[bryans]

You're making the assumption that everyone in the world is capable of or would even want to assemble a crude version of the same concept at home. Comparing the resourcefulness or ingenuity of an experienced hacker to that of the product's target market (artists, crafters and children) is asinine at best.

It is exactly this kind of overreaction that I was addressing in my original comment. You make these wild assumptions that it's only going to cost them pennies per unit to manufacture and that they're ripping people off. But that's far from reality.