Trbo323

yes they are coming out with upgrades but its not like they are incorperating them onto the basic model 98, they are selling them as add ons, so if you were to add up the price of all these add ons that it takes in order to make a 98 compete with something like a vs1 what do you think the price tag would be? a lot more than a vs1 thats what, and you would still have to deal with the length/weight/maintainance issues.

as much as i hate to say it look at smart parts, their markers cycle through, the impulse used to be the best technology they had then the shocker came out and it got bumped, the ion tucked in nicely under it and then the epiphany kinda replaced it even though its just a dressed up ion, so if they are going to follow this pattern maybe we will see a new shocker next, my point is they are replacing the technology as it gets old, something i think tippmann should try

BUT, heres the issue, as i stated in a previous thred, the 98 is a familiar marker, its something new players associate with and want because its the one they had as a rental, so heres what i think tippman should really do, come out with a new 98c, same name, new beast, shorten it, make it faster and much easier to work on, ditch the clam shell in favor of milled aluminum. give it roufghly the same apperance but redesign everything inside. i think that would really help them as the technology for the current 98 just gets older and older

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top hat mod
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