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You, Me, and the Model C

This Affordable 12-Color 3D Printer Achieved its Kickstarter Goal in 2 Minutes

by Jonny Edge
Published Jul 24, 2025

Dubbed "the fastest multicolor printer in the galaxy." the Yumi C-series is an intriguing and ambitious Kickstarter printer with capacity to handle 12 colors.

Kickstarter is a natural habitat for bold claims, but the Yumi 3D printer project, funded in just 2 minutes over on Kickstarter, is distinctively ambitious with its goals.

Not its financial goals, though. $1,275 was all that was requested to get the project fully funded, it unsurprisingly took just 2 minutes to crack that. No, the ambition lies with the build and features of the Yumi.

The Yumi project is headed up by CEO Nicolas Michaut, a founder of Lychee Slicer, and the printers – named Model C – can be scaled to handle multicolor printing from one material up to 12. The twist? It won’t cost you a bomb to get scaling.

It’s also marketed as the “fastest multicolor 3D printer in the galaxy”. 700 mm/s is the proclaimed printing speed here, but until we’ve verified any potential 3D printer rivals produced on one of the other billions of planets within the Milky Way, we can’t invest too much faith in that claim.

The Model C Yumis come in three different sizes named C235, C335, and C435, which defines the X and Y axes. Otherwise the machines are all the same and look to be, mechanically and kinematically speaking, bread-and-butter bed-slinging 3D printers. Yumi provides specs for its machines in a table over on its Kickstarter page.

The material management is handled by individual filament holders (instead of boxes with multiple slots like Bambu’s AMS) named YMS that can be added modularly to a total of 12, giving users some flexibility for exactly how many they need. A YMS Pro model adds a heater to keep your filaments toasty, but it appears there is a limit on just how many of these modular single YMS’ can be linked up if they are mixed. One thing that does appear certain though (and you can see it in our lead image) is that you can bracket-up a full 12 YMS’ and mount it onto the frame of the Model C. We’ve not seen that before…

Let’s talk about printheads, though, because there are two. One’s called the Chroma X12, and the other is a nameless high-flow direct drive. The Chroma X12 heats up to 240 °C and uses the dual-gear extruders located within the “YMS” boxes. Yumi states that it is a “low waste” hotend by limiting retraction for material changes to 10 cm, and is intended for complex multicolor prints – so it comes standard on those who pledge on 5+ color packages. The direct extruder alternative is meant for high-temp, exotic materials and can get up to 310 °C. With the Model C’s not being enclosed, however, printing such materials may prove more of a challenge than on alternatives like a Bambu Lab X1C or a Elegoo Centauri Carbon — two printers we rate very highly.

An app for remote control and connectivity is also promised, and appears to contain AI print failure detection, provided an optional camera is purchased.

It’s worth pointing out that the name “Wanhao” appears too – perhaps by mistake – in the pledges for “Join the Wanhao Community” for roughly $5.

Wanhao is a company that’s been around a while, and Yumi does show that it’s been producing filaments (over $100 in fact) for a few years, a 3D pen, and a touchscreen pad, as well its its own single board computer. From the Yumi wiki, it seems the company may be a Wanhao subsidiary.

yumi chroma x12 printhead — A close up of the Chroma X12 printhead (Source: Yumi)

So, what does Yumi say a Model C would cost you? Let’s lay it out.

C235 (Printer Only): $195 (MSRP: $299)
C335 (Printer Only): $310 (MSRP: $439)
C435 (Printer Only): $375 (MSRP: $499)

With each machine, five, seven, and 12 color bundles are also available. Each number picked here will increase the price depending on the size of printer chosen. There are also a whole host of additional extras including items such as LED light strips, a camera, a Klipper-equipped remote control pad, a 3D pen, and much more.

What about the YMS, though? Well, only the pledge price and the MSRP for the Pro model are displayed. Each one will cost $29 to kickstart, rising to $60 at MSRP. So, we expect the basic will cost less than that, but by how much we’re just not sure yet. At the time of writing, the FAQs page on the Kickstarter has not been written.

Have a dive into this complex Kickstarter yourselves and see what you think of this new hardware, is it backable or unbackable? And let us know in the comments if you’ve put your money where your mouth is if you think it’s great!

Editor's Note – This article highlights a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Kickstarter is not a shop; campaigns are under no legal obligation to deliver on crowdfunding promises, nor offer refunds on unfulfilled campaign rewards.

For more insight, read our article 8 Things to Watch for When Backing a 3D Printing Kickstarter.

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About the Author:

Jonny Edge

All3DP Editor with almost 15 years of journalism under his belt, but his real job is as a Cat Butler. Often seen boxing. Coincidentally, also seen getting punched a lot.

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