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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Announcing WEAPON DRAGON 6k Magnesium

Josef Gatti said:
Also agree with this. I was one of the lucky ones where after one and a half years, my Scarlet-X received 100% of it's value credited towards an Epic. Spoiled indeed.

I can see how my post may have been viewed as negative, though that was not my intention. I understand why everything is the way it is, and appreciate it. Epic Dragon has not been devalued as a result of Weapon, which I appreciate very much. I do hope the Epic -> Weapon path is open for a while.
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Josef,

Didn't mean to single you out. I understood what you were saying. It was more me sharing a similar feeling but also wanting to add on what's been accomplished is pretty amazing.

I also hope the window stays open awhile.
 
I'm glad to have upgraded to Dragon during the price reduction and it will be serving me well. But this was way beyond anything I can afford. I planned to upgrade like a year from now when I've earned together enough to be able to do it based on upgrade costs before but now the upgrade to Dragon before NAB doesn't make sense because we need to deposit more money directly to receive the discount we were told to get by getting a Dragon before NAB. Many of us really cleaned out our banks to be able to upgrade to Dragon before NAB and there's no way we are able to deposit once again just to get that discount that's worth it.

So, for us there's no discount, whatever we were told before NAB. I'm glad I upgraded and now have Dragon, but I didn't expect everything to be this steep. If Vista Vision were enabled on the magnesium as well it would make more sense. I understand that I shouldn't complain, because I like the new stuff coming out, but it's a bit sad as I were looking forward to getting Weapon.
 
So effectively the upgrade comes out to $14k for current Epic Dragon-X owners. Assuming you can put the $5k credit to good use. That's getting closer to being interesting.

Still, it's a tough pill to swallow for internal Prores and 50% faster fps...

Now if the $10k upgrade to 8k VV applied to magnesium that would change everything. All of a sudden it would be a no-brainer.
 
Prince Bagdasarian said:
As far as I see Curran, the $34,500 price is the bundle price it says on the page?!?...

It it states on the bundle page: "The $5,000 deposit will be applied towards the final price of $34,500."
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Yes, I know. I'm looking for the non-bundled option. And I still want the $5k credit for when I do decide what accessories to buy.
 
does no one else wish the $5k accessory creidt could be put toward the trade in credit?
 
Hi Jarred
Congrats to the new line-up. Looking all good.
What about frame rates of the 6K Weapon Version. This is the most important reason to upgrade right away.
Any Infos yet?

Thanks Bro

Tim
 
Looks great.

So, is there a time limit for these upgrades ?

If I keep my Epic Dragon for now, and decide to upgrade to Weapon in 1 year for example, will that still be an option ? Same question for the additional $5000 accessory credit ?
 
Rob Anderson said:
Last, I'm not thrilled with the upgrade cliff. It's more than I budgeted and expected for the step from Dragon to Weapon. But I also realize (1) no other company besides RED even offers a trade-in and (2) this lesser-value trade-in program will help to do something very important for every RED owner -- improve RED brain values longer-term. Something people have been complaining about for years and I've also felt, the value of RED brains drops off dramatically with every upgrade cycle. This time around, that won't be such a dramatic fall. Much better for all of us.
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Actually there is other companies that offer upgrade paths. Mamiya Leaf have let me trade in my digital camera back twice, when buying a new one.

Just saying.
 
One sort of fine print question - what exactly are we sending in to get the trade-in discount? Brain-only? Brain and SSD?

This impacts the upgrade deal as well since if it is brain only, we'll have a few accessories to sell separately to help with the upgrade cost.
 
Whats the weight of the brain , SSD module and 1 x revolt please ? Will I be able to give my neck a rest with the Weapon ? I make a living from sticking my Dragon on my head and jumping out of planes with it. The Side handle configuration of my current dragon works great for this. Will my RED Volts on a weapon be secure when I'm traveling towards earth at 150MPH and then experiencing sudden deceleration as I open my chute? I read some where on a thread that the security of Red Volts could pose a problem on the Weapon in this particular use??
 

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