Quote Originally Posted by P.A.W. View Post
Maybe DarkShadow?
Hell naw, I wouldn't buy a SS250 for that price. I've got FIVE kids to feed.

I did buy one a few years ago, but that's when I got a used one on Ichiban for a whopping, $105, in the 'rainbow trout' pattern.



http://www.ichibantackle.com/showpro...YPE%20SS%29%20[USED]&manufacturename=DEPS

When the "Butch Brown 200% Markup Edition" was released, I asked the boys at Deps at the Bassathon what the difference was between this new version and the original Slide Swimmer they have been selling in Japan for 2+ years for half the price, and was flat out ignored. Some "pro staffers" tried to tell me it was "hand tuned" and that it was a "special colorway" and aside from the costlier version having a bit more of a 'matte' finish than the original rainbow color they had already produced, it was no different. Deps just learned how consumers react in this part of the world. Reduce production to fake demand, get a high profile celebrity endorsement, use marketing tactics like "Limited Quantity, or Only ONE Deps per shopper!!" and voila.

So yes, I do own one, but no, i didn't take out a second mortgage to buy one.