The flagship is the best of the best. Flagship phones do have a lot of features that no one ever uses as well.
AMS was considered niche as well. And if a possible laser/cnc/something add on is not that expensive why not deliver it out of the box? I have used lasers a lot and it can have aesthetic, practical, functional, speed and price advantages over printing.
Thinking out of the box with the laser, smoothing the surface so you dont have layer lines makes more sense to me than using it for engraving.
Technically it’s the company’s Core Product, the main one they market and try to get people to buy the most, even if it’s not the best product they carry. That is currently the X1C, even though the X1E is objectively better. I mean you can’t even buy the X1E from Bambu, you need to go though a 3rd party vendor like you would for enterprise hardware. But Bambu has been very non-specific on this, so no on really knows what their intentions for it are yet…
Another example with phones, The flagships for Google are the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, not the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, because the price on the fold is enough to push people away so they don’t market it as much
With manufacturing being a selling point i think its safe to say what they have in mind £1500 ?
But people who only want a 3D printer will still have to pay the extra for the laser engraving/cutting. I don’t know about others, but I won’t, even if it’s only $200 more. If this printer has laser engraving or CNC in it, I will pass and wait for the upgrade on X1C. That said, for those who also do laser engraving, it can be a good deal.
The possible technical implementation of the extruder is really quite interesting.
To me, it looks like there is a centrally driven large drive gear, with the corresponding gears for each extruder (left and right) positioned on the outside. Both levers appear to be mounted at the bottom. At the top, where the small gear is located, there could be something like a cam mechanism integrated.
This would result in two operating modes:
This is just an assumption based on the images, but it would be a very compact solution, and I find the possible implementation extremely interesting.
Great minds think alike 
. See my post. But I will admit that’s a wild guess.
Looks like one central stepper than spins both ways. And a micro servonfor engaging. Or that smaller motor only pulls the filament beyond the extruder gear and holds it.
Here is one other possible usecase:
We build cargobikes and our keys are cheap feeling:
So we encase them in a 3D print (we drop the keys in mid-print) and laser engrave our logo on them:
Which makes them feel somewhat more premium. With a combined machine you can get them off the build plate like this (in theory)
Edit: Oh, and the tag is of course lasercut and engraved leather, reclaimed from old and worn down leather bags
For the people that want to laser off the layer lines, I just have to say that you have to show the layers some love, not try to erase them! 
you can always go for resin instead as those are much less noticeable / almost nonexistent
This machine will be ultra fast. With a dual-nozzle setup, you can print external walls with a 0.2mm nozzle for high detail and use a 0.8mm nozzle for rapid infill, cutting print time by 40–60% while maintaining quality.
From the looks of that, it seems that the part cooling fan is in the back of the toolhead along with the hotend fans. ACTUALLY what about the hotend fans? The linear rails and belt channels don’t leave much space, and having a duct is pretty inefficient… I think hotend cooling might be an issue?
Just purchased a P1S a few weeks ago. I guess (or hope 
?) this one will be much more expensive.
There are cases that the layer lines add to the appeal. I have used 0.28 mm layer height for that. But for the most part, I don’t mind them not showing.
Wow, the extruder is extremely complex. It is quite a genius system. No wonder it took so long to design. It does bring up questions of reliability factors. This system reminds me of the A1 toolhead with the buckle in nozzle, the part cooling fan placement and design. Even the silicone sock is the same.
Expensive is relative. BL printers have been priced reasonably. One can expect to pay less than if the same printer were made and sold by some other companies.
Yeah, I expect for the basic non combo version to be ~ $1,200 to ~ $1,400 and the combo be ~ $1,800 to ~ $2,000. If there is a laser module, It would be $150 ish.
I think march 20th will be the biggest tell, about what else to expect , the image looks like a lot of seperate parts
true that. if it s supposed to be the new flagship that will be around or above a X1C price and then there will be cheaper stripped down versions down the road.
