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Yeah it’s strange why these sellers are putting crazy prices on their listings regarding P&P? I bought a arrma outcast 10th anniversary which you couldn’t get in the uk but I found one in the US but they wanted £220 post I contacted them and said that sounds ridiculously expensive long story short they came back and said it was £102 no explanation why they put £220……crazy
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Yeah not a genuine tamiya release and quite expensive at the wrong time but very nice looking! If it had came from tamiya with its own box and serial number and everything tamiya inside then without any doubt it would have sold out quickly but even then caution because tamiya do tend to release batches of them until the market is saturated so if you’re a rc collector anniversary editions are the safest bet because they have a shelf life which naturally comes to an end! Team associated with the 40th anniversary editions in 2024 although you can still get the kits they will naturally disappear and the subsequent releases don’t have the 40th anniversary edition printed on them (RC10 team car, RC10GT)
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First I’m gonna say all the tamiya box arts are pieces of art in their own right bar none! All look super cool and it’s what make tamiya kits stand out we all remember back in the early years when we went to our perspective hobby shop it was the tamiya box art that drew us in but my favourite for no other reason other than it’s an actual comical car that looks equally as cool as the kit thats inside the box and I could actually see myself driving it! but like I say they’re all brilliant and the none tamiya box art has to go to the 40th anniversary team associated rc10s I think they’ve knocked them out the park
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You’re right it is a bit of a mad design it never really worked from the beginning and I’ve had toilet paper stronger than the body! But all that said it’s a stunning rc buggy and quality at its best
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Yeah racing do a bit of hop-ups for the avante I got rear alloy rear uprights and the same for the font knuckles really top quality
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I’m on the same page as you! We need a few nitro from the likes of Kyosho etc I’m on the hunt for the 2012 limited edition hpi savage (orange dodge body) but I’ve never seen one that’s original! but I’m also thinking the world we live in now doesn’t lend itself to that part of the hobby anymore because of the obvious pollution and environmental issues so I’m taking a guess re-re’s of nitro anything is very highly unlikely?
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Mci do really good decals for the super astute I like the way you can choose your own colour combinations
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Just came across a photo of my bigwig when it was re-released and I remember only buying it because I got a fantastic deal on it because the box was crushed and nobody had checked if the contents had been damaged I think I paid £100 for it but as you can see everything was good and all their!
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@Sgt.Speirs yeah I’m genuinely shedding a few tears for all you guys out there who where hoping for a Xmas holiday build (warning rant alert!!!!) between tamiya and Kyosho they need to get their act together and give their heads a good wobble when it comes to announcing releases then time after time they never materialise yes shipping probably has got a small percentage to do with it but not to the extent of some of the re-release dates! Kyosho’s special edition ultima was supposed be released on the 13 December that’s come and gone now it’s like the astute put back to January 2025! I’ve cancelled all my future kits from tamiya and Kyosho because I’m over them now……..sorry rant over!
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Yeah you’re right vat is not charged on uk postage but is on couriers (DHL etc) but they swallow (but we are probably paying it somewhere down the line) it to be competitive when the uk postal market was opened up back in 2006 the first thing the likes of DHL and others did was take the uk government to the European courts to get vat put on everything posted in the uk! That was in 2009 Royal Mail was told it would have to give up its vat exemption but to date that’s never happened and now we’re not in the EU probably never happen.
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Unfortunately buy the looks of the vast majority of the uk hobby shops it’s now due in January 2025
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Legendary 4WD buggies that were never sold
moffman replied to Wheel_Nut's topic in General discussions
With me I’m a total RC10 fan but nothing other than what my instinct tells me is an RC10 should only be 2wd (granted I’ve never seen an rc10 with a 4wd conversion) so for me it has to be the Jamie booth egress! As regards to the TRF411x I’d shelved rc because of bringing up children and paying mortgages etc etc (you know what we call life) so that rc passed me buy! So in short my decision is totally nostalgic -
What they could do is bring the 4wd rc10 out as a kit for the collector/racer that wants it as a kit but also do a conversion kit for the collector/racer that wants to convert their RC10 they’ve already invested in?……….just a thought!🤷♂️
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Finished my team associated/yokomo yz10 it took me about 4 weeks to complete because I’m not really feeling RC at the moment although once I’m wrenching I’m kinda still enjoying building! And I thought it’s such a quality kit and this is purely a queen of the shelf like the clear RC10 I would do the same and keep the body clear so it would show the workings (belts for the 4wd and mid motor etc) the brushed alloy wheels bring it to life I think?
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Ohhhhh this is a difficult question but one I’ve often thought of myself when I’m at work on those many many congested roads of the British isles! for me it has always been the original team associated RC10 that I would keep if I was only allowed to keep one I admired it the first time I ever set eyes on it when it was released back in the early/mid 80s simply because one guy had one and I just loved it’s looks and how smooth and sorted it was when it was on the track in the school hall and this has always stuck in my mind to this day so for me it’s nostalgia so I’m on a bit of a high at the moment because of all the RC10 re-releases!