E*TEK Ego?

[Lohman446]

The ETek Ego is a completely new Ego designed from the ground up

It just happens that a ground up redesign resulted in a strikingly similiar look and many interchangeable parts. What coincidence

I'm all for companies manufacturing a cheaper line, because I agree that the $500 to $800 range is the new battle for marker supremacy. The PM6 for instance seemed to get far more attention than the DM6 - in fact it was DM6 owners who find themselves defending there markers and choice of purchase.

But lets be serious, this is not a ground up redesign, the same as the PM is not a ground up redesign.

[Skittle]

Eh, I wouldnt mind having one, but I have a viking... so when they get cheaper it may be worth it.

Up until now it seemed to me like the whole reason of getting an ego was for saying "I have an EGO, what do YOU have?" Sure theyre great guns and all, but getting an ego was so you can have "the best" gun, so why make a cheaper one? Seems like all the regular ego people will hate the etek people.

[Toll]

Why would shocker people hate ions? ^^.



Not stirring that pot, but just poking fun.


By and large the battle for the 500-800 area is what I keep looking at. Costs over 900 dollars without taxes/shipping/etc? No thanks. I believe that more and more people are progressing into more "high end" set ups as paint prices and marker prices go down, so these are really the next step for Ion users (Though I'd suggest a nicely set up used dm4 and 300 dollars in pocket rather than a pm6) and having "stripped down" guns is a really, really good marketing idea.

It does the following :

1) It creates two camps. The "real" and the "wanna be"
2) It creates a sense of elitism when you have a "real" one and some one else is wandering around with a "fake"
3) More people will buy the origional ego who have markers for status (everyone knows these people)
4) Tons of people will buy the "fake" one because it preforms just as well for their needs.


It's not a bad idea over all. Ego's are nice markers, but the price tag is a killer. Get rid of that and keep the preformance...There's not a big downside

[Pntball1866]

I think it will do well because I know many people who want EGO's but can't afford them, now with this E-Tek EGO out they will be alot easier to afford, rather than the $1125 EGOs, and well I will probably get one.

[CKY_Alliance]

The e-tek sounds better then the eclipse ego...mainly because there is a microswitch..i hate that eye thing trigger just doesnt return right.Looks like they rounded the back of an 06 and left a little more meat on the front...then added a bigger trigger gaurd and new reg...ehh dye's lower end was a success so im sure this will be too..but how will it affect the value of egos?

[tyrion2323]

Good god, is this what paintball has come to? The same 3 or 4 companies rehashing the same ideas over and over again?

Is there any reason not to? It makes the most sense from a business perspective... They already have the R'n'D taken care of, and the technology is well worked out. The Ego is already established, so they won't have to market it in order to make it sell.

It doesn't make sense that every time a company wants to put out a product to cater to a new financial demographic, that they should have to reinvent the wheel. I mean, there really aren't that many ideas out there anyways.

And talking about rehashing old ideas to make new products...let's take a look at AGD...

[etjoyride]

I ithnk that the E*tek actually in some ways looks better then the regular ego, i like how its edges(especially in the back) are more rounded, and it looks more comfortable to me. once these go down in price and hit the used market, i'll probably end up with one.

[Steelrat]

Is there any reason not to? It makes the most sense from a business perspective... They already have the R'n'D taken care of, and the technology is well worked out. The Ego is already established, so they won't have to market it in order to make it sell.

It doesn't make sense that every time a company wants to put out a product to cater to a new financial demographic, that they should have to reinvent the wheel. I mean, there really aren't that many ideas out there anyways.

And talking about rehashing old ideas to make new products...let's take a look at AGD...

I didn't single out AGD as being any different, did I? I am just tired of seeing a lack of any innovation. The only news I have seen lately is for markers like this one and the Angel one, which is just like their other guns, only smaller. The companies promote it like it is some sort of major innovation, when in reality its just reheated leftovers. It can make all the sense in the world business-wise, and I still wouldn't like it.

[tyrion2323]

Well, I can understand your point, for sure. It's kind of redundant, and actually discourages me from buying new products. But I guess from a business perspective, it's probably Eclipse's best move - they'll likely sell a lot of these to aspiring youngsters who can't afford the high price ticket.

Me? I'm waiting to buy the Deadlywind marker

[Steelrat]

Plus, I don't see AGD spamming everyone with a hype-laden email anytime them come out with a tac warp body.

[Steelrat]

Well, I can understand your point, for sure. It's kind of redundant, and actually discourages me from buying new products. But I guess from a business perspective, it's probably Eclipse's best move - they'll likely sell a lot of these to aspiring youngsters who can't afford the high price ticket.

Me? I'm waiting to buy the Deadlywind marker

If the market ever wises up, its going to hurt these companies big-time. If the paintball market doesn't experience consistant growth, the gun market will become saturated very quickly.

[Skittle]

Plus, I don't see AGD spamming everyone with a hype-laden email anytime them come out with a tac warp body.

even if agd sent out an email for everything they did, it wouldnt be enough to call spam.

[tyrion2323]

Plus, I don't see AGD spamming everyone with a hype-laden email anytime them come out with a tac warp body.

To play the devil's advocate...AGD did hype the ULE bodies as if they were something special, instead of just being 5 years too late with aluminum bodies, and even resorted to *gasp* sexy marketing with Clare in the banner ads...

But I do agree, hype makes me want to punch a baby.

[Skittle]

babies make me want to punch babies.

[BerSerK]

little vid of the ETEK

http://www.darksidevideo.org/comment/0/c1c02ee3-d5f6-4911-a864-f27abefdcb9f.htm

enjoy!