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The Audi 90 is a very big surprise, same for the re-release of the Peugeot 306 body. A little bit disappointed about the Golf GTI 16V. The real model always had double headlights on each side, a very distinctive design feature. Hopefully some 3rd party suppliers and/or the 3D printer community will solve this issue.

My wishes: Volvo 850 Saloon Body Rerelease on TT-0X or BT-01 chassis + Volvo 850 Estate new Body New body Peugeot 205 T16, preferred on MF-01X chassis

I also wanted to start this topic, but search found at that it already exists. Great site. Despite still being online, it looks abandoned. Really sad.

Question regarding the Futaba Attack 4YWD, which is quite common (at least here in Germany) for the Tamiya 1/14 trucks. https://www.hobbydirekt.de/Neuheiten/Neuheiten-2023/Futaba/Futaba-FUTABA-4YWD-2-4Ghz-FHSS-R214GF-E-Futaba-P-CB4YWD::374809.html Now I've stumbled upon a Tamiya-branded 4YWD... has anyone ever seen this before? It looks kinda "offical" and not home-made. I cannot find anything similar.

Opel Kadett C Coupe, this is great news. Not sure about international markets, but within Germany, this will be a huge success.

I hope that they will continue their strategy of classic racing and rallye cars. Especially models that were released as static kits 1/20 and 1/24 many years ago, turn them into 1/10 RC cars. Just like the Fiat 131 - released as 1/20 static kit in 1980, finally released 2023 as a RC model. maybe a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, already released as 1/24 static kit 24054 maybe a BMW 320 Group 5, static kit 1/24 24002 from 1977 maybe a BMW 635 Group A, 24061 from 1986 maybe a Ford Sierra RS 500, 24080 from 1989 Maybe a re-release of the Volvo 850 on TT-01E or TT-02 chassis.

This should be a complete collection of all 1/10 RC Hyundai models, that Tamiya ever released: 93035 Hyundai Veloster (bodyset) 93043 Hyundai i20 WRC (XB version)

Please learn reading, I did not say that in specific. Anyway, I'm out of the discussion. My time is too precious to discuss on that "level" you set. Have a nice day.

But this is way below regular situation, so this is not relevant. 83€ for a TT-02 kit is either sale or clearance of stock. New released TT-02 kits never start at this level

Regarding regular prices, there was no big difference. Here, regular prices for TT-02 kits were 120€ to 150€, depending on the specific model. Sale prices were somewhat below that, but usually only for a limited period. FF-03 kits were about 130€ to 150€ - as long as they were available. I never paid more than 150€ for a FF-03 kit. Today of course, FF-03 kit prices have increased due to lack of availability.

With "mixture", I didn't mean a technical mixture of parts. Instead, I thought about their position in the line-up regarding prices, and their intended user type.

Yes, I am aware of that chassis kits intended for "pro" racers usually come without body. On the other hand, there were also TT-0X and M-05/06 chassis kits without bodies ;-) Mainly also "pro" kits, but also "first try" versions. To sum this up, restrcited to touring car chassis: TT-01 and TT-02: AWD budget series, intended for beginners, casual drivers maybe there will be a TT-03, if Tamiya continues the 10-year update cycle TA and TB AWD racer series, for more ambitious drivers and "pro" racers, but below TRX-series M-05, M-06, MF-01X: similar to TT-series, but smaller cars, available with FWD, RWD and AWD will possibly be replaced by MB-01 chassis M-07 and M-08: intention similar to TA and TB series won't replace other M-05 and M-06, instead rank a little bit higher than those FF-03 and FF-04: mixture of TT-series and FWD M-series, but seems to be discontinued

Until some years ago, Tamiya had a (imho) clear strategy, regarding chassis types. New develloped chassis replaced their predecessors. But since 4-5 years, I feel a little bit confused. There are new chassis, but they didn't replace their numeric predecessors. Instead, old and new types are sold parallel. TT-series: TT-01 released 2003, as successor of TL-01 TT-01E released 2008 TT-02 released 2013 Today, new kits come either with TT-02 or TT-01E. Wondering if there will ever be a TT-03, and how it will be sorted into the line-up. M-series: M-01 and M-02, were replaced by M-03 and M-04, were replaced by M-05 and M-06. M-07 and M-08 were released some years ago, but there are no complete kits (with bodies). New kits with bodies are still presented with M-05 or M-06. Now, MB-01 is announced, will it replace M-05 and M-06? If no, there will be M05/06 and M07/08 and MB-01 in parallel? FF-series: FF-01 was replaced by the short-living FF-02, was replaced by FF-03. Yes there were some FF-04 chassis kits - long ago, they seem to be rare. Last complete kit with FF-03 was released 2012.

Rally Golf on MF-01X chassis, that's a must-buy.