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    HUGE RC auction

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    I unfortunately think this may not be what we all HOPE it will be; a distribution of stockpiled items that many many hobbyist would benefit from.

    As i commented in an earlier post, The Pre Aucton photos certainly do not match the Auction Lot photos. Almost as if the Pre Photos were the bait. 

    I dont think at all it was intentional. I think like many of us can appreciate, not everyone is "educated" about anothers passion or hobby. Meaning, Granpop has a ton of these plastic model things he is constantly buying, I dont want them i wouldnt know what to do with them! Lets just sell them. Two weeks later the response is, Wait this is worth $2000 and Gramps has 12 of thers? Whats this one worth? Well ya know what? lets scale down the auction and research all this before we loose money. 

    I dont blame anyone. If i died my family wouldnt have a clue that a little bag with a metal thing in it is actually an unattainable part that goes to the unopened still in shipping box with yellow packing straps from rcmart thats on the top shelf behind 20 other boxes and they need to not throw it out.

    Just saying, maybe  there will be a second auction ata later date

     

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    The power of need or necessity

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    Technology is a blessing and a curse. Having three great kids from 17 down to 13 i am the parent @Saito2 is asking the question to. Of course not directly but as a broad stroke i completely understand his post. That being said i feel quite comfortable acknowledging the fact that my 17 year old is completely useless as far as anything mechanical goes. It pains me to a point of fracture since I can build a house by myself and fix almost anything in it. This is not a pat on my back but an obvious difference between how different generations have different needs to survive. The fact that my son has no "skill" isn't because i haven't tried to my last breath to teach him or interest him or have him learn through helping me. Its because society as he knows it is not our reality it is his. My middle child is a bit more like me and is a far more capable when it comes "manual labor" and absolutely anything physically, ie sports or just body control, eye hand coordination and general problem solving. All kids are obviously going to be different and have their own abilities and attributes, My youngest is female so isn't in my mental thought process "required" to  be as "manly" as i expect my boys to be. Of course this is now antiquated thinking as my kids are growing up in a completely different worlds which proves the argument that Saito2 is talking about. My point of responding to this thread isnt to wax poetic on the upside or downside of my kids abilities or lack there of. I suppose what im trying to say is that we all have generational differences. I do believe that technology has stopped the skill trades and the requirement to learn, They dont even teach cursive in school anymore so how are my kids suppose to sign something? Make their mark? But, if you want a computer program to work ask a 10 year old for help. This reality has absolutely affected hobbies such as ours. The simple skill of following a set of directions or plans or a schematic are skills that i find useful and happen to coincide with a hobby i enjoy.  But, the question is are my abilities why i enjoy the hobby? Because i can? Ive built a Super Shot with my middle son, and yes i had to tell him what a phillips was at the time. However he now knows what a phillips is. But if i said JIS he would be lost. So all of this is a matter of degrees.

    School is another major factor. They dont use books. They use ipads. Something is lost when hands on learning is Nullified. Or is it? Back to the technology argument. 

    We are the children of baby boomers here in the USA. Our parents worked hard had money and taught us things. Expected us to work and learn and fend for ourselves sometimes. The current generation of kids could work hard but not have enough money in their pay to rent an apartment let alone have a car. Times are different. I read something the other day that kids are commonly staying at home well into their 30s. Meaning they dont need to fix anything because where they live the parents fix it or in my case i fix the appliances and the electrical and the yard issues and plumbing. 

    To reply to OP question would kids in 50,60s be different if current tech was avail? YES. We are products of our environments.

    4 hours ago, Saito2 said:

    Perhaps it was the need to entertain oneself that pushed model making and thus spurred creativity, while teaching valuable skills along the way? 

     

    Exactly. I mean we had cassettes not apple music. Radios not streaming, Live sports not cable tv rewind if you miss a play, we had to pee during commercials.So, If there is noting to do we had to entertain ourselves.

    4 hours ago, Saito2 said:

    I myself, am a humble blue collar worker and to my family, (outside of my wife and child) any intelligence they perceive me to have is wasted in these "lowly" efforts. But at the end of the day, both at home and work, I see the physical results of my efforts and that's a good feeling. Perhaps we shouldn't chastise our youth but rather feel sorry for them for what they have missed.

    Me too. I dont think we should feel sorry for them but instead appreciate that we have these skills. We have hobbies that we enjoy. These are for us. My kids can literally win WW2 on  a playstiion. Perhaps one day war will be fought without a single casualty. 

    MY SON JUST PAUSED THE FOOTBALL GAME TO GO PEE!!! AND ON THAT BOMBSHELL ITS BACK TO THE TENT........

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    TRF420X

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    Its for sure  a gorgeous chassis as many other brand chassis are as well. As im much more a buggy guy, id agree with @Superluminal that i cant always discern what is offered that commands the trf pricing. Even the original trf buggies were incredibly expensive. Im not saying that "over paying" is a deal breaker to collect and build something offered that you that you want. Ive certainly invested way more money then is reasonable into a M06 chassis to convert it to all blue aluminum.  As far as what @catman79 wrote, If the "development" is not at par Id also like to know what the real world advantages are as far as price differences.Ive seen some really sexy on road chassis from other brands retail at $1000. If the TRF 420X is retailed at $400 say, does the behind development make a difference?

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