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04-14-2012, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Earth
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Originally Posted by Brules
Bad option to have Apex, most people wont want it.
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I agree, but it is convenient for some I guess.
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04-15-2012, 10:34 AM
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A dream within a dream
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Central Wisconsin
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I think I'd said somewhere, maybe even here, that the idea was probably to be able to be an "every situation imagineable" barrel kit. With the number of tournament guys dipping their toes into things like UWL and scenario games, the Apex is a good fit. The people who buy the kit and don't want the Apex tip, I'm sure will find a place in the BST for it, and guys with Freak sets who wanted just an Apex tip to complete their own needs will buy them up.
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04-15-2012, 11:09 AM
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#150
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Southern California
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Will we be able to buy pieces seperately?
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04-15-2012, 12:26 PM
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I like to shoot bazooka.
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Detroit, MI
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Originally Posted by Red Chief
Todd Martinez was just on the NCPA web cast showing new gear from empire and he had the Super Freak with him. He said it will have Five inserts from .675-.695 and ALL old freak pieces will work with all the NEW pieces and vice versa
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anyone get some pics of this?
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04-16-2012, 12:59 PM
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Kews is Mixin Ur Choonz
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: .Kansas.
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Originally Posted by BabyFace
anyone get some pics of this?
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04-16-2012, 03:10 PM
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Injured Reserve
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Originally Posted by Pump Scout
I think I'd said somewhere, maybe even here, that the idea was probably to be able to be an "every situation imagineable" barrel kit. With the number of tournament guys dipping their toes into things like UWL and scenario games, the Apex is a good fit. The people who buy the kit and don't want the Apex tip, I'm sure will find a place in the BST for it, and guys with Freak sets who wanted just an Apex tip to complete their own needs will buy them up.
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That's exactly what people are going to start doing. Buy the kit, sell the pieces you don't want/need to get some of your cost back. Now you have a barrel kit that will last you until the day we eventually switch to plasma rifles. |
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04-16-2012, 07:54 PM
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#154
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I Do My Own Stunts
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Portland Maine
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$200? I'm out.
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04-16-2012, 08:30 PM
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#155
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Umm... people are saying these guys will sue GOG,
How would they go about doing that if GOG acquired rights to SP's products. which includes the original freak barrel system.
Unless I am not aware of some sort of barrel system before SP's
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04-16-2012, 08:32 PM
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#156
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Kee purchased the IP of Smart Parts. They own the rights to all the "goods" manufactured by Smart Parts, as related to their IP.
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04-16-2012, 08:35 PM
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Fear my Join Date
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Originally Posted by WillyW0nka
That's exactly what people are going to start doing. Buy the kit, sell the pieces you don't want/need to get some of your cost back. Now you have a barrel kit that will last you until the day we eventually switch to plasma rifles.
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Yeah until the market gets flooded with Apex tips that will be unsellable because everyone who bought the kit is trying to sell them at the same time.
I said this on an earlier page but I'm saying this again: hopefully they sell the pieces separately or come out with a kit that doesn't have a bunch of useless tips for cheaper.
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04-16-2012, 08:42 PM
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Alex
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 502
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saw these at NCPA this wekend... have to say... looked EXACTLY like a freak barrel. only pulled the inserts and the barrel back out. looked exactly like freak inserts and freak back. didnt look at the barrel tip. the Apex looked cool.
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04-20-2012, 08:23 AM
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#159
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Kitchener
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Originally Posted by NightKreeper
Nobody wants to pay extra $ for a dumb apex front
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Obviously you haven't used an apex ..! I have a freak bored apex and love it and use it all the time.
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04-20-2012, 08:34 AM
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MFCEO
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 501
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Originally Posted by Apollo918
saw these at NCPA this wekend... have to say... looked EXACTLY like a freak barrel. only pulled the inserts and the barrel back out. looked exactly like freak inserts and freak back. didnt look at the barrel tip. the Apex looked cool.
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LoL they could just be repackaging all the old stock that Smart Parts had on hand that they aquired our of bankruptcy for pennies on the dollar.....
Buy 10k sets of freak kits for 1/10th the cost, put in new wrapper, sell for 2x the price = epic profit.
If they look exactly the same then you can probably bet that is what they are doing.
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04-20-2012, 08:52 AM
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Delicious.
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The District
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Originally Posted by Brules
If they look exactly the same then you can probably bet that is what they are doing.
Brilliant move.....
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You can also bet they've got the CAD files for them, and apart from shaving off a few grams why **** with something that works and is guaranteed to sell?
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04-20-2012, 09:32 AM
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#162
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norman Ok.
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8 pages of this and no one has been able to snap a cell phone picture?
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04-20-2012, 09:52 AM
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Alex
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 502
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I wish I had known there were no pictures I would have got some. Oops.
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04-20-2012, 09:13 PM
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GZ Timmy to 2012 G6r
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fwb, Florida
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Dude I'm going to lead the revolution apex barrels on the speedball field...
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04-20-2012, 09:15 PM
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GZ Timmy to 2012 G6r
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fwb, Florida
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For over 200 the inserts better be stainless steal-_____-
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You get to the field, air up your gun, turn on that sock hat swagg, slip on your mask, walk on the field and you are there, nothings better than that dive in tge snake, or snap shooting with the other guy on the other side of your lenses, shere bliss....yep its confirmed nothing better than paintball
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04-20-2012, 09:15 PM
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GZ Timmy to 2012 G6r
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fwb, Florida
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Steel*
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You get to the field, air up your gun, turn on that sock hat swagg, slip on your mask, walk on the field and you are there, nothings better than that dive in tge snake, or snap shooting with the other guy on the other side of your lenses, shere bliss....yep its confirmed nothing better than paintball
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04-20-2012, 09:56 PM
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#167
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Toronto
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I don't really like the Freak tips, but having the Apex as part of a kit is a great marketing ploy; to have something for the woodsballers and speedballers means you're hitting both markets. It's intelligent.
I'd rather see them release the kit that comes with the Sniper on it's own, I just like the look of it more.
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04-20-2012, 11:04 PM
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#168
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 920
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Any release date yet.
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