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2026-07-18 · PrintNative

The real story isn't emoji branding—it's that Elegoo's Centaur 2 price cut signals the multifilament market is maturing fast. Reliable dual-extrusion is no longer a premium play; it's becoming table stakes, and Elegoo moving volume at lower price points tells you Bambu Lab's stranglehold on that segment is cracking. The Kingroon PETG 10-pack at $60 points to the same thing: filament commoditization is accelerating, which means margins compress industry-wide and only efficient manufacturers survive. Skip the emoji nonsense and watch whether Elegoo can actually scale quality at lower ASPs—that's the competitive moat that matters.