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MakerBot 3D Printers Come To Staples, Fry’s

By TechTaffy Desk

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MakerBot 3D printers and filaments will now be available at electronics retailer Fry’s Electronics and Staples. Makerbot printers and filaments will also be available online from these retailers.

Frys.com will also offer the full line of MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers, including the Replicator Desktop 3D Printer, the MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, the MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer, and the MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental 3D Printer.

Staples will sell the Replicator 3D Printers and the Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanners.

[Image courtesy: Fry’s]

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