RPLIDAR 360 Laser Scanner Development Kit

Perhaps that's because people who voted for the item are expected to know what it is that they want. Unfortunately, they don't know what kind of deal MD will make, so the only unknown is the price. I'd jump on this at $200, for instance, but not at $368. Perhaps the voting mechanism needs to be expanded so MD would know what the 'clearing price' would be, e.g., if 10 say they'd buy it at $300 and 50 at $250 they'd have a better negotiation with the vendor.

Note that they recently released the A2 model (around the time of the last drop of this): http://www.seeedstudio.com/RPLIDAR-A2-The-Thinest-LIDAR-p-2687.html. I'm sure they're just trying to get rid of old stock.

I don't understand why Massdrop wouldn't link in the datasheet for this. They just do the bare minimum to advertise the product (and often with spelling mistakes and wrong information) and then leave it up to everyone else to do the research. Here is the page on RobotShop.com which has links to the datasheet and user manual: http://www.robotshop.com/ca/en/rplidar-360-laser-scanner.html