TheRedBarron
09-24-2006, 08:03 PM
Suprised that this hasnt been posted yet but...
In Issue 42 October of Facefull they interviewed mr chang (CEO of Kingman) about the VS "3G" line.
This is a major release for you company. Do you get scared in moments like these?
I beleice that in life, you have to take chances. You take risks. But before those risks, theres a lot of thinking and planning that go into it. Its true no one really knows whats going to happen next, but its the companys vision and were very confident.
When was the last time for Kingman that there was such a big release. The first Spyder?
Probable around 2001. That was the year when we reposition ed ourselves. It wasnt just the release of the e-markers. We had also divided the company in five different brands. We had Spyder, Spyder e-markers, Raven,Java, Bad Company...
So nothing this big ever happened for Kingman before that precise date?
On a scale like this... Even for the first release of the Spyder at the beginning of the 90's, we didnt have the resources we have now.
Theres a lot of technical innovation in this new line. But you want to go further than that. You have bigger plans for Kingman in general.
Our real objective is to be pure. This year, well ocus entirely on the Spyder line, and in fact, on paintball from head to toe. this means that very soon, our goal is to have a complete line of paintball products. We want to carry everything related to paintball under the spyder name.
So theres a first release with the markers in October.
The first two products, our very high end line of VS, our 3G spyders will be available early October. After that we will gradually start distributing our loaders, our paintballs, our goggles...
Paintballs as well? thats really entering a different manufacturing process...
well find a way to find the best sourcing for it, somthing thats upp to the level of your revamped spyder line.
I am tired of typing so just one more and we are done
What was it exactly that you wanted to change with the Spyder line?
Its been such a strong product for so many years... but for the past 2 years the industry as you know had a bit of a setback and we did feel the effect. we were too comfortable. so weve decided to take the lead. weve spent the past 24 months to go from the drawing board to full production.
In Issue 42 October of Facefull they interviewed mr chang (CEO of Kingman) about the VS "3G" line.
This is a major release for you company. Do you get scared in moments like these?
I beleice that in life, you have to take chances. You take risks. But before those risks, theres a lot of thinking and planning that go into it. Its true no one really knows whats going to happen next, but its the companys vision and were very confident.
When was the last time for Kingman that there was such a big release. The first Spyder?
Probable around 2001. That was the year when we reposition ed ourselves. It wasnt just the release of the e-markers. We had also divided the company in five different brands. We had Spyder, Spyder e-markers, Raven,Java, Bad Company...
So nothing this big ever happened for Kingman before that precise date?
On a scale like this... Even for the first release of the Spyder at the beginning of the 90's, we didnt have the resources we have now.
Theres a lot of technical innovation in this new line. But you want to go further than that. You have bigger plans for Kingman in general.
Our real objective is to be pure. This year, well ocus entirely on the Spyder line, and in fact, on paintball from head to toe. this means that very soon, our goal is to have a complete line of paintball products. We want to carry everything related to paintball under the spyder name.
So theres a first release with the markers in October.
The first two products, our very high end line of VS, our 3G spyders will be available early October. After that we will gradually start distributing our loaders, our paintballs, our goggles...
Paintballs as well? thats really entering a different manufacturing process...
well find a way to find the best sourcing for it, somthing thats upp to the level of your revamped spyder line.
I am tired of typing so just one more and we are done
What was it exactly that you wanted to change with the Spyder line?
Its been such a strong product for so many years... but for the past 2 years the industry as you know had a bit of a setback and we did feel the effect. we were too comfortable. so weve decided to take the lead. weve spent the past 24 months to go from the drawing board to full production.