The real story isn't the hardware—it's Formlabs preparing for exit. An IPO signals the resin printer market has matured enough for institutional investors, which means consolidation and margin pressure are coming for smaller players. The budget FDM stuff ($109–$150) will keep selling because it works adequately, but watch whether Formlabs' public markets debut drains engineering talent and focus from actual innovation into investor relations. The modding community's GPU cooling hack is a neat flex proving 3D-printed components can handle thermal load—but it's a one-off flex, not a market mover; the real opportunity is whether anyone commercializes that into a product line before someone gets burned.