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# People Are Making the _Westworld_ Maze With 3D Printers

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## Ashley Hoffman


Dec 9, 2016 8:45 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Dec 9, 2016 8:45 PM UTC

[_Westworld_](http://time.com/4582758/westworld-fan-theories-analysis/) fans are taking their obsession with the game to a whole new level.

While [Siri recently got in on the _Westworld_ fun](http://time.com/4595386/siri-westworld-robot/), now some ultra-dedicated fans have created replicas of the all-important maze from the sci-fi series using 3D printers. On the mind-bending show, which traces the stories of humans and lifelike robots in search of themselves, the maze is a symbolic robot-only puzzle of sorts. (It appears all over the show’s amusement park, and it’s described as a “game” of self-knowledge.)

What is it really? Ed Harris, the actor who plays the Man in Black, and is obsessed with it, [did not know](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/05/westworld-ed-harris-man-black-finale) because it’s just that addictive. As the show says, the park “seduces everyone,” including people who have taken to Instagram to post their own DIY _Westworld_ maze creations.

Consider this an excellent way to access the truth about yourself if you can’t swing the fictional park’s $40,000 a day. Check out some of the creations below.


> [](https://twitter.com/Linuxfera/status/806787942337245184)

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