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    Posted: 29 Dec 2015 at 12:32pm
Just had an advertisement sent to me from Winnebago.  Totally shocked that their model 1780 is nearly an exact duplicate of the R-Pod.  Wondering how long before Forest River brings a lawsuit for this copy/duplication of the R-Pod?
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We saw one  few days ago in person.   Dar said " that's ugly."  I agree.  Don't like the red paint job.
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Did you get to go thru the interior?  Video I saw of it looked very similar to our 177.  What was your take of the interior?
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Winnebago made a trailer like this back in the 1960's long before Forest River rpod came along. Who copied you??

The drop is even coming out with a chuck wagon version soon.

See Winnebago article below from rv professional magazine.

http://read.uberflip.com/i/618642-january-16/53?
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Posts: 3329 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2015 at 6:09pm
I guess if you want to get technical, the tear drop Winnebago of the early 1960's did copy other travel trailers before they came out with their unit.  My parents had a 1961 Shasta that was similar to the later built Winnebago and what is really amazing is the 1954 Vakashunette - Winnebago took a lot of their styling and copied it as they built 'their' tear drop.

As they say "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."  And you do have to admit, the R-Pod came out in 2009, this style of Winnebago (copied from the Pod) comes out over 5 years later, with an near identical floor plan and slide out?  Who copied who?  The answer is obvious.  Thank you Winnebago for a grand imitation, however I will stay with the original, and better . . . R-Pod.
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They'll probably come out with a Winny drop "Columbia River" edition too for the westerners. 
Or perhaps  a "Deschutes River edition". 
Maybe even a "River of No Return"  edition. 
Or maybe even a " S#~t  creek" edition, sold only in Florida.  (Just kidding, I love Florida and will be there in Feb. for the Daytona 500 and some beach time). 
Hey, if Warren Buffett doesn't feel threatened by it and sue them (his corp Berkshire Hathaway owns FR), then it's no problem and who really cares?  
Ugly red paint job to my eyes, but I do like the interiors, they remind me of a place where I've been before.........it is a pretty sincere form of flattery to nearly exactly copy something someone else has created.  
It would be very interesting to see a photo of the 1960s vintage Winnebago you claim that these evolved from,  and that FR copied with the Rpod.  Go for it.   
Party on.  Happy New year!     LOL
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Posts: 3329 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2015 at 6:14pm
Great point cody!  Happy new year to you as well.  Enjoy 2016 with the POD.
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2015 at 6:46pm
Originally posted by jato

Did you get to go thru the interior?  Video I saw of it looked very similar to our 177.  What was your take of the interior?



No, just the outside.
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Come on Florida, show us all a photo of the 1960's early model Winnebago version of today's Rpod that you are talking about in your recent post.  Tongue
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See the January 2016 rv pro magazine link I provided above

just stating what was shared in the magazine that all rv industry folks read
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