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The 20% off isn’t working for the items in my cart, I’m showing the 20% off coupon in the cart as well, does anyone know if it stops working after so many orders? I’ve placed about 4 orders since the sale started, the items in my cart now are common things (not Megabass etc) and it was working earlier on the same items but now the price is back to normal. Thanks for any help

Check rapalas IG, sad to see a company like rapala do such a shameless knockoff. No this doesn’t fall under “all baits are derivative/ there’s nothing original anymore”. That said, I’ll be buying a few packs

So just saw from the same person, it’s the dolive beaver. He posted a pic and it is pretty blatant imo. I tried to share a screenshot of the pic but guess I’d have to do the old school photobucket url link.

All I meant by Americans is that they probably sell mostly to Americans since they have a storefront in the U.S. and shipping costs outside make it less efficient for non-U.S. to shop from their store. Also all their videos address American locations, was nothing against non-Americans.

Ha, fair enough! I’ve definitely seen this a few times too.

Not sure if sarcasm but as a mod you’d be justified if you see these same threads all the time (sorry). The examples I listed above are just an evolutions/ variations… i guess the debates/ conflict among people come from everyone’s different definitions of where line is between evolution/ variation vs entirely new. And also, the question of “should only entirely new designs be protected from copying” (or ridiculed if copied)… personally I would argue that we probably won’t see entirely new genres (topwater/cranks/soft plastics/jigs, etc), in that regard then it’s true “there’s nothing new” and likely there won’t be a new genre of baits except maybe once every decade or two. So now we can only zoom in on the features and treat the seemingly minor evolutions/ variations as “something entirely new”, and worth considering when determining if a company is being malicious in their intent. Sure there’s only so many ways a crankbait can be shaped or the size/ angle of the lip, but say, adding a constantly vibrating flashing piece of fancy foil inside a hardbait was innovative enough imo to warrant any other brand doing the same to be considered a ripoff. Back to my original post, I just found it interesting because rapala, probably one of the most OG/popular brands, was called out by one of the guys doing the most work to convert Americans onto new/ innovative designs.

Off the top of my head… cover scat, osp dice, hellraizer, geecrack bellows line, chatterbait, rapala brat, Shimano flash boost, Dolive beaver, I know some og/ Randy blaukat type will come in here and say they been fishing those things with their pa since the 50s. Tons of terminal tackle too that doesn’t get the attention it deserves cuz it seems boring but I appreciate the thought and effort that goes into the random little things even if it isn’t always successful… For non bait monkeys it’s all the same, but I think anyone in this sub forum can appreciate the subtle differences, however ridiculous it may seem to normal people.

You’re right I thought the same but I’m really not promoting anything, I just had a moment of being too curious that it made me finally post. For what it’s worth I have a ton of rapala stuff and do believe them to be one of the best lure brands ever, though lately also buying a bunch of jdm stuff.

I totally get this but from the looks of the post I’m referring to, it goes beyond simply another bait in the established categories. It seems to be a very specific imitation and blatant enough to tick off this popular guy who’s become sort of a spokesman for jdm stuff. Maybe we’ll find out soon enough, I just thought someone here might already know what it is.

Just saw an IG post from the owner of a popular JDM site (trying to follow the rules here and not come off as promoting the site) where apparently Rapala has done some sort of blatant rip-off of a bait. I’m too dam curious I got to figure it out, anyone have any idea what jdm lure rapala is copying?