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Fig. 1   Deal post   3D printers

Anycubic Kobra 4 Combo for $279

A 260 mm cube printer with a four-spool ACE 2 Pro in the box, for $279 at checkout.

Fig. 2   Spec
ItemAnycubic Kobra 4 Combo (4 colors, printer plus ACE 2 Pro, no filament)
Price$279.00Product page shows $299.00. Anycubic's $20 Black Friday discount (the page lists code BFK420) brought it to $279.00 in our test cart. Before tax and shipping.
Usual price$499.00Anycubic's own list price on the product page. We don't have price history on this model yet.
StoreAnycubic US store. Sold by Anycubic.
StockIn stock, page says ships in 24 hours
CouponBFK420, listed on the page with a countdown timer. In our test cart the $20 came off without entering it.
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LinkSee it at Anycubic US store
Fig. 3   Note

Who it's for, and the catch

This is the combo version, so the ACE 2 Pro filament unit ships with the printer. That gets you four-color printing out of the box, and the ACE 2 Pro dries filament while it prints (Anycubic lists up to 65°C). A second ACE 2 Pro takes it to eight colors.

Build volume is 260 x 260 x 260 mm. Anycubic quotes 300 mm/s as the default print speed and 600 mm/s max, and the LeviQ 3.0 leveling is what they lean on for first layers.

Good fit for someone buying a first multicolor printer who doesn't want to spend Bambu money. The catch is the usual one with any multicolor setup: every color swap purges filament, so a four-color print burns more plastic and more time than the same print in one color. The $499 "regular" price is Anycubic's own number, so judge it on the $279, not the percent off.

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