{"id":112803,"date":"2014-10-23T17:59:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=112803"},"modified":"2014-10-23T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T16:01:48","slug":"makerbot-in-sa-prices-and-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112803-makerbot-in-sa-prices-and-launch-date.html","title":{"rendered":"MakerBot in SA: prices and launch date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technology distributor Rectron announced at an event on Thursday, 23 October 2014 that it has inked a distribution deal with MakerBot for the South African market.<\/p>\n<p>Rectron will offer MakerBot 3D printers to retailers from Friday, including the MakerBot Replicator Mini, Replicator Desktop, Z18, and 2X.<\/p>\n<p>The distributor will also be stocking the plastic filament consumer by the 3D printers, estimating the retail price at around R700 per kilogram for both PLA and ABS.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what the recommended retail prices would be of the printers, Bruce Bradford, the printer category manager for Rectron provided the following suggested prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MakerBot Replicator Mini: R19,000<\/li>\n<li>MakerBot Desktop: R25,000<\/li>\n<li>MakerBot Z18: R78,000<\/li>\n<li>MakerBot 2X: R28,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MakerBot Digitizer 3D scanner will also be available at a recommended retail price of R12,000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More gadget news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112506-microsoft-to-launch-smartwatch-report.html\"><strong>Microsoft to launch smartwatch: report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112378-apple-reveals-ipad-mini-3.html\"><strong>Apple reveals iPad mini 3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112386-ipad-air-2-unveiled.html\"><strong>iPad Air 2 unveiled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112380-samsung-gear-s-price-launch-window-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>Samsung Gear S price, launch window in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112248-google-nexus-player-media-game-console-unveiled.html\"><strong>Google Nexus Player media &amp; game console unveiled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rectron is officially bringing MakerBot to South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":112805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,18640,4102],"class_list":["post-112803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-makerbot","tag-rectron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}