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Originally Posted by slimthelineman
I'm not condoning it, but cmon guys where do you think hpi and traxxas stuff is made? The slash 4x4 comes out of the box with aade in tiawan sticker on the chassis. Fact is castle is one of the only companies I know of that still actually makes almost all of their stuff in house here in the states. We all know that the only similarities will be the looks. Good luck with reliability and cs but you get what you pay for. Buy ten cheap copies or the real deal don steel cc stuff once. I'm not surprised at all. Hpi has been using cloned castle stuff for a while and no body even flinched. Don't know if it's made by castle but if it was why rebadge it or put it in a different motor can? We are all happy to buy the turnigy pack which are more than likely the same cells in our American packs but we are mad they came out with some crappy esc clone? All or nothin. It is what it is. Won't stop me from buyin stuff there bit for damn sure I will be gettin all the momo's and speedos from the cc crew. Yes it does suck but I reall don't see it cutting into cc profit margins. More like a running joke at the factory, " look our stuff is so awesome even the chinese are trying to call it there own!"
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You are correct. Until more people figure out that "nothing" is the correct way to go, it won't change. For me, it's
NOTHING. That company / site adds NOTHING to the hobby. To say that they're a PARASITE gives them too much credit. The only positive note I can see is that
perhaps this will make some more hobbyists "see the light."
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Originally Posted by Dadx2mj
Hobby King has done this with products from Traxxas, Spektrum, and Futaba just to name a few. No surprise they will continue to expand their knock off inventory has long as people keep buying their junk.
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