And yet some people will still pay for a BMW. I have to go with Pete on this one. Maybe if you ask them, they’ll say a 3D-printed version is fine, but until you actually hear them say that, the idea that this is an option is purely speculative.
I also don’t see why we would want to go this route. We don’t own a 3D printer. I’m pretty sure the idea that they would pay so we can buy one is wishful thinking. At that point, knowledge of Lego is no longer what’s most important to this project, it would be knowledge of 3D printing. It would be much cheaper and effective for them to sub it out to somebody who already has a printer and has experience designing for it and using it. If we brought it up with them, all we’d be doing is giving them reasons to not keep us involved.