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Originally Posted by Alfonzo
Some stuff is sh*t. The Chinese then copy the design and offer very cheap knock-off's
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As is some stuff that come out of the US and EU.
Not all things made in China are copied and sold on the cheap. iPhones are made in China, are good quality but we don't see the market flooded copies of those. Yet it is true, they do tend to copy some things and sell on the cheap, they certainly have made a big impact on the RC heli market with the copies but some of the copies are now as good as or better than the originals. That said, the copies seem to be a few years behind the originals in most cases. Align T-Rex 450 Pro heli has been on the market for quite a while (more than year) and it was only a couple of months ago that you started seeing copies appear and they most certainly are not available in abundance yet. Align is still doing very well as company and we are constantly still seeing new products from them.
You could also argue that in a way it promotes constant innovation as the original product designer keeps pushing new products to keep ahead of the copies.
It's fun to watch them have a go though, checkout this site for your daily news on Chinese knockoffs:
http://www.shanzai.com/