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DeadliestArmadillo t1_jeal8xi wrote

Reply to comment by landroll313 in After 84 years by sevenfawm

Clones can be had at 20% of the cost and often delivered within a month. Some of the kits I've seen have generous layout coverage too.

I've joined a couple of Domikey GBs and not been disappointed. There's always extras too.

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sevenfawm OP t1_jeakzru wrote

Reply to comment by landroll313 in After 84 years by sevenfawm

I agree on the mech01 clones they are much better. I like supporting artists but yeah if it's the same boring thing then it's better to get a clone

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landroll313 t1_jeakegy wrote

Reply to comment by sevenfawm in After 84 years by sevenfawm

I think of it like this, injection molded plastic which can be produced at a pretty fast pace vs machining blocks of aluminum or cast aluminum which sounds more labor and time consuming. Gmk isn't even that good compared to some of the clones out there, for example the gmk mecha-01 vs a clone the clone has a more accurate color in terms of the darker purple and a more neon looking green. Ppl always say support the artist but the artist didn't do anything literally pick 3 colors with a theme usually inspired by some form of media and make novelties by simplifying a already known symbol/emblem by all means not every set is a copy of something there are original ideas.

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