[KaoruAoiShiho]

Amazon only has around 10 more years before 3d printing starts to kill retail. Beware.

[michaelt]

I will bet you $100 that in ten years time, it will not be commonplace to 3D print a fully working:

* Mobile phone * Bottle of beer * Sweatshirt or * Pear

What do you say?

[KaoruAoiShiho]

Starts to kill retail, not has killed it.

The most important thing for investor trust right now is that the trends are going the right way. In 10 years people will start seeing the writing on the wall for the current distribution model.

[darkarmani]

Is this what photo printers did to prints? People don't buy prints as much because of digital photograph, but when they want prints, people still pay someone else to print them.

[qq66]

Small scale manufacturing can only compete with large scale manufacturing where speed, customization, or luxury are important enough to pay a large premium for.

[rrp]

Bezos is an investor in Makerbot. (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/makerbot) I'm sure he's well aware of the trends in 3D printing and will position Amazon in the market appropriately.

[netrus]

ebooks were the far far bigger challange for Amazon compared to 3d printing. Printing clothes? Printing Mobiles? Printing Washing machines?

Never. Ever.

[craytheon]

Never say never

[vacri]

Plastic precursor doesn't simply appear out of thin air.