Grandmasterflash

Where abouts did you order the battery and charger from mate? I seem to be searching in all thr wrong places and can't find them anywhere..........

Can you give us an indication of prices mate? I might make the trip up if they are going to be reasonable. ****** Ignore my post......didn't read the date of the initial post....garage sale has been and gone...******!!

Here's another crazy Aussie price for ya! I have just been quoted $520-$575 for the BC when it becomes available here at the end of August!

There's also a new Buggy Champ on there for $600 AUD. Crazy....when you consider if you do a little bit of searching on the .com site you can order one in from HK for $150 less than that!!

You guys from the UK will know the TV series.... 'Life on Mars' .......... if only we could go back in time now.....to 1986!! we'd all prob end up comign back with a container full of vintage R/C gear!!

Back in the day ('88-'89) I had a Supershot running the standard kit issued 'Technipower' motor. I thought that motor was the shizzle!!!!! I didn't have anything flash back then in the car...an ESC, that's about it, and I was the biggest competion to a guy that had all the $$$$$ running a Schumacher CAT with all the bells and whistles. Could never beat him in a straight line but always caught up with him in the corners. I think I might have got him a few times when he ran outta juice....... Those were the days!!! Wow... then the Tecnigold was released and that was another step above!

Awesome pic's and awesome thread.....Everyone's firing up about this re-release, it's good to see such positive interest for the new BC! Can you imagine what it's gonna be like when the SS becomes available??? Lol

For those that have the new re-released BC and corresponding new Tamiya battery pack...what sort of running times are you getting running the standard 540 motor?

My 2c on the subject for what it's worth........ I think it's pretty much a no-brainer that the SS will be released @ some point in the near future, providing the sales figures stack up with the newly released BC. You'll all agree there's been a huge amount of interest in the short period it has been released and it will do well. Just look at some of the online stores.....selling out of their initial stock and having to re-order already, that's gotta be good news for Tamiya and the old SRB's. I'm sure Tamiya well and truly know the popularity of the SS and that it's more than likely IMHO going to be their most popular re-release model (given the opportunity) yet. In the current economic climate $$$ talks so why would they not release it?????

Yep....... put my name on the list for 1 as well please!

I'm pretty much in the same boat. Over the last few years I have kept an eye old 80's Tamiya kits selling on Ebay. Then I saw the re-issues coming out, but I struggled to get motivated to really get back into the hobby, but after seeing the re-release of the SC/RR I'm hooked. The SS was the car I really wnated back in the day by by '87 it had bee discontinued and I wasn't able to find one...at least not until 2009!!!!!!! Here's hoping!! At least I can start the ball rolling with the BC!

Mate.....did you have to pay any import duty costs to Aussie Customs @ all???? I am just getting back into the hobby after a number of years (20) out having seen that the 'Rough Rider' has been re-released, and of course hopefully the SS in due course!! I'm looking at importing a couple of BC kits myself but wondering if in the long run it might pay to wait till the kit is released in Aus. I have been given a rough quote by a Hobby Store of $450-$500AUD. Cheers