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Oh thank goodness, please make this happen!

No problem Ferruz. I've ordered a set of buggy champ wheel sprues for hardly anything. Just got the tires today, they definitley have a firmer sidewall and I think they should be great on the street. Works out better this way, now he can have a wheel set for the street and one for dirt. Anyhow, we made it out to the local park today with the hornet and lunchie for some dirt hooliganery.

Thanks Re-bugged for the clarification. I had seen a lot of pics of hornets with buggy champ tires and assumed they mount right onto hornet wheels. The wheels look so similar, never knew the wheels were different. On now to find buggy champ wheel sprues!

Thanks! We're now working on learning how to manage our newfound speed. Namely, to slow down prior to turning. I have noticed when he's doing speed runs on the street there is quite a bit of bounciness in the rear tires now. They're getting kinda worn anyhow, so ordered some buggy champ tires as I believe they'll fit hornet wheels. They look like they may be a better street tire and perhaps more stable, we'll see.

Thanks! And I don't think I'm allowed to make the lunchbox any faster!

A fun story for you all. My son's black edition Hornet has been looking worse for wear from 4 years of use. He got it for his 5th birthday. As he was a young guy I had put a 380 in it to help him learn the ropes. Well he'll be turning 9 soon and said the Hornet has been getting boring to drive and was looking ugly from all the body damage. I've taken that as a opportunity to fix it up with him. We tore it down and cleaned out the gearbox & relubed. Installed ampro rear body & wing mount bracket. New ball bearings. And to make it spicy, a sport tuned motor. Lastly, I asked what color he wanted and he said green. I had a long think about it and felt the Hornet decal color pallet is very similar to the Top Force. I showed him a pic of a Top Force in its PS-17 metallic green glory and he loved it. Since he's turning 9 soon, there's naturally only one number the new & improved Hornet could be. Really pleased with how it turned out! May need to get standard white hornet wheels to be more Top Force like. And he was blown away by the sport tuned motor as he now can easily beat my stock lunchbox!

Really hoping they do another run with full spares suppprt. I would load up on stealth trans parts and get a new chassis. Barely run my worlds now as parts are getting costly and hard to find.

Thanks for the offer Mirroman, very kind of you. I'm in Indiana, USA. I am thinking of switching gears and getting him a holiday buggy instead. I think he might like the styling of that, and it appears to have a semi-modern chassis that would perform ok. It looks like it is in stock on tamiyausa.com site, which is a blessing considering how poor inventory has been.

$600 is a tad steep for a 2wd retro buggy methinks...

My 5 yr old son loves running his hornet and clashing against my worlds RC10. My dad often watches us, and I suspect longs to run with us. I was thinking of getting him a wild one for father's day, as i think they have decent performance, but more importantly really nice detailing that I know he would enjoy building and looking at while on the shelf. I'm looking around and it seems I can't find any kits. I'm guessing its discontinued? Any chance another run of them will be made by tamiya? If no expectations that anymore will be on market, I might have to bite the bullet and get him a Kyosho Scorpion instead, as I think those have a similar look he'd like (old school sand rail).

Thanks! I've put a fair amount of work into it, it surprisingly handles decently at this point. I'm using 2 stage rpm pistons in shocks and they handle really awesome on track. They give good pack landing jumps, but act soft over rough terrain. For durability i replaced the following that broke on track: All hinge & kingpins to lundsford (bent two after 3 races) Tini shock shafts (bent one) Aluminum shock caps (popped a plastic cap on first race) Rear bearing carriers to rpm (broke one on first race as well) For batteries, i'm running gens ace 5000 mah 50c, kinda heavy for racing, but i also bash too and these have good run times: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00WOAWHUK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493858856&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=5000+mah+2s&dpPl=1&dpID=41r0nHzSG-L&ref=plSrch I get what you mean about the slash's sloppy handling, it was comical when i first started racing in spec slash class. All these slashes leaning, wiggling, rolling around the track, lots of fun. Local track has a annual event on new years day called the "hangover 500". Basically 15 or 20 stock slashes running on indoor oval course for 50 laps, pure insanity.

Hmm, I might go ahead and get some of those rod ends, I'll have to see if they come in white as I kind of like the white/black contrast of the worlds parts. Yes, I have the stock shocks on it. I'm going to stick with them initially as I usually don't like changing out most things before trying stock setup. I did set it up using the Kinwald setup sheet on associated's site: https://www.teamassociated.com/pdf/cars_and_trucks/RC10WC/setup_sheets/RC10_2014_Standard_Kinwald.pdf I'll try this setup for a while and see if I really need big bores for our track or not. How about you, are you sticking with stock setup initially as well?

Thanks for the compliment, I just used rattle cans & tape. I'm pleased with how it came out considering that its only the 2nd body I've ever done up. Yes, the 17.5T plenty powerful in this car, not sure how guys run these with 6.5T's, but they do. I got this buggy off A-main back in January. It was on sale for $145, and they also had a $5 off coupon, so final price was $140. All stock disappeared and the model was discontinued roughly 2 weeks after I bought it. So, this is genuinely one of the last kits from a vendor. Glad to hear you snagged one too at that price, it was too good to pass up. Stinks you had some of the problems others had. Even if I had encountered those issues, I'd still be in love with this car. I want to try mine at the track and see how it behaves on jumps, I've heard of weights being needed, we'll see. I really want to change out the ugly rod ends. What size RPM rod ends did you get? Do they bind in the steering? I've heard people say that the thick RPM's can cause binding, so I was hesitant to get some. I look forward to hearing how your track experiences compare to mine!

Hi all. I've been wanting a vintage buggy for the last year and a Frog was at the top of my list due to nostalgia. I was watching Frog prices through Christmas and they never went on sale. However, I saw amain had the RC10 worlds car on sale for $140. Which is actually cheaper than the Frog. This intrigued me because I remember seeing one of these running way back in the day and of course I thought it was amazing at the time. The RC10 would scratch my vintage itch, and I could actually take it to the track and it would perform pretty darn well. So, I'm killing two birds with one stone as I want to also run in the 1/10 buggy class at the track every so often. Its a lot of car for the money, so I pulled the trigger. The car went together well, early buyers had issues with the top shaft in gear box being machined wrong, but I had no problems. I think with my kit being one of the last before discontinuation, the bugs were worked out. I threw on a few upgrades while building: Full ball bearings in bell crank - people had problems with the stock bushings binding in the steering, bearings resolves this RC Carbon works front/rear shock towers - got to love bling bling, they compliment the carbon transmission brace Associated FT blue thumb screws for batter strap - much easier to use these than the stock pins that require flexing the battery box Jconcepts Goosebumps in rear, and Groovy's on Front - Should work OK on our tracks outdoor loamy dirty Trackstar 17.5T ESC/Motor Combo - Decent power, allows me to run stock class Tower Hobbies TS-140 High Speed 2 BB Metal Gear Servo - Strong, quick, and reasonably priced So far, driving it on the street, this car performs amazingly. Certainly blows away the Grasshopper I built my niece. Looking forward to getting it on the track.

I have a 4 pole castle creations 3800kv in my 2WD slash. I got it as a bundle with the Sidewinder SCT ESC, you could possibly look at that, not sure if the motor you got was sensored or not, the Castle ESC is sensorless. That motor really moves the truck, very torquey! The stock tires have a hard time dealing with the power and will teach your son some trigger control. The two biggest upgrades that helped my slash was the ESC/Motor upgrade, and secondly it would be the LCG chassis, for only like $35 its well worth it with the extra speed. Here's what my slash is looking like these days: