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My father was big into plastic models and had a decent number of Tamiya boxes stacked in the garage, in addition to a Sand Scorcher and Blackfoot. When I was around 6 or 7, I got a World Engines Rock Buster (poor Grasshopper knockoff?) for my birthday. It ended up with more superglue holding bits together than functional car after a summer of bashing in our gravel driveway and I knew I had to save up for a car from a proper brand if I wanted it to last. A few years later ('93?), the touring car craze was taking off and I purchased a BMW M3 on the TA-01 chassis with lawn mowing cash. My dad painted the body for me but I used at least two sets of Testors brush paints painstakingly detailing the included interior. My dad would roll his eyes when we took our cars out to race around the nearby school parking lot... after a draining a battery pack, I'd spend more time cleaning the body than prepping it for another run.

Has anyone in the states who pre-ordered an XM-01 received the kit yet? They seem to have reached all the other corners of the world...except us.

The best part about going through old nimh/nicad packs is seeing the old labels and the memories that go with them... old mail order companies long gone, local RC shops long closed up, your "lucky" pack for racing, etc. Most likely it was for prescription medication disposal. Our local recycling events would have a table staffed by either local police or county sheriff deputies where they would accept bottles of unused medications that are then disposed of in some manner that was safer than tossing them in with the rest of the garbage.

I recently dug my King Blackfoot out for some backyard bashing after racing sedans all summer. I must not have run it much when I first built it because I don't remember it having sloppy steering. The issue seems to be the collar on the servo saver. It's too lightweight for the task and is easily flexed during acceleration causing the wheels to return to forward position even while the servo is being steered. Is there a replacement for this piece? I have a hi-torque servo saver on my M04 Alfa but I doubt it would work on this application due to the two arm set-up. Anyone have a solution or homebrew fix? Is it possible to take out the servo saver altogether and put the servo where the saver is and run a direct steering setup? Thanks! Here's a photo for the fun of it...

I'm looking for the part number to order a Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA body kit. Also, how are prices for body kits that you order from your hobby shop compared to online prices? Thanks for any help!