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Yes it is. Extruded pieces can be pretty gnarly. This is exacerbated at small feature sizes, which is what you see here, especially on the birdcage which is about 3cm tall. To be fair, most people would clean that birdcage up a bit before showing it to anyone.

Most of the objects you see on the page have been cleaned up. For instance, over the "Accessories - Form Finish kit:" heading you see a part that hasn't had its temporary supports removed. The bracelet is a little furry on the bottom. It looks much better near the top of the page where it shows in a montage after cleaning.

That birdcage was actually pre-cleaned to make it look as good as possible.

The "Coil Pot" look is the norm for any device using fused filament fabrication.

it's an issue of the size. makerbots can print nice looking things but not that small. the objects being compared are the size of a quarter.