@FailForward Don't know which came first but there's also an Ukraine-based company called Ugears
https://ugearsmodels.com/

@FailForward I don't think so. The main selling point is really the time and effort spent in designing and prototyping these models. At this moment haven't seen these being sold at different outlet. That said, it is difficult but not impossible to steal the ideas. It is true that once you have the model (digitally) you can feed it into CNC laser cutter and make as many as you like. So I would not be surprise in a couple of years it might caught the eye by some Chinese copycat company which starts churning out them out en masse.