GTodd

New Tamiya USA web site. http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58489

PS It looks like the Avante comes with the optional titanium rods.

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A thing of pure beuty!! Thank you Mr Tamiya for bringing this baby back out. The structural improvements and use of some different stickers do not deter from it at all!!!!!!

Well I need to dig up my camera and post up pics on how the DS turned out. I wound up not being able to get a hold of NIMROD and ran the car stock. I used a Brushless Novak set to power the car. The car is so smoothe. I was running it last year at an indoor track in Cali. The track had a few big jumps and the surface was packed clay. Ideal for the DS. I never raced it but it was a fun car to run and it appeared to have the same poise and speed as the new wipper snappers, that is until I broke the rear bulk heads!

PS Plus I still do not understand what made the car handle THAT bad, now I never realy raced that seriously even as a kid I just enjoyed running what I had built with my own two (at the time little hands) and the look of that sexy car running was a hoot. If you look at todays RC cars the Avante was one of if not the first to run: A mid ship motor inline with the chassis, center ball diff, and dual deck composite chassis. Was it the shot wheel base? The gear diffs? I tell you what though, I am hoping someone puts up the dual ball diff hop up soon on the bay because that is a deffinite must!

I will I can not wait too! If the plastics are better the car shouldnt break as much, and tracks are alot smoother these days so the limited suspension wont be such an hinderence. I dont plan on racing, I havent in years but itll be fun to put the Avante through its pace knowing that replacements parts are just an internet order away

OK, there are now individuals preselling spare parts on Ebay!

I totaly agree, I would imagine that alot of the people who are selling their NIB are looking for quick cash or realy arent true fans and were just in it for the money.

Um did anyone notice how many views this thread has? There are almost 12,000 views. This is going to be epic. Funny to think that this car wll be 100% more succesful than its older brother.

I know I know, I love it, I feal like a kid durring Christmas. This car is going to be ran, I wonder how much 16 ball ends will cost ,I polished the ones on my orginal Avante because they were tarnished. If spare parts are abundant the original and its technigold might come out of retirment too. I havent ran it in a looooooooooong time because as you all know spare parts are few and faaaaaaaaaaaaaar between.

I wish Tamiya would give us actual details already. The pics and vids that are up are of the 1988 vintage. Cant wait to see what the 2011 model is going to look lile. Ie what the decals, wheels, chassis, and shocks will look like.

I think that is in reference to the seals at the bottom, before like the HI-Caps the seals are preinstaled and kept in place with a c-clip. Modern dampers, starting with the sleaved Dyna Storm shock have had a cap on the bottom of the shock to ease maintance and replacemet of the seals at the bottom of the shock.

I feal like a kid again! I use to check this forum once in a blue moon to see what was in the news. But now, I check this one thread atleast three times a day for more news. I just checked out the Japanese page with the Avante information. Looks like we will be getting a 99.9% representation of the 1988 model. Im going to purchase an extra top plate, dremel it out and make room for a brushless motor and have some fun, Long live the Avnate. And with a plethora of spare parts I wont feal bad running it, my 1988 vintage might get jealous, she hasnt seen dirt since the late 1990's. Now if only I could find one of those big Avante display posters that use to hang in the Hobby Shops.

Astute next, apparently only coffe can one left

Never in my life had I thought that the the Avante would be a legit Re-re and the old "G" 1988 version at that. I would still be completely floored if Tamiya was doing a Re-re of the 2001. This has got to prove that there is no ryme or reason for what Re-re is produced. Well maybe Im wrong, was the Avante one of the Coffee Cans?

When I was a kid I remember seeing it for about 300 dollars durring the 88-89 time frame. Alot of money for a 12 year old on lawn mowing money.

Hmmmm, I never added my last pics, maybe tonight. I revisited this old thread after reading the news of a proper re-release. Now which one will become the runner? The new Re-re or the old original????

I wish I could put into words how great this is. As a grown man in the United States Marine Corps I feel a little childish being so excited about a toy. But wow! I can not wait to see this car sitting on a hobby shops selves again. This is the one and only car I will purchase two of. One to build and run (have an original which hasnt seen dirt since 1990) and another to stay in its box. COlection complete!

Hello everyone. last year I was running my DS at a indoor track in So Cal, it was great fun. So much fun that I brought the TF Evo out of retirmement, gave it some brushless juice and even more fun. Anyway of course the DS rear suspension blocks broke (rear suspension mount). I can not find a replacement part any where. I can not get a hold of NIMROD and there are zero parts on the bay. Do any of you have a pair of rear suspension blocks/bulkheads for a DS, Dyna Blaster or TR15 that you feel like letting go? PM or email, tjm7671@hotmail.com. Thank you -Todd

Has to be 1988 and 1990 for me, I remember jstairing at the two page spread of the Avante in the Tamiya Catalog and doing the same thing with the Astute. They were so beutiful and a blast to build. I didnt really care that they werent the fastest or the best. They ran better than the frogs and foxes and looked awesome doing it (well when the Avante wasnt broken or when the Astutes press nuts didnt fall off ...)

Hello everyone, well I also like to build static models in my free time (my gf is a little jealous ...) and I am currently working on Tamiya's 1/12 Porsche 935 in Martini livery. Im willing to bet that the body and decals are the same of the 1/12 Tamtech 935 as well as the original 1/12 RC. Id be willing to pay someome to paint and decal the beast. The decals have many curves and Ive ruined a set of decals on the 1/24 and the first 1/12 I built as a kid. Anyone willing to help a guy out? Thank you for looking. Ill post in general too so mods by all means put where you think this should be. Thank you.

Hello everyone, well I also like to build static models in my free time (my gf is a little jealous ...) and I am currently working on Tamiya's 1/12 Porsche 935 in Martini livery. Im willing to bet that the body and decals are the same of the 1/12 Tamtech 935. Id be willing to pay someome to paint and decal the beast. The decals have many curves and Ive ruined a set of decals on the 1/24 and the first 1/12 I built as a kid. Anyone willing to help a guy out? Thank you for looking. Ill post in general too so mods by all means put where you think this should be. Thank you.

Getting pics up tonight of the brushless beast PS Paul (Origineelreclame... ), I think the websites PM are messed up. I would like to purchase the suspension blocks fromm you. My email is tjm7671@hotmail.com. Send payment info there please. Hope all is well!!!! Todd

PS I just bought an Audi A5, that car is pure sex on wheels!!!!!!

Do not get me wrong, I am very proud that Tamiya's name can be spoken in the same sentence with Associated etc when speaking of top of the line racing RC cars. Why couldnt Tamiya include a sexy body on the 511X or 201X? If I buy a 201x im either painting it Astute REd with Astute decals or DS blue with DS decals to add some style back.