Re: Holy Mole - Studio fan
Oxide Blu,
First off, I realize that this thread is more tongue-in-cheek than anything. Secondly, I am not involved with any of these unions that you mention, and that brings things to my point. None of these supposed unions that you rail at as being the cause for the high cost of the Mole Richardson gear are "Hollywood" unions. More to the point, M-R is a Hollywood founded, built and supported company. They build seriously heavy use equipment for the movie industry. My guess is that they have been able to command such high prices because movies are done on budgets of OPM (other people's money), and it is an industry notoriously famous for being over the top and over budget on almost everything....union or not.
So, rather than "blame" the unions for the high prices on M-R stuff, maybe think about the industry history for that pricing. That fan probably does not cost nearly what it is being sold for, but that is more likely the result of the seller into the movie industry, not the union wages that may or may not be part of the build process. And, I would love to buy one that could do the job it does for $39.99....from anybody, anywhere ;-)
LJ