Which inexpensive reliable printer to go with?

[curious aardvark]

why not get a prntrbot ? You know the pieces work with it and they tick all the boxes.
(looks at website) wow they've gone up in price.

best alternative to the quide is probably the wanhao duplicator i3: http://wanhaousa.com/products/duplic...us-steel-frame

Has larger print volume so you could print more figures in one go.

When you get the printer. try printing the figures at 0.2mm layer height.
Still looks good and is twice as fast :-)

dual extruders are not as useful as you think.
in over 2 1/2 years, with two machines with dual extruders, I only have one design that I use two extruders for.
And that's purely for aesthetic reasons. In practical terms the one coloured piece is exactly as functional as the bi-coloured one and prints about 4 times faster (dual extrusion takes a lot longer and I can print the single colour pouch at 0.3mm layer rather than the 0.2 I need for the bi-colour). They just look better :-)

Most of my prints are done un-supervised.
If you're concerned set up an ip camera or tablet (teamviewer turns any cheap android tablet into an ip camera).