[&o]After reading the posts on this thread, I did not see where anyone had called the Lazy Bee kit "crap". We have all built Clancy kits that have been die cut and they are awesome. You have to understand that in a manufacturing environment, a die cut kit tooling needs maintenance. Down time for tooling repair means money lost, which in turn reflects in higher costs to the consumer. There are imperfections with die cut kits. Not to say that all Clancy kits have problems. I have a newer Speedy Bee kit that the ribs were not cut all the way thru. you know as well as I do that the plywood pcs. are not cut well. Even though balsa is light and soft...it will still wear out tool steel in time. A laser cut kit is very precise. In the beginning a company will pay some big dollars for the laser cutting machine, but the savings in tooling over time will pay for that machine very quickly. Hopefully we will benefit with a superior kit at a lower price.