Mimaki 3D prints full-color limited-edition golf collector models for LIV Golf Tour 2026

Mimaki has leveraged its full-color 3D printing technology to produce a limited-edition series of golf bag miniatures for the Cleeks Golf Club, tied to the 2026 LIV Golf Tour. The 15-centimeter-tall models, part of the "Art of Golf" collection, are printed as single-piece parts on the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 system, which can render over 10 million color tones. Fourteen unique designs are produced in runs of just 25 units each, totaling 350 miniatures, alongside half-scale display models for on-site exhibition. The project eliminates post-processing steps like painting or assembly, relying entirely on the printer's photorealistic color output to capture textures, logos, and illustrations directly from the original player bags.

This application sits squarely in the polymer vat photopolymerization (VPP) segment, where Mimaki competes with systems from Stratasys (PolyJet), 3D Systems (MultiJet Printing), and HP (Multi Jet Fusion) for high-fidelity color output. The significance lies not in production volume - 350 units is trivial - but in demonstrating that full-color AM can replace traditional hand-modeling for collectible, high-value short runs where color accuracy and surface detail are non-negotiable. The project reinforces a recurring pattern in the AM industry: the technology's strongest near-term ROI often comes from low-volume, high-complexity, high-margin applications rather than serial production. For Mimaki, this serves as a reference case to pitch the 3DUJ-553 to luxury goods, museum replicas, and promotional merchandise buyers who currently rely on manual fabrication or injection molding with secondary painting.

From a practical standpoint, this is a well-executed marketing demonstration rather than a commercial breakthrough. Mimaki's challenge remains converting such bespoke projects into repeatable service-bureau revenue streams, where the unit economics of full-color VPP must compete with established digital workflows. For buyers evaluating full-color 3D printing for collectibles or display models, the key takeaway is that Mimaki's system can deliver museum-grade color fidelity out of the box, but the total cost per part - including machine amortization, material waste, and post-processing - still needs to be benchmarked against traditional alternatives for any given run size.