UV printing, but buyers need the Resin Station, Relay Fluid Hub, and 3D Resin Kit to unlock full-color 3D printing. The $3,599 Full-3D Pack includes everything needed to start printing in color out of the box. So the real entry point for the headline feature is $300 higher than the headline price suggests.

UV printing is a big part of the appeal. HeyGears lists over 400 compatible materials, from acrylic and wood to leather and metal. Flat graphics and raised textures reach up to 1,440 x 2,400 DPI, with more than 10 million colors across 2D and 3D-texture modes. A museum supplier could produce a colored miniature and printed acrylic merchandise on the same machine.

The broader context is hard to ignore. The Wohlers Report 2026 valued global additive manufacturing revenue at $24.2 billion in 2025, up 10.9% year on year. A separate Wohlers Associates report found that sub-$10,000 filament and resin systems now produce quality and strength that approach, and sometimes exceed, industrial equipment. HeyGears is applying that same logic to full-color printing.

The first Kickstarter rewards ship in December 2026. Long-term reliability and maintenance costs remain open questions until production units are in ordinary owners' hands for a while. The proprietary resin pouches also mean recurring material costs will run higher than open-bottle resin, a familiar tradeoff for anyone who has owned an inkjet-style printer.