I am a reprap core developer and I've seen this exact thing a number of times. There is documented prior art from 2010. Someone I know has had that device on their desk for the past year. There is no part of it that is innovative. They do not deserve a patent. By applying for a patent, they destroy their credibility in the field. Which is all extremely sad and stupid because it's a cool product and they've thought of very creative stuff to make with it. They are wasting effort and money on patenting this stuff when they could just execute better than everyone else and have the market for what is clearly a fad to themselves. The more money they waste on crap like that, the less likely they are to deliver in time.

On that note, hell yeah I am completely against patents. Patents are the biggest threat to open hardware, and open hardware is my life.