FBM Factory break in/robbery

[GT]

no there is 1 in the states i am sending a board to them to fix

Eclipses HQ is in england. How's that?

[going_home]

http://www.planeteclipse.com

Eclipses HQ is in england. How's that?

Planet Eclipse Ltd
84 Cutler Street
Suite No.4
Warren
Rhode Island
02 885
t 401 247 9061
f 401 247 0931

From their website guys.
Never let it be said that I am a rocket scientist but some of the
stuff posted in here (AO) makes me think.......huh ?

Oh and the breakin at PE was in the UK per their site.

[olinar]

Just called FBM.
They said my box of parts was right beside a pile of stuff that was stolen
and they didnt take any of it.
Mostly PM6 and cocker parts and some boards.
Evidently they werent mag fans. I am happy to be in a proud minority ! LOL

Either that or they saw the puke green Karta and figured it would stick out
like a sore thumb, but it will be black soon anyway. LOL

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=729934cc.jpg

So I will have my stuff back by the July 4th weekend and will try and post some pics.
I must go now and do the happy dance !

i saw a karta with that paintjob on ebay. is it the same one. did u buy it?

[going_home]

Yes I did

i saw a karta with that paintjob on ebay. is it the same one. did u buy it?

Yes sir

[going_home]

FBM Facory Anodizing Pics Karta / Chords

Got the parts back from Fireball Mountain yesterday and assembled the markers.
The only thing that was ok was the Karta and even that had some very slight miss spots,
but it was almost perfect, 8 out of 10 I guess.
Heres the Karta mag, and yes they anodized the UMF trigger blue so thats an F - :

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=69d418f3.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch8

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=5af17589.jpg

I sent a brand new blue Xvalve for them to match the Chord V1 and V2.
They matched fairly close on the rails, barrels, and UMF's but the bodies turned out almost purple.

V2 :

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=a4315526.jpg

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=cf5ef0c1.jpg

V1 :

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=8d8a26a4.jpg

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/?action=view&current=25f65de8.jpg

So I guess overall, I really dont know if I would reccomend FBM or not.
Maybe its just me, am I being too picky ?
I mean I paid 245.00 + I sent them a like new Galactic Z body that they needed.
I think for that kind of money it should have been better.
They were in an uproar over the robbery and all though.

I am disapointed. I do have a black vert Logic, maybe I will trade triggers on the frames.
Those UMF frames should be illegal, with an tuned Xvalve/uLT you can actually walk the trigger. Amazing.

Anyways talk to me. Tell me if I'm being too critical.
Thanks.

[MaD_SaM]

Im a noob...but those are some very nice guns....selling them anytime soon!!

[going_home]

Maybe

Im a noob...but those are some very nice guns....selling them anytime soon!!

I probably would for the right price.
But I'm not about to give them away.

[p8ntball72]

From what I understand Blue is the hardest color to anno, let alone match.
I have also heard the "AGD ICE" ULE bodies were Blue anno mistakes.

[robnix]

If I were you, I'd be mad. That doesn't even look close.

[50 cal]

Yeah they made i thread on PBN about it.

IMO its Karma. They stole Element Paintballs frame idea and used his actual CADs to make their ion frames.

I guess what goes around comes around.

Although i dont feel bad at all for FBM i hope everyone who had their stuff stolen gets compensated and those who didnt get their stuff stolen recieve their parts back.

So in your mind it's ok that people got their stuff stolen because someone copied a frame idea?

Wow, you'll go far in the business world someday.

[Beemer]

I mean I paid 245.00 + I sent them a like new Galactic Z body that they needed

What was the Z-Body worth? F.M.V.

How many pieces total anno?

[going_home]

Zbody

What was the Z-Body worth? F.M.V.

How many pieces total anno?

I had the Z body on Ebay for 180.00 shipped when they contacted me about it.
Aparently they had anodized one without taking the steel part where the front
screw goes in. Its steel on a Z body, not aluminum and part of the body like a ULE.

It was 3 complete markers. They charge 150.00 per marker.
The barrel, front foregrip asa, and the feedneck on the Karta I had in black already
so that wasnt part, but I had them do 5 barrels total.

But when I saw that they anodized all 3 triggers blue(one should have been black)
and that they made the Chord bodies and feednecks totally different shades of blue
than the rest of the parts, I felt it was too much money.
(and they had a brand new blue Xvalve to color match)

[Beemer]

ouch

So thats like 425 cash, aprox?

The trig is easy to do over. For that price I would talk to Them and see what they will do on the bodies for ya. I would think they could get a lot closer then that on the color. It wont match perfect because of the differences in the aluminum.

[st6212]

...even that had some very slight miss spots

Hard to trust them in future with results like that.

[FromTheBack]

I've heard some negative things about FBM as of lately but in the past they have been really good.

The body color being different is because AGD used a type of Aluminum for the slug that doesnt bond with the anno the same as other aluminums and often you will find custom anno bodies looking different than their matching parts.