

Show HN: Kickstarter project for snap-together, desktop trebuchets - carpdiem
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803756771/trebuchette-the-snap-together-desktop-trebuchet

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vnchr
This guys need 1600 pre-sales to make this happen? (their unit price of the
smallest product divided into the fundraising minimum goal)

Even if they get an array of donations/sales for their smallest to biggest
versions, that's a lofty goal to set as the minimum requirement to produce
these things for the public.

I call that this is truly a niche product and the fundraiser won't hit $48k...

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carpdiem
Well, it's a combination of two things:

1) We wanted to keep the price / trebuchet low, so our margin after materials
is slim.

and

2) The laser cutter that we need to produce these is expensive.

But such is life!

