The agency said entertainers can volunteer their time to perform, but ancillary costs such as travel expenses had to be paid by the campaign or counted as an "in-kind" donation.

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But it indicates a demand (the majority of backers invested at a level which would get them a lamp, at a cost well over the average Kickstarter donation), and could yet be parlayed into the future development plans of the right kind of product.

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