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I almost wee'd myself when that loaded up...its almost heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!

A grasshopper hopped up to the max with a MASSIVE silvercan 540 would thrash them both...We all knew someone that thought like this as a kid didn't we?

Good god man, 8? You could keep Tamiya going single handed with orders like that Makes me feel less greedy getting two

Yeah I think so, 2 should come to just shy of £500, which is a lot less than £720. I can't imagine postage being much more than £50 and with duty about £660 ish. That spare £60 would pay for a motor, esc etc.

Email received, 2 confirmed. EXCITING!

Yep happily married with 2 kids...both boys, one is just old enough for RC and already has his first 4 RC cars/trucks lol, the youngest has a keen eye on them too I also collect arcade machines and retro video games, around 450ish at the last count, so my RC collection feels like less of an issue alongside all that lol. The logistics of this situation go like this. I have an office for my business...the business occupies about 5% of the space, my collections occupy the rest...and around 70% of my home loft space too ha haaaa. She has no issue with it all as it never really encroaches on our lives. If my arcades or cars made steps towards being displayed at home, this situation would change, rapido

Is it November yet?

Thank god, that makes me feel better

I've got a serious problem, 43, I can't stop buying cars. My collection currently looks like this... 3 x Egress's 4 x Avante 2001's (3 boxed) 2 x Avante 2011's (one NIB, one boxed) Vintage Avante Avante Black Special (due to arrive Friday) Vanquish Top Force Evo Dyna Storm Madcap (boxed) Thunder Shot (NIB) Thunder Dragon (boxed) Fire Dragon Terra Scorcher Vajra (NIB) Subaru Brat re-re (boxed) 2 x Lunchbox's (1 NIB) re-re's 2 x Midnight Pumpkins (1 NIB) 1 re-re, 1 vintage 2 x Vintage Clodbusters (1 NIB) 2 x Juggernaut 2's TLT-1 (boxed) TXT-2 Agrios (boxed) Hilux Monster Racer DF-03 Dark Impact (boxed) Wild Dagger Manta Ray (NIB) re-re Mudblaster (NIB) VW Camper Wheelie (boxed) Farmking (NIB) Non Tamiya: RC10 Gold Pan re-re Yokomo YZ-10 works 91 Schumacher Cougar Schumacher Shotgun (NIB) Traxxas 1/10 Gravedigger ...and 2 Egress re-re's pre-ordered. I need help.

Because its the single greatest RC car ever made Anyone who disagree's is basically wrong, so arguing this point is futile, mwa ha ha ha haaaaaaa

Think we can rest assured that £399 will be the UK price then. And this likely means $499, or £300ish. Slap on shipping at £25 and we're looking at £325 shipped. Run the risk of duty at probably £60 plus the £15 handling fee, and its £400. Hmmmmm. I think I may go to Fusion for mine at £360 shipped with the TC member discount.

I'll go back to my earlier confession of understanding absolutely nothing technical. So my reply to this set of comments regarding the shocks and which are best would be... 'Oooooh hi-caps, they're silver/grey with gold springs, so they are the bestest in the whole wide world' ...as you can see, I know my sh!t. Nobody can argue with my thinking here

We can have hope my good man, we can have hope.

I maybe being completely stupid (very likely) but I've not been able to upload images to the forum for months. In any way, form or manner.

Thanks for the scans dude, we can now rest easy, its got a wire wing mount, wahoo!

I'm surprised that someone isn't making an aftermarket replacement for this system using dog bones or something similar. You'd think there might be a market for this on a small scale. Or has anyone ever dropped in an alternative setup?

This is bonkers...and I love every last inch of it! Absolutely amazing! I'd been thinking to myself 'how far could you mod a mudblaster' and then found this. Amazing work man, truly amazing work.

I just want to know what stella is going to charge, as if its within £20 (including shipping) of Fusions price, I'll take it from fusion. Something about ordering from a LHS gives me a warm glow inside

Hmmm, how odd. My Avante 2001 is rocking a sport tuned just fine, but maybe it's an old one...I'll double check. I think the GT tuned is the motor featured in the re re that was photographed at the hobby show too, so that might just get added to my shopping list

Ha haa, we were deviating from the holy path there for a moment. Thank you for correcting our ways

I don't think the unreliability thing would stop tamiya really. I mean they've re-re'd the brat and frog with the same components and they weren't released as being mainstream bashers, they were re-re'd based purely on nostalgia. We can live in hope

I think Tamiya might consider this down the line, and yeah, they'll likely give it some gearbox and drive sharft love as lets be honest, you couldn't keep one of these going for long without issues lol. Lets hope

Hey guys, This may have been covered before, in fact I'm betting it has, but it hit me recently...why have we never seen a re-re of the Monster Beetle, Mud Blaster or Blackfoot? Out of all the cars left to re-re, these must be the cheapest of the lot for Tamiya to make and man, they'd be so POPULAR! Pretty much every part is already in production, including the shells, all they'd need to do is change the colour of the brat chassis, make the front shock tower, MB rear bumper and? That's it right? Fingers crossed this happens...please god say it will one day happen.

Now THIS is how you handle a retro cab forward design... And this is how you do it modern day...

Oh and what on earth has happened to all the modern buggies? They all look TRULY hideous! I mean each to their own and all, but man, my eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyes!