Printrbot is definitely the slickest looking 3d printer I’ve seen yet. And the price? At $500 this is the cheapest 3d printer to hit the market yet.

I remember just two and a half years ago when MakerBot Industries opened its doors and announced the cupcake, which at the time was released at $750 for the kit and could be assembled in a “weekend” (of the people I know who got them, I don’t know anyone who managed to get it up and running that fast.) Since its release, they’ve made a lot of improvements on the machine, discontinued that model, and now sell the Thing-o-matic kit which is an excellent machine, and has a great community around it.

What do you think? I think we’re probably around 5 years away from the sub $100 mark.

We’re living in the future.

Printrbot-Mystery-Print from Printr Bot on Vimeo.