I don't get the fetish about 3D printing when CNC milling machine are cheaper and better in most aspects. Between a Makerbot and a Roland iModela I know what I want, and it's not the Makerbot...
The forum where the question is asked is actually a subforum on a video game site. But I still find it provides some kind of insight on the thinking of many business type people, that completely fail to comprehend anything about technology.
And that think that ideas are valuable, and that execution just goes to the lowest bidder...