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Originally posted by SEFishy
these only died cause tippmann came out with the 98, they quit makeing this line of guns late 1998
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I'm not sure why the '98' killed it.
Tippmann has been making popular semis since 1990.
The Tippmann Pro/Am was the defacto field-rental through most of the 90s.
The real problem was the ICD blowbacks hit the market around 1994. The SAME time as all cheap Z-1 cones flooded everywhere. (ie Boxers, Checkmates, AK1s, Icons, Elliminators, etc).
There was simply no market left for the ICD blowbacks, despite the great design. (Its an inline-semi, like a Tippmann, except the valve is vertical, NOT horizontal). The recock was also adjustable, 9 years before the Omen came out.
-nick