Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: 3DPrint.com says tungsten could be the next scarce material to squeeze the 3D printing industry.
GRANT BRICKMAN: This just landed, and it's urgent: 3DPrint.com is looking past rare earths to tungsten, and what scarce materials mean for 3D printing. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The report says rare earths are a stand-in for other materials with the same profile: one single point of origin, and demand from several strategic sectors at once. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Tungsten. Sounds like a Swedish bank. Ada, are we all about to be poorer in Swedish? ▶
ADA: Not a bank, Grant! A metal. The article says rare earths are in rising demand from defense, energy, chips and EVs, and tungsten fits the same pattern. ▶
ADA: On file footage, a printer mid-print, building a part layer by layer. The report's logic: methods that conserve costly, hard-to-source materials should be in demand. ▶
ADA: But so far it's a mixed bag. Tighter supply caps economic activity, and the customers who speed up new workflows get more cautious, the report says. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So in theory scarcity helps additive manufacturing. In practice, cautious customers may hold it back. The excerpt cuts off before the rest of the argument. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A harbinger, then. Whatever that is. We'll be watching the tungsten, and Ada, do not solder anything in my studio. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A two-foot Sentinel for 330 dollars: we asked the street if it has room on the shelf.
GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining: we first told you about the Doomsday Sentinel figure on Wednesday. Today we ask the street. Roxy? ▶
ROXY: Darlings, Hot Toys revealed a Sentinel almost two feet tall, 330 dollars, vinyl inside. Let's ask the street what they think! ▶
PASSERBY: Sixty centimetres? That's taller than my cat. Three hundred thirty for vinyl though. I'd still go and look at it. ▶
PASSERBY: Double the size and not double the price? Sounds fair to me. The vinyl is the catch, I read. ▶
PASSERBY: The tiny Doctor Doom in the photos looks hilarious next to it. Giant killer robot, little guy with a plan. ▶
ROXY: Three and a half reels out of five. Full marks for scale, a reel off for the vinyl. ▶
PASSERBY: My shelf has room. My wallet has a meeting. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: big, 330 dollars, vinyl. The street is split between shelf space and wallet. Thank you, Roxy. ▶
PXL Corrects the Record (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta has a list of things Grant said, and a few facts to go with them.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time for PXL Corrects the Record. Greta has a list. I have a clear conscience. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant said fewer consoles, more demand. Fact: content and services fell 2 percent, first-party content grew, and Minecraft hit record highs. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: I said the quarter was fine until you read the line items, Greta, and you just read the line items. I rest my case. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant compared Pico11 to the weather map: small, but it covered everything. It keeps a working interface, with strong limits in functionality and security. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A map with limits is still a map. That's what the teletext page used to say about itself. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant said Xbox revenue is down two percent. Only content and services fell 2 percent. Hardware is its own line, down 14. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Revenue is revenue, Greta. Two, fourteen, it all lands on the same page. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Corrected. Again. Back to you, Grant. ▶
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