And the MakerBot is not very reliable itself. I talked to Bre Pettis, the founder of MakerBot at MakerFaire and he said the biggest challenge they faced was "Up

And the MakerBot is not very reliable itself. I talked to Bre Pettis, the founder of MakerBot at MakerFaire and he said the biggest challenge they faced was "Uptime" they make a great product, but its kit based origin, and the buggy nature of atoms means you have to be fairly well versed in CS/EE/ME principles to successfully operate one.