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Unread 04-30-2005, 08:27 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by El]v[0IsEv1L
The real problem is that Commercial blocks bought out DIY designs.

Like The WhiteWater.... it was pretty much bought by DTek and then DD came out with the RBX.. pretty much all on the same design.

The problem is that DIY's sold out. Now Commercial blocks have the designs that DIY peeps made (like hte TDX as well) and it's hard for new DIY's to compete.

Essentially DIY's are competing against DIY's.
Those two blocks are not great examples. The RBX/TDX designer was never interested in being a DIY guy. He designed the block and then DD made it. The White Water was originally designed and made by Cathar as was the Cascade and now the Storm. D-Tek struck a deal with Cathar for the White Water. Hard to classify those as DIY stuff. The real DIY stuff is the guys that made white water clones. At the time there was many people making DIY versions of commercial blocks and their own blocks. Now I don't see but a couple people making their own blocks and half of them have yet to do any real work on it. It seems to me that people have just lost intrest in building blocks and other DIY parts and mods.

You can cheaply buy anything pre-modded these days. That IMO is the reason DIY is going out of style.
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