Personally, I think that this whole argument is just because SD2K is in Japan and not in the US. It's because everyone is taking ethnocentric viewpoints and just assuming that our culutre, ways, and products are better than other countries.
It's obvious that SD2K is not a "copy" of Magnum. It's different size, different layout, and even made by a different company (as far as I know Arrow didn't build it, but I could be wrong).
My point? Stop ragging on a coaster in another country (hemisphere for that matter) that you have never been on.
I will now step down from my soapbox.
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-John Gilman; Organizer of the DT 80
"Thanks for flying Dispatch Master Transport"