The real story isn't the toys—it's the tooling ecosystem fracturing. Bambu Lab's walled garden is finally getting viable open-source competition (that browser CLI matters more than it sounds), while Prusa's aggressive firmware release cadence signals they're fighting for relevance against Bambu's momentum. Skip the $170 kids' printer and $629 scanner marketing noise; watch whether that free Bambu alternative gains traction—if developers adopt it, Bambu's proprietary advantage evaporates fast. The firmware churn tells you everything: established players are in catch-up mode, not innovation mode.