I have explained this
Mark takes a ramp to a factory, they make a mould from an existing ramp
The mold is then taken to another factory, and they make the ramp
The mold is only good for making 20 or so ramps, before the process needs to be started again
Remember, a proper mold takes $10000 to make
Exactly.
The BBBB ramps were NOS twenty plus year old ramps purchased from IPB as surplus leftover stock which then had a temporary wooden mold made for them to make a small run of repros in which case they will be of inferior quality from using a poorer quality temporary mold substrate material.
Also note that not one single ramp on that person's website makes claim that the REPRO ramps are made from original OEM molds despite also having 20 plus year old leftover NOS ramps from the IPB buyout listed alongside the repro products.
By comparison PinballInc and their distributors could and did advertise the fact that they are using genuine OEM molds for their repro ramps with confidence since they had them in their possession and NOT be pulled up for "misleading and deceptive conduct".
