new tippmann marker
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Topic: new tippmann marker
Posted By: Berlinetta91
Subject: new tippmann marker
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 4:09pm
| i think that tippmann should make a marker especially for speedball like a ion or something.and it would be like 150-300$.....ideas. |
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Posted By: IONKID
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 8:49pm
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That would change tippmann. They are commonly known for there
strong and pneumatic markers. Making an electric marker for speedball
would be a major change, but it's always possible. People might
not accept it because quite frankly, people don't like change. Decent idea though. Maybe they will do it someday. |
Posted By: arkcountryboy
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 9:46pm
Good idea, but if you upgrade right a 98c or A5 will do just fine. ------------- BLK COW |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 11:08pm
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Last I heard Tippmann was working on a new rental gun, similar to the Pro/Carb. So any dreams of a speedball gun have been put on hold. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Search Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 14 September 2005 at 11:09pm
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Ha!!! I didnt even have to search. Page 2 http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=141087&PN=2 - http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=141 087&PN=2 I R Cule!!!11!!! |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 2:15pm
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From a business standpoint, it would be a good diea- very little, if anything, is in the Ion's class performance and price wise. With their respected name, Tippmann could make an inexpensive spedball amrker with impressive performance, and immediately capture some market share. That being said, Tippmann should stick to what it does best; highly customizeable rec and woodsball markers with a high degree of reliability.
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Posted By: dmp4892
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 4:25pm
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104934958904574897584967945th time this was suggested... it would bring Tippmann into a completely different realm, that theyve never been to, and quite possibly ruin them. and if you think Tippmann will see this, they dont read these forums.. besides, if you can make a 98 into a speedball gun, then why make a whole new gun for speedball? ------------- 
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Posted By: Mephistopheles
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 8:01pm
Actually from a business standpoint, it WOULDN'T be a good idea. The speedball marker market is FLOODED! There are so many guns out there, many of which are now so cheap it's actually quite amazing considering the usual mentality of "if it ain't got at least 3 zero's after it I ain't buyin it." And guess what? Speedball makes up.... well Tournament paintball makes up only about 3% of the ENTIRE population of paintball players. Speedball can be categorized with also recball. As in the weekend warriors who go out, play speedball on the field, and go home... no actual tournament. However those numbers are dwarfed by the numbers of woodsball players. The MAJORITY of paintball plays in the woods. Plain and simple. Just because the magazines show only speedball doesn't mean anything, it is just a false fase to put on for public display and that's about it. Much nicer to show inflated bunkers, shiny faded DM5, and matching jerseys to the public than "people training to be terrorists / practicing for war." So since most of paintball players are the camo type, since most of paintball are woodsball types, since most of paintball is this crowd. Guess where Tippmann should continue to design and market their equipment? You got it. ------------- http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=166647&PN=1"> 
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brihard wrote:Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 15 September 2005 at 8:46pm
| my a5 can play speedball fine, with upgrades but it will always be a wanna be speedball gun, tippmanns are woodsball, the 98 pro is like what your talkign about, but sorry everyone that has one... it sucks |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 9:52am
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Market diversification is almost always a good business practice. Tippmann would stand to lose nothing by introducing a new marker in the same category as the Ion. Indeed, it would attract players to the tippmann name that generally were outside the Tippmann demographic, and would also allow another testbed for new technology and production methods. The big question is: could they turn a profit off of it? The answer is yes, certainly. One needs only to look at how well the Ion has done to see that there is a market for this kind of marker. While I don't personally feel Tippmann needs to tap this market, there would be nothing wrong with that decision if they made it. Of course, they'd be encroaching on Spyder territory, but with Tippmann's known reliability and performance, they could do fairly well there. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 6:40pm
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 16 September 2005 at 11:42pm
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There are plenty of markers in the Ion's class... Wrath, b2k4/ProMaster, etc. Tippmann would waste a lot of money on R&D to be able to compete in all aspects, while probably not gaining much profit. I hate to break it to a lot of people, but from many speedballers Tippmann's name isn't that respected. Not many people would spend serious dough on a marker that makes guns for beginners. I do agree that Tippmann should stay making durable blow-backs. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 18 September 2005 at 8:11pm
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yea. tippy does fine. ask like 99 out of 100 kids that play paintball what gun they have- the answer is always the same. i ahve tippmann model 98 costom. anything on it? yup. a 18 inch snipering barrel and a double trigger. tippmann is known for there lowend markers and how durable they are. they should stick with what they are good at ------------- 
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