thei3ug
08-30-2001, 03:26 PM
For one I dont know why magcentral decided to post false rumors on boo-yah, when we all knew who ran the company...
Have Blue, who runs air-soldier.com, including the SASE, APOG, and does work on tribals, has the scoop:
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It's now been several weeks since Boo-Yaah stopped answering their phones, and most people had given up hope that the company would return, fearing that Francois had done another cut-and-run like what happened with Toxic Toys. As it turns out, Boo-Yaah had been nothing more than a marketing company - the actual production of all their products had been performed by a Chicago area machine shop called Mako. I called up Mako myself and spoke to a very helpful lady named Kim to get the story. When Boo-Yaah wound up owing Mako a great deal of money, Mako simply stopped sending them product. I asked who was running Boo-Yaah - sure enough, the answer was "Francois Louvet".
Thankfully, Mako was aware of what had happened to Tribal owners when Toxic disappeared, and they will continue to support and repair Boo-Yaah frames. Production is continuing on the frames as well, since Mako holds the copyrights on the designs - not Boo-Yaah! They are now called 'Storm' frames - Mag frames are on hold for about a month, though, as they are being redesigned. The barrels that Boo-Yaah had been on the verge of releasing will be available as well, in addition to some other products like anodized aluminum grips, cocker and spyder bolts, cocker LPRs and some small air accessory odds-n-ends (90 deg. elbows, slide checks, etc.).
Mako's information is:
Mako Paintball Products, Inc.
1041 N. Dupage Ave.
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: 630 705-9293
Fax: 630 576-5064
They should have a website up in a few weeks as well - will probably be at http://www.makopaintball.com
This has been HB, your reporter on the spot!
Have Blue, who runs air-soldier.com, including the SASE, APOG, and does work on tribals, has the scoop:
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It's now been several weeks since Boo-Yaah stopped answering their phones, and most people had given up hope that the company would return, fearing that Francois had done another cut-and-run like what happened with Toxic Toys. As it turns out, Boo-Yaah had been nothing more than a marketing company - the actual production of all their products had been performed by a Chicago area machine shop called Mako. I called up Mako myself and spoke to a very helpful lady named Kim to get the story. When Boo-Yaah wound up owing Mako a great deal of money, Mako simply stopped sending them product. I asked who was running Boo-Yaah - sure enough, the answer was "Francois Louvet".
Thankfully, Mako was aware of what had happened to Tribal owners when Toxic disappeared, and they will continue to support and repair Boo-Yaah frames. Production is continuing on the frames as well, since Mako holds the copyrights on the designs - not Boo-Yaah! They are now called 'Storm' frames - Mag frames are on hold for about a month, though, as they are being redesigned. The barrels that Boo-Yaah had been on the verge of releasing will be available as well, in addition to some other products like anodized aluminum grips, cocker and spyder bolts, cocker LPRs and some small air accessory odds-n-ends (90 deg. elbows, slide checks, etc.).
Mako's information is:
Mako Paintball Products, Inc.
1041 N. Dupage Ave.
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: 630 705-9293
Fax: 630 576-5064
They should have a website up in a few weeks as well - will probably be at http://www.makopaintball.com
This has been HB, your reporter on the spot!