Upgrade kit from Core One ?
It would help me not to get rid of my Core one... Still waiting for the MMU...
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All the mechanical parts are larger in the Core One L and could hence not be reused. The heatbed is new as well, the Nextruder is at least modified with new electronics and probably cabling (for the accelerometer), the Buddy board may or may not be revised. Which parts would you keep in an upgrade kit? Display, power supply (maybe), what else?
RE: Upgrade kit from Core One ?
Why not make it work really well now, get all the value you can out of it in the next couple of months (depending where you come from, the learning experience, plus the fun with MMU as a fairly material-efficient color changer), then sell it off as a dialed-in printer when the L is mature and easily sourced? There's a lot of buzz right now but I don't see a paradigm shift that a well-working Core One / MMU would suddenly become meaningless.
RE: Upgrade kit from Core One ?
There is no direct upgrade path from Core One to Core One L.
The Core One L is designed to sit in the lineup beside the Core One, as a larger format printer. It's not designed to replace the Core One.
RE: Upgrade kit from Core One ?
There's a lot of buzz right now but I don't see a paradigm shift that a well-working Core One / MMU would suddenly become meaningless.
I agree regarding the Core One vs. Core One L. Not everybody needs the larger build volume; pretty much all 3D printer companies continue to offer models in different sizes.
But if the INDX works as advertised and is not painfully expensive, I would expect the MMU3 to have a hard time in the market. Slower filament changes, very limited ability to mix different materials, and the awkward and space-consuming filament buffers are all significant drawbacks in my opinion.
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right - maybe INDX will be a paradigm shift, making the MMU obsolete. But it's happily ticking right now while I'm writing this (full disclosure: on a single-color print but a different color than the previous one an hour ago) 🙂
Can't say for the OP whether returning it unopened is a good choice or not. I've got mine pipecleaned right now, wouldn't return it - zero uncertainty, follow the announcements from the audience (:popcorn). And keep the ticket in my backpocket for 2026 XMAS "honey I -really- need a new printer" 😀