I'm going to pass on this one personally,

I’m going to pass on this one personally, but there are some really neat ideas to emulate, like the filament tray+feed mechanism.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-the-3d-printer-that-everyone-can-use

unmistakeably made in singapore, that Singlish accent so strong. they tried to inject some french. definitely riding on the design lines of “stevejobs”. well done id say …
if you look at the XYcore photo, i can recognise the pulley made in china. no mistake about it, about US1/pc