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Dt-04 all the way. Hornet evo to me seems like a bodge which people are modifying to make the front/rear track look better and work better. Why would you want to fix a supposed fix?

One local retailer here in NZ is now expecting their deliveries of the hornet evo in April. It was supposed to of been Oct/Nov 2024.

DT 04....Super striker. For some unknown reason I can't get it out of my head that this is a super striker

I would preorder this thing. They should do some of the mini 4wd bodies in 1/10

Interesting. When I purchased a new tub for my og wild one I thought the plastic felt different/brittle compared to the the old one it was replacing. Never felt their abs like that before. What's really strange is the original broke at the exact same place as yours did but in a racing crash. I also thought the newer top force gearbox replacement felt more brittle than the original. Might just be me though

This is the one I want them to rere or one of the r/rr/rrr variants

I'd like to see a buggy version of this chassis. A TC-01b. Like they did with tt-02

I guess buggies just don't sell in Japan. The quote from tamiya about being a model company first is correct but that doesn't explain why they still have trf on road cars and very high spec non trf on road cars. The only conclusions would be buggies just don't sell there and on road do. Then add the cost to design carpet and dirt versions of buggies and spare parts etc it probably doesn't stack up in a financial way for them. I think they might of got burned by the td2/4 to. No third party hop ups other than those that tamiya already offered really says alot I think

It really doesn't look good in that side on profile does it. Anyone for an astute 2022 rere in 10 years time or super avante rere🤣

It needs an astute body..or id even settle for a astute 2022. Or just to be different super storm dragon

And they go and put an ugly body on it. WHY!!!

So that's where the inspiration for the top force evo color/sticker scheme came from...the hornet

Having raced original wild one back in the day and original top force I'd have to say they were fragile compared to the competition, lack of gear choices, suspension settings/geometry etc. The list is long, they just were not designed as race vehicles. A 'straight out of the box '95 Schumacher Cat is a better race car than the tf evo as the cat was designed as a pure racer from day one. Exceptions probably being the TRF cars and maybe the db01. Avante/egress were an attempt but enough has already been said about those 2.

Just hope that they didn't spend all their development budget on this mashup which is what it is instead of fixing the flaws in the td2/4 chassis. They need something in buggy line better than entry level and newer than df03 and not exotic priced and old like egress/avante. Top force doesn't count as it's design is older than df03 and has its own flaws...having raced an og top force and owning an og tf Evo they need something new

DB01 or 2 please. Would love to try one of those