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Reply #30 - 06/30/08 at 15:24:11
 
Eh, air-thru grip's great and I like the feel of the Luxe but, even BT has air-thru grips and cramming all the air lines, electronics and battery into one area just sounds like a great way to guarantee something's gonna get screwed up when you change the battery. I can't wait to hear about the first bolt flying out during a tourney.
 
EDIT: Besides, James likes to change industry, not copy it.
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Reply #31 - 06/30/08 at 16:16:05
 
The air bleeds as you pop the cap and seals it, so you can work on it while the gun is aired up. And the air lines are machined into the frame itself, not actual lines like micro or that steel kind that Phantoms use. The battery is a li-po somethingerather, the kind used in cell phones. The charging port is on the front of the grip frame under the grips. Wink
 
That's why I ask James's opinion. I know he's trying to change it, but what is his response to the Luxe, another industry changing design? Smiley
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Reply #32 - 06/30/08 at 20:03:39
 
The LuX is pretty....PRETTY DAMN EXPENSIVE!
 
There was one this weekend at the SPPL.  Some nice ideas...but nothing to me that could justify the exrordinary cost.
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Reply #33 - 07/01/08 at 07:40:16
 
It feels good too but yeah, for half again the price of the Droid...I would like to hear James' expert opinion as well. Of course, if he has actually been out of the shop long enough to look at a Luxe, I'm gonna have to sic some bushballers on him to get him back to work where he belongs, making more lovely toys for us to use and abuse!
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Reply #34 - 07/01/08 at 20:39:35
 
The new Borg will be about $1000-1200 like MacDev always releases guns at is my bet, and the Luxe is only a little more... I understand the price difference, but when it comes to me, price doesn't matter as much as resale, and it looks like the Luxe will maintain a good resale used (limited production due to "hand making" them).... I'm just interested in James's perspective! Smiley
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Reply #35 - 07/02/08 at 07:33:28
 
Hand-making is a great advertising slogan but, as I understand it, Droids and Cyborgs are hand-made as well. It all depends on your definition of hand-made. Don't get me wrong, the only thing I'm dissing about the Luxe is it's association with Smart Parts and the fact that I think it's about $600 overpriced.
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Reply #36 - 07/03/08 at 01:01:41
 
Drivel about Smart Parts... it's a company doing what companies do: MAKE MONEY! Make a little comment back about it and we'll agree to disagree so this doesn't blow up, agreed? Smiley
 
$600 overpriced isn't right to me, considering how overpriced most markers out there are. How much money do you think it takes Bob Long to make 1,000 Timmy's? LOL! Guns are not dirt cheap to design and make, but not enough to justify even a $900 price tag, after taking dealer markup into account. MAP is still VERY high over cost. The Luxe is about $1000 overpriced if you ask me! But that's the world we live in, and we must cope with it. Smiley
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Reply #37 - 07/03/08 at 09:46:56
 
Part of the problem is SP gets a significant amount of money from everyone thanks to their unearned patents Sad So add that in! Obviously they don't pay on their own use so that gun is a fat cow  Shocked
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