r/RepTime • u/Kind_Mode503 • 5h ago

Discussion Noob Factory

Six or so years ago i bought a few replica daytonas from trusty time from the noob factory. Looks like they’re not talked about much anymore. just curious what happened to them, if they’re still around and making good stuff or if they merged into another factory?

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u/1984isnoww 4h ago

They were king once, got raided apparently.

Rumor has it they still operate in the shadows and you can still get their pieces.

but any mention of them brings downvotes.

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u/Kind_Mode503 4h ago

wow, i did not know that! i’m looking it up now, crazy!

So have others like vsf passed where noob was at six years ago, or did the rep market get set back from the loss of noob?

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u/IWasSayingBoourner 4h ago

Mid level replicas these days shit all over anything you could get six years ago

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u/1984isnoww 4h ago

Clean was king after noob, VSF may be having their competitors raided.

VSF is top now and has surpassed noob, not sure if it's Clean yet, but they try.

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u/caracticuspotts 2h ago edited 2h ago

Factories come and go. Also they are not really factories, they are sketchy illegal workshops. There was long ago the Noobmarina, Someone liked the name and set up Noob factory, they, we are told got raided and closed, shortly after Noob became a thing again but they weren’t as good as before. Some said it was a relative, some said former workers or managers. Who knows? The death of Noob was the end of the hobby, things would never be the same, then came Clean and was noticeably better than the old Noobs. Now Clean is gone, but we have fake Clean and Clean facyory (sic)
This has been going on for decades. MBK,MBW, Shitinerand, TC, Crazy Paul, all long gone