Hobbimaster

I have both a Black Egress, and Top Force Evo. The Egress excels on flat surfaces, while the Top Force handles bumpy terrain better. But If I had to choose just one kit, I'd say Egress. To me its the final variant of the Avante line up, and I like the overall design. The build process is unique, but not difficult at all.

That sway bar in the picture is the optional Tamiya Fox bar kit #272. I had one when I built a Novafox, and added this instead of the crap one Tamiya includes now.

My hopes are not high either for the 50th anniversary. I do think its safe to say Tamiya will most likely have some sort of Porsche kit as a usual anniversary release. Tamiya doesn't seem interested in what the customer is asking for next.

I make a point to charge my lipo's on a glass top oven usually without a bag. If it were to go off, there's nothing to burn. However the toxic smoke will still be present as it would if a bag were used anyway. If you think about it, many items use lithium batteries inside of the home: laptops, personal shavers, tooth brush, game controllers, ect, everything seems to have battery that could potentially go bad at any moment.

Yessss!

I heard from a friend, who heard from his neighbor, that his 2nd cousin was told James in the mail room would be getting his own RC10 edition!

This is an exact copy of the Worlds car Kinwald ran at the Jconcepts Winter Nats in 2014. All the same hop ups, body ect from his 2014 run. There are pics floating around of this exact car he used. Although I'm happy for this release, I don't understand why Masami hasn't been given his own worlds winning 89, or 91 kit.

Its selling very well. Nothing on the AE site says "limited", so I'd suspect it will be around at least through the year.

And this is why I'm waiting to see if AE makes any running changes on the next batches. Its a shame the public has to be the R&D for something that has such a high price tag.

I believe patience is a virtue. Like anything prices are high when kits, games, when anything "new" comes out. Usually after a few weeks, maybe a month or two, you can find online shops willing to sell items at a lower cost to move stock once the hype has slowed down.

Its hard to say with Kinwald being gone now if AE would be willing to do another run. However, I could see Associated do a Masami edition that would probably sell as well, if not better than the Worlds car did.

I knew the SA would have fitment issues with the electronics. I ended up going with the Hobbywing XR10 Stock Spec G2 ESC without fan installed, and a Tamiya TBLM-02s 10.5t brushless motor. Its quite quick for me with stock gearing, and everything stays cool.

I use the Tamiya 15.5t, and 10.5t in some of my Tamiya kits. What I really like about them is that they fit in almost everything since the wires are soldered on the end. I also like that they are completely sealed.

I'd like to know myself what engine is shown in the pic, Thunder Tiger? It would seem the old O.S. CZ line has been discontinued, except for the few high dollar ones on ebay.

I found RCJaz and RCmart has this in stock at the moment. RCJaz has a coupon code for the month of December, -10% off that brings the kit after shipping fee's to a manageable amount. I chose the slower 7-20 day delivery rate, and its being provided by FedEx, well atleast that's what the provided tracking number says.