47381 Super Astute (due December)

[tamiya_star 87]

Another batch of 47381 Super Astute coming in December

[BuggyDad 6588]

Oh man, I'm so in for one. 

[Twinfan 2447]

Me too, another one for the NIB collection!

Mega news  

[Hobbimaster 218]

Is this information accurate?

[Twinfan 2447]

I was just going to ask, where has this been announced?

[tamiya_star 87]

2 minutes ago, Twinfan said:

I was just going to ask, where has this been announced?

It hasn't officially but I work in the trade so we get inside info. Information supplied direct from Tamiya.

[tamiya_star 87]

4 minutes ago, Hobbimaster said:

Is this information accurate?

Yes info supplied direct from Tamiya. An official announcement will follow in the coming days.

[Twinfan 2447]

2 minutes ago, tamiya_star said:

It hasn't officially but I work in the trade so we get inside info. Information supplied direct from Tamiya.

Awesome, thanks!  

[Hobbimaster 218]

6 minutes ago, tamiya_star said:

Yes info supplied direct from Tamiya. An official announcement will follow in the coming days.

Thank you!

[Snappy1 1005]

I jumped on one originally but I am very happy for the spares for my vintage Astute and Super Astutes……

[GTodd 1607]

A Rere Super Astute is great news for us with Astutes, Super Astutes, and those who missed it last time. If you have a King cab or monster racer the transmission is a drop in and handles modern HP easily. 

 

I'm glad it's back. It's odd though that we don't get the Dyna Storm that everyone really wants

 

Still thankful for this one.

 

What are we thinking for price? $250 US?

[Twinfan 2447]

Dyna Storm could be back next year for the big anniversary?  But who knows!

I'm thinking the Super Astute is going to be a £275-£300 kit in the UK.

[JatoTheRipper 95]

This is so awesome!  I can't wait.

[Snappy1 1005]

18 minutes ago, Twinfan said:

I'm thinking the Super Astute is going to be a £275-£300 kit in the UK.

Pricing will be interesting, it was expensive first time around, from memory the spares  on eBay took a long time to be available

[GTodd 1607]

Just now, Snappy1 said:

Pricing will be interesting, it was expensive first time around, from memory the spares  on eBay took a long time to be available

I remember the same for price. Here in America due to Tamiya USA spares were readily available. I built 2 spare gearboxes for ~50 each.  

[Twinfan 2447]

Announced on TTP's Facebook page now too  

[tamiya_star 87]

5 minutes ago, Twinfan said:

Announced on TTP's Facebook page now too  

I told you my information is always accurate. I'm usually quicker than TTP too 

[Twinfan 2447]

I had no reason to doubt you, just adding some more info  

Thanks again for letting us know so quickly  

[Nick-W 2044]

I've always wanted one of these... Can you still sell kidneys?

[GToddC5 2851]

Woo Hoo!!!

[Jonathon Gillham 4714]

This is great news. I have one NIB and one built, but have been scared to use them as I'm not sure on spares. Maybe time to build the NIB

[Wandy 1603]

Why oh why couldn't they have just released the original Astute instead of this one again? They really drop the ball sometimes. 

[Saito2 8441]

Wasn't the original Astute's rear hub/knuckle design somewhat weak? I also posit that Tamiya is staying far away from the old bolt-together shim style ball diff that the Madcap, Astute, Egress, King Cab, etc used. The Egress re-re received entirely new diffs for example. As of yet, Tamiya appear unwilling to offer a complete re-design of the rwd version leading to fans bemoaning the lack of a King Cab re-re, etc.

I'm not saying there are not half a dozen ways around this like substituting the Super Astute gearbox or even just offering the Super Astute with standard Astute livery, the correct wheels/tires and yellow CVAs but perhaps that is a stretch too far from what differentiates the Super Astute from the standard one.

[Mirrorman 259]

I found a re-re a year or so ago for an OK price , still NIB.  Will be interesting to see the price on this re-re release. 

[Wandy 1603]

4 hours ago, Saito2 said:

Wasn't the original Astute's rear hub/knuckle design somewhat weak? I also posit that Tamiya is staying far away from the old bolt-together shim style ball diff that the Madcap, Astute, Egress, King Cab, etc used. The Egress re-re received entirely new diffs for example. As of yet, Tamiya appear unwilling to offer a complete re-design of the rwd version leading to fans bemoaning the lack of a King Cab re-re, etc.

I'm not saying there are not half a dozen ways around this like substituting the Super Astute gearbox or even just offering the Super Astute with standard Astute livery, the correct wheels/tires and yellow CVAs but perhaps that is a stretch too far from what differentiates the Super Astute from the standard one.

What I mean is they should have released the original Astute, using this Super Astute chassis but with the OG decals, wheels, tyres and yellow CVAs. That would satisfy all but the most hardcore purists IMO.