Wandy
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6 minutes ago, taffer said:
It needs ampro or someone similar to 3d print a hard grill and lenses
Definitely. Why they couldn't have just done something similar to what they did with the Lancia Delta body is a mystery to me.
Just been browsing some youtube build vids and noticed other people grumbling at the grille decals so I'm glad it's not just me.
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While waiting for a bearing kit to come in the post I thought I'd get started on the body. And I have to say I'm not enjoying it.
There is still plenty of cutting away of the body that needs to be done and trimming the rear bumper area to shape is bit of a pain. And 5 seperate decal pieces just for the grille assembly.
Just as well this is going to be a runner as the decals definitely won't be perfect. Air bubbles aplenty in the headlamp decals.
Good practice for the bodysets I have on pre-order, I guess.
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The body is really nice and the window tint isn't as heavy looking as the box-art depicts.
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Mine from Time Tunnel arrived today.
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20 minutes ago, Rich427 said:
I have the TFE on pre order. My hopes are for blisters and for the box to say Evolution instead of the abbreviated EVO. After taking some time to hunt down new original wheels, tires and stickers(decals) as well buying a top force and carbon fiber chassis, damper set, I appreciate this release.
I wonder if Tamiya will have titanium screws as a hop up as they did with the Avante. If they do I will buy that as well.
I don't think it will come with the Evolution name on the box art unfortunately. It looks like they have had some kind of licencing issue with the Evolution name, hence the decal changes.
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Yeah there's no titanium screws by the looks of things. Also missing the grey rod-ends & tyres the same as standard Top Force, to add to the decal changes.
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28 minutes ago, Raman36 said:
Umm question... when did you ever have a “quiet” year in this hobby 🤣
Well...quiet would have meant spending less than £500. I've already spent £250 on the Mk2 Escort kit and 3 bodysets and its not even February.
By the end of May that figure will now be getting close to £1000.
We will probably have the Optima Mid announced after that so there's another £300. Not even joking either....I can see it happening. It is definitely due a re-release.
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I want all three of these below plus the Top Force Evo. Can't remember the last time so many fantastic looking buggies got released at the same time by Tamiya, they are really gunning for it in the face of Covid-19 adversity. And thinking about it, they did this back in 2009 when faced with the global economic downturn.
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1 minute ago, thetamiyakid said:
Cheaper than I thought it would be actually. Was expecting UK price to be around £450.
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On 1/20/2021 at 5:02 PM, Wandy said:
I wouldn't get too excited. It's likely to be a way of drumming up hype with the lack of an actual venue to showcase their stuff.
Feeling guilty for saying this now. This is their best release announcement for years.
Would love it if they are planning on blitzing us this year with all of those must-have re-releases we have been craving. 959 etc.
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I really like that Grasshopper 2 Black Edition. Been meaning to get the standard kit for a while but will just plump for this one instead now.
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Top Force Evo is a must have, and I'm delighted that kit has come back relatively soon after the standard TF re-re-release too. Thought they might keep us hanging on for years like they are doing with the Avante 2001. I guess the Evo UK price will be similar to the Avante.
Could be tempted by Thunder Dragon/Fire Dragon bodysets to sit on my Terra Scorcher chassis. Not really interested in the kits though.
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Oh dear, this is going to be an expensive year. Just when I was planning on having a quiet one with regards to RC too.
Now just watch Kyosho also bring back the Optima Mid this year to add to the wallet pain.
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1 minute ago, Robert5000 said:
............even the Vajra will probably be expensive one day.
Let's not get carried away.
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6 minutes ago, Robert5000 said:
Freakonomics!
In light of that one could be tempted to think they might be able to make bank, but if the molds are lost that places the break even goal post even further away. And I guess their first re-re run didn't do anything to get them hooked on the concept.
Nah. Like I mentioned earlier, it's just supply and demand and that fact that stuff that is unobtainable always becomes more attractive. If AE did another run of the RC10 the sales would be very, very poor IMO.
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14 minutes ago, Percymon said:
Yeah I paid the same, kept them for a few years nib. I’d already restored two RC10 team versions so didn’t see me building them for a long time. Sold both of them for ca £90 profit each, which given limited appeal in UK after most interested people got one at launch was a decent sale IMO. With silly eBay pricing for most rc cars/buggies currently I dare say they’d fetch more currently, but you’d perhaps have to wait longer for a buyer.
Completed ebay listings show the kits fetching approximately £600.
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Just now, Robert5000 said:
It was, but it was also an expensive Avante at around £550, but still. This was in 2016, so the 2011 re re was getting scarce and neither of the RC10's seemed to go anywhere.
Still great prices for the RC10s though.
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I just think that AE and their cars are a totally different animal to Tamiya. AE cars have a very limited target customer base of vintage enthusiasts compared to Tamiya and since the cars from back in the day were never really classed as toys, there is very limited nostalgia for them outside of people who raced them back in the day. I remember Roger Curtis, designer of the RC10, being quoted in 2013 that he couldn't undertstand why the kit was being re-released. So if the creator isn't particularly enthusiastic about it then its maybe not that much of a surprise that customers weren't either.
I think the RC10 re-release was heavily driven by Thunder Tiger, who maybe looked at Tamiya and thought they could replicate that kind of re-release success. But if AE weren't owned by Thunder Tiger the re-release would never have happened IMO.
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12 minutes ago, moffman said:
Yeah I got that from a rc shop when they had stocks of the classic and worlds car that they couldn't shift I was I there buying nitro fuel (I was racing a nitro buggy at the time) and I got talking to the shop owner and he said that it had been a bit of a flop and even worse for the worlds edition? At that time nobody was really interested in them🤷♂️ and I had a classic which I put on ebay because I was cutting my rc collection at the time and I got absolute peanuts for it if I can remember it was just over £130 including the steering servo and motor!
Yep. Again though, the Classic kits are now fetching big money on ebay.
As soon as a vintage kit goes out of production and is hard to find, the appeal goes up.
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1 minute ago, Robert5000 said:
Wow, sounds like you got an amazing deal on the RC10s. I paid £290 in total for my two Classics and £150 for the one Worlds kit and I thought that was sweet, but it sounds like you did even better.
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To be honest, the RC10 re-release was a bit of a flop and AE actually struggled to sell all of the kits.
The Worlds kit was being practically given away by shops in the end. Ironic really, considering what they go for now.
Have a look at RC10talk.com. There is a dedicated section to the re-releases and it is absolutely dead. By the looks of things there have been about 10 posts there in the last 12 months. It's the vintage buggies that spark the passion of RC10 enthusiasts.
IMO there is zero chance of the RC10 coming back again in any form. And they probably think it was a waste of time bringing it back at all. I am certainly glad they did though.
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Love that!
Confirmation once again though that Tamiya chose the most boring colour scheme possible for the Terra Scorcher.
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1 hour ago, markbt73 said:
Have they ever made an announcement before the announcement like this? I don't recall any. Usually something leaks, but I don't think I've ever seen this kind of "Tune in for an exciting announcement!" thing from Tamiya before. One would assume that it's something bigger than three more TT02 kits and a Purple Special Hornet...
I wouldn't get too excited. It's likely to be a way of drumming up hype with the lack of an actual venue to showcase their stuff.
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Lol. Nah, they are all in the loft. Anything built that is not on display is kept in sealed containers. But I dont have enough shelf space to display all of my stuff at the same time so have a rotation of displayed models.
To be honest I havent really updated my showroom properly for a couple of years as I have gotten lazy.. In that time I have still been buying quite a bit of stuff too so I need to bring it all up to date.
My collection is still very paltry though compared to a lot of other people's on this club.