dabsonthemountain
Well-Known Member
It dosn't reach the same level of quality at all, lol, the neck on the dino they posted made me laugh. Real dinos might actually deserve the price. They're gorgeous. You're right though, about the build quality and the level of skill and creativity to make some pieces too. I'm not mad, i just can't even believe it. I thought they would only copy the scientific clear glass. I fear for what might come. I mean, what if they get better blowers, and we have "heady chinese glass"... I just don't like the idea of someone buying a chinese bubbletrap copy, or chinese rettis... That almost scares me. I hate overpriced american pieces, but there is a small market of cheap, well made, neat little pieces when you walk into big headshops. All made local, which explains why their so cheap. I'd hate to see that go away and be replaced with pieces from china, marked up the same way.I just think that it rarely reaches the same level of quality so it probably shouldn't bother the person who owns the original. Also I think the same level of creativity/artistry (if not more) is required to come up with a fab egg or a diffusion pump compared to a dino. I have not seen a dino irl, nor am I going to buy the copy, but it just seems ridiculous to get mad about some counterfeiting and not others.