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Old 07-10-2008 | 02:42 PM
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About two hours ago our good friends at Sea Ray / Brunswick found it in their best interest to destroy the original 399 Skater mold that was going to be Faction Power Boats.

What a waste, what a shame.

Is there anything else they can do to Baja or the good folks up in Bucyrus at this point?

Remember you saw it first on OSO and not TBM!
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Old 07-10-2008 | 02:44 PM
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Old 07-10-2008 | 02:46 PM
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Yes that was a hull in the mold. They cut it in half and ran the forks from the fork lift through it!
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Old 07-10-2008 | 03:32 PM
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Ouch, that hurts. I hate to see any mold destroyed.
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Old 07-10-2008 | 03:37 PM
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WHY???? I guess a better question is why had Faction not taken ownership of the mold?? Did brunswick not sell it?? WHo did it belong to? Wow what a waste!!!

If Faction did not own it why didn't Fountain take it??

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Originally Posted by BAJA WILL
WHY???? I guess a better question is why had Faction not taken ownership of the mold?? Did brunswick not sell it?? WHo did it belong to? Wow what a waste!!!

If Faction did not own it why didn't Fountain take it??

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Brunswick owned it.

Faction wanted it but they would not sell.

Fountain did not want it.

I wanted a 36 back when it was discontinued and they would not sell and destroyed all of them along with the 25 and the 29 and the 33OL!

Any other questions?
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Old 07-10-2008 | 03:54 PM
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Well thats what I figured, damn what a waste. I have seen some crappy things but to destroy a mold for the simple reason that you can is crappy. Sea ray would never have used it.

To be honest with you I am surprised it just didn't end up missing??????????? You know with all the trucks and molds going down the roads???

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Old 07-10-2008 | 03:57 PM
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To be honest with you I am surprised it just didn't end up missing???????????

SAD
Now that is funny!

If you only knew the half of it. I could tell you some stories that I heard about how this mold almost escaped and was hidden and you name it.

Just too many people knew about it.
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Old 07-10-2008 | 04:31 PM
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If Faction never owned it, I'm not sure why they were even discussing producing the boat to the public. I would think they would have kept things low key until the transaction was made & the mold officially changed hands. Then announce it to the world.

I guess they could still use a different mold, but probably lost some credibility next time they announce a model.
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Originally Posted by Dock Holiday
Thursday July 10th, 2008

About two hours ago our good friends at Sea Ray / Brunswick found it in their best interest to destroy the original 399 Skater mold that was going to be Faction Power Boats.

What a waste, what a shame.

Is there anything else they can do to Baja or the good folks up in Bucyrus at this point?

Remember you saw it first on OSO and not TBM!
I hope someone gets kicked in tha nuts for that decision! WTF is wrong with people!
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