Originally posted by Trenton net+Sep. 26 2002, 10:12 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Trenton net @ Sep. 26 2002, 10:12 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Originally posted by antime@Sep. 25 2002, 11:52 pm
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@Sep. 27 2002, 6:40 am
radioshack is worldwide!
You're confusing "the world" and "the US".
Ya, what he said.
And another thing, even though almost everything is made from China or Japan doesn't mean the products or the quality is the same. You can find things made in Japan, but localized for north amarican markets. That means they mod the product to remove "asian" elements, as well as censoring things or cultural points which might confuse US Consumers.
EG. Asia markets gets realistic looking "light" guns in the likeness of shotguns, uzis, and other firearms... US gets fake orange phasers or green snake like things that make "POPZoop" sounds when you fire them at the screen.
Asia gets model "Mini GT-R (Racing) Kits"... the US gets "ZIP ZAPS!" or whatever the hell they though sounds better. Its almost like they think the US Population is full of morons, so they better find equaly dumb names for things.
Even if you talk about something similar like profesional radio controled cars, can you really say that US Parts and upgrades even compare to Japanese/HK parts? Actualy the same could be said about a lot of things. US cartoons VS Japanese/HK/Chinese cartoons, US Video games VS Asian games, US Consumer Electronics VS Asian Electronics, US cell phones VS Asian Cell phones.[/b][/quote]
Haha
Better RC Cars, video games and light guns?
We bow to your superiority!
All kidding aside, I don't think norberto's complaint was that of jealousy, but one of irritation. Considering the frequency of her condescending posts of how much better the Asian counterparts to popular American electronics (or whatever) are. As if
A: We didn't already know;
B: We care;
C: We wanted to know.
It seems as though the main purpose of those posts is to generate some sort of hero-worship because you have access to said devices that we'll never have the chance to purchase. It gets old, and quite frankly, Who cares? We get what we get here, and we make do just fine with it. Do we really need to have a built in satellite dish on our RC Cars to have fun with them? No, so why would we care if the HK model comes with it? Or that the Japanese model is cable-ready? We don't. Well, most of us don't.
It's not like these posts are informative in any way. They're pure childish elitist, "My toys are better than the ones you can get," posts.
Can you believe I made an argument out of this? I better reexamine my life.