I almost bought one today. I was on e-bay looking at what each seller had to say about the reel. one of them said  that the 06 model was designed so you could pitch also. They all talk about the brakeing system but he was the only one that mentioned that. he said Shimano had improved the curve so it would not backlash while pitching. Ginrin Peche had the best price but little info on the product. On his Shimano Scorpion mg he does not state if they are new or used or rebuilt. His price is way lower than the rest. I saw Raul's reason for that on another thread but I wonder. Brooklyn Bill has the same write up for the DC & DC-7 at at the same price,that really got me to wonder. so I stopped & came to y'all to see if someone knew or where I could find out, when the DC-7 came out? If it was before 06 was there an up-grade? If all the DC-7's are the same then I'll look for best price, If they are not then I'll look for the latest upgrade. Thanks

There are two Antares DC models my friend:

1.- The regular Antares DC with a gear ratio of 6.2:1 and an IPT of 25" and

2.- The Antares DC7 with a 7:1 gear ratio and 30" IPT.

The rest of the reel is the same, yes GinRin has them at a killer price and their reels are brand new in box. GinRin purchases huge ammounts of reels so they get a better price and more discounts, sells them cheap sacrificing the profit margin per unit in order to get a larger profit by selling a lot of reels.

Imagine this, in 3 weeks they sold 45 Scorpions 1001 and 30 Scorpions 1000 at $120.

I bought one of the scorpion mg 1001's from Ginrin Peche- showed up yesterday and was new in the original box. smooth transaction

I bought one of the scorpion mg 1001's from Ginrin Peche- showed up yesterday and was new in the original box. smooth transaction

Same here...got it a few days ago.   8-)