[The Antiyuppie]

I want one of those machines at home...but it’s going to be a year or two before they come down... </sarc>

I do agree, with the guy that these 3D machines that print plastic crap are mostly a novelty - great for learning, or for prototyping, perhaps.

[null and void]

Yes, I’ve used them for prototyping.

[varyouga]

when I first got into 3D printing in the late 90s, the decent ABS machines cost nearly $200k. Back then it was purely a novelty and machines were too slow for any profitable manufacturing. It was called "rapid prototyping" for reason.

Today a $5000 machine can deliver the same results and MUCH faster speed. They are promising machines for half that price for the holidays. They are getting small, cheap and fast enough for real manufacturing.