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I believe the seller sicnmeproducts on ebay was selling these at some point recently. May be worth reacking out and checking? I dont have any of their stuff so cannot vouch for the quality.

Does anyone know if RC Mart requires upfront payment on back-orders? Worried this is going to turn out like the current batch of Nova Fox and Buggy Champ in the US where I can't get it from any major retailers so considering securing at least one from RC Mart.

Im a sucker for jewelry. What are those for and where from?

Interesting thing on this one, Tamiya USA shows an msrp of $424. The current batch of Buggy Champ has an msrp of $513. Now we know retail will be less than those amounts but by how much I wonder? Possible we actually see a price drop to other srb kits? Or just Tamiya USA hasn't updated the msrp (most likely).

I use the MIP but atill have the isaue maybe every other pack. My next step is to put a spacer in the shock to limit down travel, betting that it ia a mix of maximum down travel and flex that makes it pop out. I do have some aluminum swing arm caps (or whatever they are called) to try too.

Now that would be cool! I envision a time where you could order spares like shapeways, or maybe even have a way to send the file to your own network connected 3d printer Not sure anyone or any printer can do this now but a guy can dream right!

Nah...

These are $150 at Tower Hobbies using the coupon EARLYBIRD plus free shipping. Sale goes until 11/24 at 1am ET. These are discontinued at Tamiya USA now. I have two or would definately be buying one at that price.

I find it funny that Tamiya released a special set of Hi-Cap dampers for the VQS and the manual lists the 53926 DF03 dampers as the hop up damper option!

Not gonna lie, i like the looks of that Fighter Buggy!

Tower has these on sale tonight. $184.80 after coupon BUT only until 9ET!!

So i JUST picked up an SMT10 kit, swb kit, motor, and body. Like last week. This seems like such a better product. I preodered the LMT the second i saw it. Hopefully i can recoup most of my investment on the SMT10 kit and SWB kit. 😐 Having said that, i do think the price is too high. $400 on a prebuilt roller that i would much rather build myself. The rtrs are $599 which seems crazy to me.

Wallet opening...

Yes!!!!!!

Tower is running a coupon on the Black Special today. I put one in my cart and it brought the price down to $363.30! Coupon is SAVEBIG, if I didnt already have one...

I myself have been getting discouraged by Tamiya lately. Their spares supply is so erratic its frustrating. I've actually kicked around selling off some items because i don't ever see myself running them if there aren't any spares available. Ebay had a bunch of mostly cheap spares for a while but probably some combination of discontinuations, pandemic availability mean the selection isn't as good or as cheap as previously.

Nicely done Speedy. Certainly the preparation you did before starting put the job on a path to success. I also want to note how jealous i am of the car being that clean underneath. Here in Ohio, on a 14 year old car, everything is typically a rusty mess. The job would include a healthy mix of rust penetrant, cheater bars, and bad language to get everything free.

You could swap the motors between Blackfoot and Racing Fighter, see if it speeds one and slows the other? Also while the motor is out, make sure that all wheels are spinning freely.

I too am not happy with my collection. I have been buying but never finishing any projects. I have 5 cars in a near state of completion that i can't get motivated to finish. In addition, I have a large number of kits that were bought to build that languish NIB. I am really trying to cut back and have had limited success so im not sure of what my options are at this point. Im hoping the VQS and maybe a Novafox are my last two for a while. I may sell a few because for me its frankly depressing and overwhelming to have so much unfinished work. An example, i have a new built SCX10II sitting on my floor waiting for battery plugs and finishing the body. This kit was from the first batch of SCX10II kits and it still isn't finished. Note that the scx10III just came out!

Or maybe Vanquish RC?

In the states, only Tamiya USA has them. As it has been marked discontinued twice before through Tamiya USA, I consider this the third release. Other markets could be different I guess.

RCMart has them up now on the site. Just put my order in!

Yes, I've been following the Wild One status all summer and watched the delivery dates continue to slip (I have 2 on backorder myself). Hopefully the discontinuation isn't permanent. The Wild One was one i always wanted but never ordered until it was too late I guess. May have to order a Scorpion to drown my sorrows.

Couldn't agree more. Not sure when but it has to be coming at some point.

I haven't seen them anywhere but Tamico yet. RC Mart doesn't have them on the site yet that i can tell and Tamiya USA still hasn't had any stock.