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Re: Banebots RS-775 Case Short

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Originally Posted by artdutra04 View Post
While the part numbers and operating specs may match available Mabuchi motors, I wouldn't be surprised if the BaneBots motors were actually made by a Chinese clone manufacturer.
Mabuchi has 4 factories in China.

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Protecting intellectual property there is very difficult to enforce, and as a result their market is saturated with all kinds of inferior clone and knockoff products.
So the argument against the likelihood of the Banebots being Mabuchi comes down to price and "Mabuchi has a reputation to protect".