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Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net
thanks for the replies.
an example of my second question.
I have an AE car.
I see a new product from Toe-Racing that I really want, but to make the Toe-Racing part fit on my car I ALSO need to buy the PieSpeed part. (and it does clearly state that)
acceptable?
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If PieSpeed have a patent so that Toe-Racing cannot make it then they wouldn't have a choice.
A lot of this is also down to the economics of actually turning out parts for the small racing section of toy cars. As and engineer and my involvement with X Factory I think I understand true costs much better than most people. I often get annoyed when people suggest that manufactures could easily do this and that when they don't realise the cost of molding tooling etc.
That said nobody likes poor quality plastics and mouldings etc, especially from the larger companies.
Please note I continue to acknowledge my bias to this thread!