Anyone had a look at these?
It just seems to good to be true at that price.
“Regular price” $99 is below of the possible price of the development, components, work, marketing, and proper tech. support for the whole lifecycle. Maybe below the price of components themselves. And they have many parts (camera, display, even heated bed) as upgrades for extra money.
So could work if you added the extra parts then, but as is doesn’t seem right?
Makers of Trinus 3D printer. Backers got their kits but not overjoyed about the printer. If I can get it for $50 it’ll be worth the experience, although I may keep it in the garage, can’t imagine the heated bed in a $100 printer is awfully safe. The Trinus was driven entirely by lead screws with an i3 style movement system, but judging on the brief video the Obsidian has the same movement system as the Ultimakers.
http://www.trinus3d.com/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1403065126/trinus-the-affordable-all-metal-3d-printer/description
Thanks for that @Adam_Steinmark , trying to help a friend out whose trying to find the cheapest route into 3D printing. As I’m new myself I’m not really much help 
@Jez_Fairclough cheapest I’d recommend is Monoprice Maker Select Plus for $400 or Printrbot Smalls for $300. The Monoprice is significantly better stock at 7.9 x 7.9 x 7.1 in with a heated bed and should work fairly well with just a little assembly out of the box. The Printrbot on the other hand does not come with a heated bed stock, is fairly small at 4 x 4 x 6 in, and I feel a heated bed is really essential to 3D printing as PLA does not make for very functional parts. The good thing about the Printrbot Smalls is that it’s a great tool to learn about the mechanics of the printer because they have a few upgrades that I’d recommend getting once you get the hang of the printer which gives it a heated bed and up to 8 x 6 x 10 build volume at a total cost of $235 for those upgrades. Ultimately it comes down to what you want in a printer but those are the two cheapest good printers. Anything cheaper will be hit or miss with print quality and have frustrating Chinese components.
You also probably don’t want a Kickstarter printer as your first printer because you’ll wait a long time if you get it at all and there will be very little support because the company will still be finding its roots. The printers are usually not tested as well because the goal is to get it to the backers as quickly as possible.
@Adam_Steinmark i basically agree with u. I have used Trinus and i kind of feel disappointed.
I have a Trinus and a RigidBot. I can certainly get better quality from the RigidBot (it is heavily modified) but I would certainly vote for the Trinus as a low cost entry point. The machine is sturdy, and does a decent job. Could it do better? Certainly! But for the price I paid, I am ok with what I got. I am considering getting an Obsidian too.
$50 is well into “too good to be true” territory. I’d say by all means invest $50 in it to enjoy the ride, but don’t expect to end up with a useable printer.
Creality CR-10, great printer for < 400$, huge volume, aluminium frame and heated bed …