Mad Ax
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I have to agree some of the newer hobby stores with there "only newer
stock" are so bright, clean and sterile they remind me of work...a
hospital.
Like I said earlier, most of this is due to a change in market.
In the 80s / 90s, people who bought R/C, trainsets, die-cast and
statics were mostly kids, or stuffy old guys. The sort of messy,
overstocked, disorganised 80s-style shops really appeal to kids
because, as we all know, kids love digging through shelves and stacks
looking for something special.
I recall in the early 90s, my LHS had a huge stack of the Tamiya Junior
range (or whatever they were called..?) I had a Super Astute,
Midnight Pumpkin, Neo Burning Sun, and many more that I forget...
I will never forget the excitement of finishing a new kit, then gazing
longingly at the pictures inside the cover detailing all the other
models I could collect. I will never forget the rush of heading
to the LHS and rooting through their stack of Tamiya Juniors, taking
the entire front row off the shelf, to find, several layers behind, the
model that I'd been fearing I would never find.
These days, kids of that age don't want models - they want XBox and
Nintendo and WiFi and Broadband... Models are for geeks, man!
The sort of people who are buying R/C now are early 20s. They
want RTR, they want nitro, they want big and brash - just look at the
current range of stadium trucks from the big nitro manufacturers.
Worse still, you can buy them from places like Halfords.
Halfords - they're a 1:1 car parts superstore, for those not in the
UK. They sell car batteries, and wiper blades, and water pumps,
and automotive tools, and stereo systems, and alloy wheels,
and... Nowadays, R/C cars and trucks.
What..? No, I don't understand why, but they do.
Who would buy from a dark, scruffy, small enclosed model shop that
looks like its weeks from closing down, when you can buy from a bright,
spacious superstore backed by a major UK chain..?
The change in hobby stores from dark, disorganised treasure troves to
bright, airy, new stock only specialists reflects a change in the type
of person buying the stuff.
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Yes, those are sweet, had seen them on the Japanese Tamiya site some time ago.
Cheers
Aah, yes. The famous "boy goes number 2 in model shop" cabinet display [
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I think that's why my M04 will be a good project to experiment
with... It was an M04L, but (when it's finished) will be over an
inch shorter than stock, and fitted with a solid aluminium full-width
floor plate bracketry. It's possible that I might also mount the
battery longitudinally to bring the weight forwards too... We'll
have to see how much space is available underneath my shell...
The project is theoretically being built as a shelf project, not a
runner, hence it has no radio, ESC or battery at present, but if I end
up with some spare time I might stick some stuff in temporarily and see
how it runs.
Picked up some Carson wheels for it today, so I could fit the original
BMW wheels with ABS pipe and see what happens... All this
is purely speculative, as I'm sure the TT01D will be infinately better
at the job anyway [
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M04's are much better to look at than to drive.
that's why mine was bought for the shelf [
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Incidentally, I've got a custom M04 at home that's never been
used... Might be tempted to swap the front (hard) tyres
with the rear (soft) tyres and see if it can be pursuaded to drift
around the local car park.... When I've got around to
buying a radio for it, obviously[:S]
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Blimey, there will be nowhere to park your cars []
it's OK, they're waterproof [
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I'm in Gloucestershire
I'm in Bath, not too far from your area [
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Have i purchased a dud? lol
dunno, let us know when you've driven it [
] I'm saving for the TT01D next month [
] if my LHS can get one, or I can find one on-line (goldstar are out of stock until Sept) -
I personally don't consider it to be that important.
If I'm searching on eblag or whatever I'll search DF03 DF-03 DF 03 for example...
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I know its not a tamiya but its good for
anyone wanting to get a touring car chassis cheap to start drifting,
thats why i bought one, suprised no-one else has bought one as a run
about ro something just to put a nice shell on?
I was dead tempted when I saw the link, but then I thought... But
the time I've sourced a battery, ESC, radio gear, body shell and new
wheels for drifting, I'm not actually too far off the package price for
a complete TT01D... Which is a better chassis with shedloads of
hop-ups, and comes with everything I need to get going straight away
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DJTheo, I am holding you and your "The Need for Drift" video personally
responsible for my sudden irrepressible urge to purchase a drift
impreza month[:@]
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I had a couple of beers while watching the footie last night, and I
think I'm slightly ketonic because the sandwich lady is late...
maybe that helps?
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Is it easy to find said pipe with the correct diameter..?
i.e. will I find some at B&Q, or do I need to scour the phone directories for ABS pipe specialists..?
I'm looking at a TT01D kit for next month's Tamiya fix, as it comes
with so many hop-ups over the Skyline kit (but a slightly pants Subaru
shell [
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Does anyone else know that today is Summer Solstice in the UK?
We must find the 5th missing CONRAD before sundown, and place all 5
complete motors evenly around the centre of Stonehenge just as the
final rays of the sun fall upon them... Then, the true power of
the CONRAD will be set free.
The gods will be pleased. They will reward us. NIB Tamiya
kits will fall from the skies on angel wings, hopups will begin to
sprout on trees, and all of our old blown battery packs will be
rejuvenated into 5000MaH specials that charge from the sunlight alone...
Do not let this night pass before all 5 motors are collected! We must not fail!
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Welcome to the club [
]I've just got back into RC too, got myself a Pumpkin half-way through
completion at the moment, looking forward to sticking a naff shell on
it and just having some fun.
In terms of pure off-road ability I think there are far better models
out there, but I chose the pumpkin for pure fun [
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Is it the awesome and irresistible power of the Conrad that has made
this thread go all screwey on Page 4, or have I broken the internet
again..?
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Ello there, welcome aboard the, er, board [
]I'm new here too
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My LHS here in London was told to expect
it around September. As for price the guy thought around the
£300 mark though he has had nothing firm to base that on.
All rumour but he seemed pretty sure of the September date.
£300 is pretty much what I was expecting - not sure if I was expecting
that as a kit only or as a package (inc. radio gear). £300 will
be affordable (for me at least) if it's the complete deal, will be a
lot of I've got to find a radio set on top of that tho...
I've got to pop into my LHS over the next few weeks, will see if they've heard anything yet [
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I would think sticking in a more powerful motor would have a similar result [
] How about removing the tyres and running it just on the plastic rims? [
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Don't suppose anyone has a guestimate of UK price yet..?
I for one am hoping for a release date in August, as I might have enough money saved up by then!!
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][][]That just made me laugh out loud [
]Got a new Chrome Pumpkin sat in its box behind my sofa, can't wait to get it built after seeing that [
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So they have 4 legs??? [+o(][*-)][8-)][]LOL
Cheers
Hey, I don't judge you by your Tamiya obession, don't judge me by my persuasion!!
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Hmmm...I too have had dreams about the vintage Tamiya's, maybe there is
something to this subconcious thing.
I too dream about things I want, but usually these things aren't RC and they have legs rather than wheels [
]My dreams have always beenfinding a Hilux buried and lost in some newspaper ad, at a local yard
sale or buried deep in a pile old junk at the back of a hobby
store.
There is one burried in my shed looking for a new home!
Walking thru these little hobby storeswith my parents as a wee boy is what makes my memories so vivid.
I used to get excited going to Seattle as I grew up in a very small
town in Washington State as a boy, but when we went to the hobby stores
then it was very special. Those were very happy memories with my
dad. Even though most of the time we didn't buy much, just
looking around, the spending of time was priceless.
and of course while we're here reminiscing the times we spent wandering
around the LHS "looking but not buying" all those now-closed LHS owners
are bitterly remembering all those kids who used to come in, wander
around, waste everyones time and wander out again without spending any
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Unfortunately box size and internal design (blisters etc) declined with the years...
Unfortunate for you, but fortunate for all those LHS owners who had
basements stacked to the vaults with NIB kits (ooh, nostalgia again!!)
Fortunate for all those poor rainforests too, I expect. Someone
said they use trees to make paper, although how they operate the
machines with their thick branch arms I'll never know[:^)]
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