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Jenkins
10-02-2005, 04:41 PM
I think Darkewolf may have posted this in another thread before but I can't remember, but I saw this advertisement on an online store and I thought I saw something familiar so I clicked on it. Here it is:

Rex Paintball (http://www.rexpaintball.com/)

They even created a few that didn't look EXACTLY like the originals.
wablez
10-02-2005, 05:25 PM
If you click the "enlarge picture" on the R1 and R2 marker, it clearly shows the poor attempt to cover the original odyssey marker.
Psycho_warden
10-02-2005, 05:53 PM
Sooo...does anyone else feel like bustin out laughing?
pbrascal37
10-03-2005, 09:28 AM
ooooh I want a couple of their guages they are nice, I will probly order one for my TES it would look cool that blue guage...

but what a rip
Jenkins
10-03-2005, 10:59 AM
Yah, I'm a little confused...the Odyssey rep said they couldnt use the data cable thing becuase SP has a patent on it...yet these guys make an exact copy of Odyssey's guns and I haven't heard anything about Odyssey sueing/charging them with a violation of their patent. Now that I think about it, Planet Eclipse uses data cables too. Wierd.
wulf1010
10-03-2005, 11:31 AM
Shankster could probobly be more enligthening. But my guess is that as with an number of guns, namely kingman, dragun, and a bunch of the clones, these were made by jyc (i think thats the name)...Anyway, i could well be wrong, i heard this some where at some point in the past.
TESballer
10-03-2005, 12:18 PM
Below is from their forums...

Mike posted 10/3/05 1:47 AM Why would people buy your guns when they are obviously direct copies of Dragun, Odyssey, and Diablo markers?

Rex Paintball (Moderator) posted 10/3/05 2:44 AM because this is the same manufacturer who produced and provided the products for them

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crap, my sig looks funky cus of the new style

edit:

now it doesn't look so bad
teswkit
10-03-2005, 02:46 PM
Dont assume what you "think" you all know. Well there's ONE company that produces Odyssey and the GREAT DRAGUN, and it was a Taiwanese company that produces all the markers you see in Odyssey and so is Rex Paintball too, so its really not a poor attempt its just they got orders from the same Taiwanese company to get the same guns like Odyssey but not for Odyssey just for Rex Paintball
Algernon
10-03-2005, 04:05 PM
the type-R looks A LOT like the "reaper" diablo planed to release a while back. if i had to guess i'd say that these markers are something odyssesy's and diablo's parent company (NPS?) had planned to release for some time now. for whatever reason REX paintball has been chosen to be the outlet. my question is why. why not use a brand with a little more prestige and *ahem* a better website, like idunno, diablo? diablo still has a bunch of faceless markers on it's homepage like the reaper and pro-X. i was fully expecting the old odyssey markers to be relased as revamped diablo markers... but then we have this REX paintball nonsense?
teswkit
10-03-2005, 04:49 PM
the type-R looks A LOT like the "reaper" diablo planed to release a while back. if i had to guess i'd say that these markers are something odyssesy's and diablo's parent company (NPS?) had planned to release for some time now. for whatever reason REX paintball has been chosen to be the outlet. my question is why. why not use a brand with a little more prestige and *ahem* a better website, like idunno, diablo? diablo still has a bunch of faceless markers on it's homepage like the reaper and pro-X. i was fully expecting the old odyssey markers to be relased as revamped diablo markers... but then we have this REX paintball nonsense?

Because you dont want to get sued from another "American" company.
Jenkins
10-03-2005, 05:25 PM
I wonder why they gave the guns code names like M1, R1, R2, etc. It's just confusing. Names are easier to remember. With these guns its like memorizing morse code.

I'm really diggin this quick reply thing.
Shankster
10-03-2005, 06:20 PM
Ok, sorry guys, havent been in here in a bit...

It was mentioned earlier. Same manufactor. SP doesn't like suing overseas companys. Besides WDP ( Angel <3).
TESballer
10-13-2005, 06:30 PM
dude... has anyone seen Rex Paintballs site lately... what happened... its... all cool looking now :eyes:

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now my browsers can't find odyssey.tv?

there goes all the manufacture hear-say conclusions I've made...
Shankster
10-13-2005, 06:44 PM
dude... has anyone seen Rex Paintballs site lately... what happened... its... all cool looking now :eyes:

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now my browsers can't find odyssey.tv?

there goes all the manufacture hear-say conclusions I've made...
Thanks for that. I guess we need to catch up on our bills. First our phone now our domain name.