I applaud Kodak for this effort but I think they would have been better off following the approach of Impossible Project / Polaroid. When Impossible revived polaroid they began by offering refurbished cameras. Then they offered a new camera. Later when they obtained the rights to the polaroid name and intellectual material, they offered more new cameras. Kodak should have worked with Pro8 who already had rebuilt and modified cameras, starting first with a basic model then moving to a more advanced model, then eventually to their own newly manufactured camera. All of this could have been done in the run up to the new model. This approach would have allowed them pivot and react to user feedback and capitalize on the resurgence of interest in film.
Polaroid came back from the dead and seem to have a well considered long-term plan. Kodak's new super 8 camera was introduced with much promise and what seemed to be a very thought out approach. Then it began to feel more like an afterthought as they went radio silence for years. I hope this works for them, and I'm glad they are at long last taking orders. It just could have been so much more than it seems to be.