Gutted!

[lupogtiboy]

recently been on holiday to cyprus, where i hired a car for a week. was on my way to Limmasol town centre, when i passed 2 model shops. at the time they were both closed, but on my way home, Nick's Models was open! stepped inside, and OMG!! timewarp!

boxed Marui's everywhere, r/c planes, helicopters, this shop was full to the brim!

really wanted to buy something, but cyprus is now quite expensive since they've switched to the euro, so sadly couldn't afford anything! found a large monster truck similar to a clod buster, but only had one motor, but did have 4 wheel steering, was made by a company called Royal something or other. can't remember the name of the truck either, but it came with a t-shirt transfer!

took a few pics of his boxed marui stock to keep y'all going!

[caddy shack]

some nice ones there, shame you was skint lol,

know one will reply on here fast there all l@@king on the net for cheap flights to go and buy them now you posted the shop name etc

great find , looks like a timewarp aswell. thanks for pics

cad

[The Mad Modder]

some nice ones there, shame you was skint lol,

know one will reply on here fast there all l@@king on the net for cheap flights to go and buy them now you posted the shop name etc

great find , looks like a timewarp aswell. thanks for pics

cad

Wow! Some nice Marui kits there. How much was the Big Bear going for?

[lupogtiboy]

the royal truck was around 80 cypriat pounds, which was around 160 euros

think he said the marui stuff was around the same money

[HunterZero]

the royal truck was around 80 cypriat pounds, which was around 160 euros

think he said the marui stuff was around the same money

Wow, that's a pretty insane find! Amazing that there are shops out there that are still in business that still have these 80s kits. I would've thought that if they haven't been able to sell stock like that for this long, how are they doing enough business to stay open??

I always liked the look of the Shogun and Ninja though. Hope someone from here raids the place and posts pics

- James

[B.M.T.]

Do you have Nick's phone number, and does he speak English?

[lupogtiboy]

he speaks excellent english, and i got his number somewhere at home....!!!

[The Mad Modder]

the royal truck was around 80 cypriat pounds, which was around 160 euros

think he said the marui stuff was around the same money

That's dirt cheep for such old rare RC kits.

[B.M.T.]

he speaks excellent english, and i got his number somewhere at home....!!!

Ooooh, that could be dangerous.... If you hate me, pm it to me!

[alexj]

These kits you see have been plucked for spares and kept on hand for that reason. I spoke with this guy about a year ago.

Look at the photos carefully, if they were NIB, they would not have the handling wear on the outside of the boxes as most

of them do. Day late and a dollar short so-to-speak!

[Swarm]

I closed my eyes tapped my feet together 3 times and said there is no place like home

Opened my eyes and I was still here whats a guy gotta do.... go to Cyprus

and I cant find that yellow brick road either

>cries after reading thread

Stuart

[alexj]

If they were NIB, I would have bought all of them when I spoke with the guy. Unless you can visually see inside each kit,

it is hard to gauge a value of the spares...

[HunterZero]

If they were NIB, I would have bought all of them when I spoke with the guy. Unless you can visually see inside each kit,

it is hard to gauge a value of the spares...

There are duplicates of some of the kits, eg the Big Bear. I'd imagine that one could combine them into something that was pretty close to NIB from what's there, but would still be missing key bits.

Eg, tires, gears, body parts would be the most likely bits missing.

- James

[Malakite]

You can PM me his number too and i'll call him and ask what the score is exactly with the kits and let you all know?

[billg4]

the royal if a buggy was called the ripper, if a monster truck was the crusher

the crusher had a waterproof bathtub chassis

Royal r/c was junk, all of them. The plastic used was way to brittle.

Anybody who owned one and drove it became frustrated, you didn't even have to crash to break something.

[angel wings]

Thats like a back to the old school 80s cd haha