Will it be available in £s?
We lose £300 by being forced to buy it in Euros.
In the world of 3D printers, the pricey Form 1 is the equivalent of a Mac in a PC-dominated realm. Owners of the original Form 1 printer are now being offered a $749 (€599) factory upgrade where the printer is taken back to base and has a new laser, peel motor, driver board and other components fitted. The vast majority of …
...simply exchange the Dollar sign for a Pound sign. It's known as foreign exchange when it comes to pricing for the UK. Perhaps the Scots will get them cheaper after independence and we can all go smuggle cheaper IT goods in white vans via Gretna Green....
(Joke icon. However, I guess it's only the suppliers who are laughing... :( )
It's great to see that existing owners are being supported with an upgrade to the new specification; and it doesn't seem to be at a rip-off price either, given the original three grand price-tag.
I know that it's not always practical to build in upgrade-ability but a lot of modern equipment doesn't even seem to be repairable let alone upgradeable.
Where are the cheap chinese knock-off refills?
A thing like this is a long-term investment. That means I'd want to see many manufacturers competing to provide the resin. This isn't just to drive down prices, but also an assurance that even of the manufacturer goes bankrupt in a few years or shuts down production of resin in order to drive people to a newer successor product there will still be a supply of refills.
>Where are the cheap chinese knock-off refills? ... That means I'd want to see many manufacturers competing to provide the resin.
It would appear that they do. More information is here, evidently gleaned from hobbyist forums:
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/09/3d-printering-you-want-uv-resin/