Autococker KO'd by AGD !

[going_home]

Looks like JT/WGP is dumping their inventory of Autocockers and discontinuing them.
Now who was it that said they thought AGD was out of business ?

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?p=46230676#post46230676

I know its a PBN link but Jeff Orr has posted and confirmed it.

The Autococker is dead people.

But the Automag lives on !

[tech-chan]

We Win!!!!

[Warwitch]

To be fair, its not like AGD is cranking out anything new. And I dont see anyone looking to buy them out either......

[going_home]

To be fair, its not like AGD is cranking out anything new. And I dont see anyone looking to buy them out either......

I am keeping it real.
The whole point is cocker enthusiasts have been saying for years that AGD went out of business.
Well they are still producing and selling them.
But Autocockers are done. Finished. Stick a fork in it.
That was the point. Other than that....well its never a good thing to see that happen actually.
ICD gone. Autococker gone.

Its a good thing that AGD is still going under the radar of the "buy em and shut em down" conglomerates.



By the way, you coming to the pump meet next saturday ?

[LK-13]

i wonder if the fact the Autococker is built on a design stolen from Glenn Palmer had anything to do with the decission to shut down the AC?

i know the big name that bought WGP wasn't happy when they found out about the stolen design.

[Spider-TW]

What do you think this will mean to the remaining marker prices? Will any of the "dumped" markers be worth picking up? Or will the die-hard cocker fans be enough to soak up the excess?

I've never owned a cocker. By the time I started considering getting one just for entertainment, they came out with all the cheapy models and I've been trying to sort them out (value wise) ever since. A couple of team mates play with ebladed cockers all the time, but we have had a couple people give up on what seemed to be nice cockers with reliability problems.

Is there a model, mech or electro, that will be sustainable without factory parts and available at a good price in this fall-out? I love classic markers that work and can be rebuilt.

[mobsterboy]

To be fair, its not like AGD is cranking out anything new. And I dont see anyone looking to buy them out either......

To be fair Nothings changed but milling on the Cockers for a long time. We're on level playing fields as far as being fair and newness. AGD just kept it simple and let others come out with aftermarket stuff. I'm not dancing on the grave, I'm just saying Cockers had to fold. Plain and simple. There's a better niche and a more dedicated owners group for Mags... And they are less trouble.

[Chrishew09]

This whole industry makes me laugh....

[Steelrat]

Why the hell would we celebrate such a storied pb company dumping a such an iconic brand? Am I the only person who doesn't want a paintball world made up only of Ions, Egos, and DMs?

[Dark Side]

Why the hell would we celebrate such a storied pb company dumping a such an iconic brand?

So people can sell Autococker parts/markers at outlandish prices.

Am I the only person who doesn't want a paintball world made up only of Ions, Egos, and DMs?

Nope.

[mobsterboy]

Why the hell would we celebrate such a storied pb company dumping a such an iconic brand? Am I the only person who doesn't want a paintball world made up only of Ions, Egos, and DMs?

I'm with ya

[sdawg]

Shockers, Egos, and PM/DM.

It seems like that's just tourney players. When I go to the local field, I see all sorts of markers. I'm usually the only guy with a mag.

[Toll]

Unfortunately thats kind of how it goes. People aren't terribly educated in general but I've heard plenty of reasons why some one would choose a stock ion over a tricked out e-cocker.


-Cockers are hard to maintain (Arguable...If it were mech..~.~)
-Too heavy
-The backblock hits my mask (Don't stick your damn mask in the backblock)
-Double feeds
-Too tall.
-Not effecient
-Trips a seer (lulz)
-Cockers have no range (I have stopped fighting it. I am going to let the guy believe it because I can't just punch him)
-Chop alot


Its just...so...painful. I think alot of people who bought cockers are the same ones who buy mags...they aren't the mainstream (the Sr is neat looking...I'll give it that) and without the purchasing power behind it, things start the downward spiral

[AGD]

WOW!! I wonder how Bud feels....

And another historic icon of the paintball world passes into the night. It is especially ironic that the cocker disappeared before the mag. So I have to bring up some statements made a couple years back.

When all the legal and other stuff was going down, the subject of paintballs future came up. Many on this forum believed that it wouldn't matter, paintball would go on with new manufacturers/designs taking the place of the old. They talked about it as if "thats the way it has always been". So I ask you now in the shadow of the cocker and Indian Creek, do you still feel that way?

The one and now only,

AGD

[Steelrat]

I'd say the declining sales speak volumes about the future.