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Wow. I wonder how long it will take them to fulfill 2,500 orders? And I wonder if they were expecting such demand? Their kickstarter was only for $50,000.

bsilvereagle 13y ago
The Kickstarter was launched today, they raised nearly $700K in one day - they have 29 left to go!
- sillysaurus3 13y ago
  I wonder how this particular kickstarter blew up like a firestorm? I can't remember whether even Oculus was this quick to sell. Did it make the rounds on Reddit or something? I'm a bit skeptical of their production timeline: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/817/031/9e4b8b3d2d62482c460e32dca897b15b_large.jpg?1396242590 https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/817/031/9e4b8b3d2d62... It looks like they have a lot of potential roadblocks between now and delivering 3,000+ units. They're looking to bring on a lot of people: assembly team, testers, etc. If it's delayed 6 months, hopefully it'll still be a success.
- subdane 13y ago
  Incredible, they've clearly captured the public's imagination! I wonder what the tipping points were? My best guess here is consumer device, small form factor, sub $300
  - georgemcbay 13y ago
    I didn't contribute to this (I already have a Prusa i3 reprap) but my guess would be that it is nearly all about the price. $300 is just about my impulse purchase price for really sweet "toys", whereas $500+ feels like real money. If I weren't already "into" 3D printing already then something at this price may very well have been what convinced me to jump in just to play around with it.
cmelbye 13y ago
It looks like all of the rewards are limited, so hopefully they've planned for this much demand. Of course, as another commenter pointed out, there's precedent for huge demand for a kickstarter project like this. A similar 3D printer was kickstarted last year and raise $1.5 million.[1] [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-.. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-....

bsilvereagle 13y ago

The Kickstarter was launched today, they raised nearly $700K in one day - they have 29 left to go!

sillysaurus3 13y ago
I wonder how this particular kickstarter blew up like a firestorm? I can't remember whether even Oculus was this quick to sell. Did it make the rounds on Reddit or something? I'm a bit skeptical of their production timeline: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/817/031/9e4b8b3d2d62482c460e32dca897b15b_large.jpg?1396242590 https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/817/031/9e4b8b3d2d62... It looks like they have a lot of potential roadblocks between now and delivering 3,000+ units. They're looking to bring on a lot of people: assembly team, testers, etc. If it's delayed 6 months, hopefully it'll still be a success.
subdane 13y ago
Incredible, they've clearly captured the public's imagination! I wonder what the tipping points were? My best guess here is consumer device, small form factor, sub $300
- georgemcbay 13y ago
  I didn't contribute to this (I already have a Prusa i3 reprap) but my guess would be that it is nearly all about the price. $300 is just about my impulse purchase price for really sweet "toys", whereas $500+ feels like real money. If I weren't already "into" 3D printing already then something at this price may very well have been what convinced me to jump in just to play around with it.

cmelbye 13y ago

It looks like all of the rewards are limited, so hopefully they've planned for this much demand. Of course, as another commenter pointed out, there's precedent for huge demand for a kickstarter project like this. A similar 3D printer was kickstarted last year and raise $1.5 million.[1] [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-.. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-....