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I think you may have missed that the OP spotted this had just changed. I think it must have been changed in the last couple of days too because I paused on an order because I wanted some BBX bits they haven't listed yet and I thought I'd wait (due to no BBX yet!) Try it yourself and see, if you have a UK delivery and go to check out less than £135 you should see 20% tax is now added. Whatever the case, I'll still use PJ as I like them and all the miscellaneous other Japanese stuff I can order from them, and their service is fab. Can't blame them for UK tax either, or couriers' collection of said taxes.

No, its the value of the goods, hence why ticking over £135 drops the tax off. Don't think they have. How it's worked out I'd say is consistent with what's published here - https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty My understanding has always been it's based on the value of the goods (items), but when you pick up the tab from the courier then you are liable for VAT on the amount of goods, the shipping costs on top, any Duty, and a fee from the courier for the privilege of doing it. Presumably that's why the earlier RC Mart example got double dinged (and got it back) as they were unlucky on the amounts being borderline, and maybe some bad paperwork on the package. Note: I'm not a tax expert, so seek advice if importing tat from Asia. 🧐

That's because your item is less than £135. Add a £10 item and you'll see the tax come off. If you pay duty on entry you have to pay it on both the item and postage. As you said though its around the danger zone as you put it. Just looking at some random blue bling I've bought before (Tamiya 54661), even with 20% added it's still about half it's UK price.

Just having a mess on the store and if you go over £135 it stops adding the tax on. Think I might chance adding a spare pinion on my next order. 😂

Gutted! Just looked, still not bad in many cases even considering the 20%. What does that mean for orders over £135 though if they are collecting the vat. Wondering if it would make bigger orders viable?

Gutted I didn't see this sooner, shows Amazon EU now as £492.45!!!!

Good to see some of the small but already recommended content on here such as Andy Robinson RC, Popalong RC (brilliant), RC So & So (came for the RC, stopped for the monologues. Love it), Kai City Rc and Pete Wylie RC. So I'll not repeat those. Surprised no one has mentioned RC Icons, yet. Respect to his collection goals, and track building ambitions. Scale Builders Guild I like too. Tomley and Talbot are fun in their own way and deserve their following. RC Kicks, I don't get any more. In sure Gavin is a lovely chap to meet, but his channel now seems like quick content for contents sake. Almost like he's done a course on making a living on YouTube (probably inspired by Talbot's videos), desperate for likes, subs and sponsors. And that hat, just stop.

So sorry to hear. There are no words.

Nice, enjoy! At least the Top Force has plenty of pinion options to tinker with and find the combo that's right for you.

Nice car to get back in with! Go middle of the road and try 18 tooth, they are only a couple of quid and often come in pairs. Anything 16 to 20 will get that ratio, just depends if you want acceleration or speed. Nothing wrong with the Tamiya motors, but the ESCs are not amazing, but I don't complain about a free brushless ESC. Replace it with a better one if it breaks. I run a 15.5t TBLM-02S with a TBLE-02S and its fine, mine has no fan, but the 10.5t apparently needs one. Can't remember the size of fan off the top of my head, but they are pretty standard and the 04s had at least mounts for them. 25mm I think, just buy something cheap that has a servo power connector on and plug into a spare port on the receiver.

Glad it's not just me on the Cloud. 😂

Sonic Fighter. I don't even know why I did it, I think it must have been cheap! Just to top it off, the first time I ran it someone else had a go, hit something and split the chassis across the front. So after months of waiting for a replacement chassis I then got rid of it, hardly used. Other than that, dare I say the Clod? I bought one built, and think I never massively got on with it I think because I didn't build it. I think this is why I don't like the idea of RTR.

It has to be my original King Cab. I enjoyed all the other cars I had, but that one was properly epic. Good build, good chassis and a blast to drive, looking like a monster but driving like a buggy. Never had a problem with it either (other than trashing the back of the body from too many wheelies from a slightly bonkers motor). The most annoying thing is that I never recall selling the King Cab, so I don't actually know what happened to it either sadly. Other than that, I was never massively into on-road cars, but the M03 Mini was a good laugh, and probably should have been spared eBay. Although it was a bit too rough in the end to become a shelf queen.

I always find it strange to hear people criticise the ball diff. I never had any problems with mine despite the car getting horribly abused with some completely over the top motor and ESC combo. I did occasional maintenance on it which might have helped. Whatever the case, it was always a solid car and an epic drive getting the perfect balance between buggy and monster truck. I'd buy a re-release in an instant.

I always wanted one back in the day but they were like hen's teeth. Seems odd they've not brought them back given the rise of smaller RC recently. Presumably some of that is the need for quite specific electrics.