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Other than the roto-ray being black, the two lengths of suction hose in diamond plate trays missing and the black panel on the fire body (driver side where the hard suction would be) which is supposed to be stainless, are there any thoughts on the recent release from Code 3 ?
The way I see it, every new release is just another nail in Code 3's coffin. The cost of producing models that aren't selling and just taking up warehouse space must be sucking Code 3's finances dry. While Gettysburg may see moderate success, nothing else aside from Squad 61 and Fairfax in the last 3 years or so can even be seen as a moderate success.
Code 3's warehouse must be stacked to the brim by now after all of these failures. I think it's time for drastic measures other than member only sales with moderate discounts. With KB gone, I don't know what their other options would be besides Big Lots and other regional discounters.
Believe me I want to see C3 succeed, but it's really going to take a "WOW" to make that happen after their customer base has disintegrated over the last 3 or 4 years. While the Sutphen is one of their better molds in my opinion, and it has a fairly interesting color scheme and is from a place people have heard of, I don't see it selling out, particularly if the flaws that have been pointed aren't corrected in the finished product.