In article <DB7B82AF-C165-41D6-BEAE-39D32601DC08 at gmail.com>,
    David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> writes:
  Where does the $100K figure come from?  I think the
pocketfactory guys
 are us ing a RepRap variant, which usually weigh in at less than $700
 for all the part s. 
They have a makerbot and an Up! 3D printer <http://pp3dp.com/>
  I don't think the quality would be *as* nice as
the original, but
 unlike the DEC switches, they'd be available. 
Yeah, they won't be molded, but they can be printed on demand and
would be cheap.
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