Perhaps, I think the real benefit is to have the item right away and not have to pay shipping, particularly small items. Everyone knows how the stealership gouges for little plastic parts. I do think 3d scanning will also be big, perhaps small magnets can be glued to the item to be scanned and then it can be suspended in a magnetic field while getting scanned. So I could glue the broken piece together (may have to tape), use some e-6000 glue to attach magnets then scan and replicate.
