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    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    Most likely these springs will be overly soft for the original Egress spring position. The further you move the lower shock mounting inward, the stiffer the spring must be to support the car properly. I would like to see these front springs side-by-side with the originals. They look to have a half-coil more wire than the originals which will definitely make them softer.

    They are quite soft but they look so pretty :) As my Egress's are all shelf queens, the softness of the springs don't matter to me, its all about the look :)

    Avante 2001 body set re-release!

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    I just called my LHS Stargek (Singapore) and they said it has just arrived. Went down during lunch break and grab two sets :D . Wanted to order more spare parts for the Egress but they have no manual to refer to cos Egress was sold out.

    Ahaa lucky you :) LHS's in the UK are months behind you chaps in Singapore ;)

    Avante 2001 body set re-release!

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    Eh? What gives? I tried to order 2 with Stella, and they told me that they were only accepting one order per person!

    Bit miffed...

    I dropped in my pre-order the moment this thread was started, like within seconds, so that 'maybe' the reason why? I have a feeling I am one of a few that made pre-orders very early on. badword, saying that, I don't have them yet so there is a good chance I'll only get allocated one I guess. That happened at Banzai with my Egress. Ordered and paid for two, only got allowed one and they refunded the rest.

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    BTW mheald, what happened to ur build? no updates :)

    Yeah Fusion is only a good price if you're a TC member and UK based (free shipping).

    I've almost finished the build now, so part 3 will go up on the blog tomorrow :)

    I'll tell you what's really astonishing now I'm near the end of the build, and that's just how truly different this car actually is to the original. Almost every single part is new. That's no criticism though, just a statement. I think it should have been called 'The Egress Evolution' personally.

    Superb build.

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    Well now i am really worried. I asked for a tracking number after waiting 3 weeks after paying for an egress from jr-rc and i have been sent a solitary multi digit number starting EJ then 11 digits then JP (no helpful info / courtesy) Japan post tracking states it is the wrong amount of digits! And that it should be 11 to 13 numbers?! I have the terrible feeling i am being fobbed off!.

    Worry not, try (believe it or not) putting the entire code in parcelforce's or royal mails tracking, it should appear on one of them. Once a parcel leaves the far east with one of those number/codes it hits our systems shortly after.

    I've ordered from jc-rc numerous times, but have never used jr-rc...are they the same person?

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    I think we can relax chaps, news just in from Tamiya Blog...

    "Shipping will be postponed due to production reasons from 11th December (in Japan) to a new, still undecided date, we will post new infos when they are available."

    ...I think we can safely say that more are coming, its just a matter of when. Interestingly, it states 'In Japan' which says the delays are nothing to do with the hurricane.

    I bet the Team Associated boss popped over to the factory and stole all the employees ;)

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    I spoke to Joanne at Fusion Hobbies last week regarding the Egress. They have 5 on order from their supplier and only 4 pre orders from customers that means that last week there was one spare for pre order. She also told me that they were expecting their delivery around the second week of December.

    Joanne also has a part time job. That means sometimes there is no one available to answer the telephone. Try after 3 o'clock and you should get a reply. I've dealt with Fusion many times and they are fine.

    Steve.

    We're hearing different numbers, that's odd, but yeah, from past experience, Fusion are fab!

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    Just spoke to Fusion, she's got 7 coming in and her supplier has 'confirmed' that they are in transit, and 'should' arrive on Tuesday, but beyond that, they know no more.

    Something tells me that from that first (and last?) small batch a handful of them were whipped out to exporters based on orders. Who knows.

    I've kept my order in place and she's going to give me a ring on Tuesday to confirm if they've arrived and to ship mine out.

    egress rerelease in nov 2013

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    Many thanks :)

    With a new track (maybe the first proper 1/10 track never built in the area) near to be open I'm considering to buy a car to have fun... but it's hard to consider a non-tamiya car with the re-re Egress on the market.

    I bought the RC10 too, but have to say, its still unbuilt, and now that my Egress is under way, its unlikely to ever get built I think. I may end up selling the RC10 as the nostalgia factor isn't really that strong.

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