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My personal experience is that the makerbot is a poorly engineered, low quality 3d printer. A few years ago, that was okay because it was the only cheap 3d printer. Now, there are many more 3d printers out there that have equal price but are higher quality.

IMO, the makerbot is a toy for people who think 3d printing is super cool, but don't know anything about manufacturing. From an accuracy/repeatability standpoint, the makerbot is pretty low quality.