Warehouse Stationery are now selling Makerbot 3d printers.
http://search.warehousestationery.co.nz/search?p=Q&w=makerbot&view=grid&isort=score&sli_sid=IzU5jnNBX106jiHeltUmhGLtTzH12RwinlU=
Still out of my price range, but now they are going "main stream" the prices might start comming down.