Does Anyone Know When New Re-re's Come Out/are Planned?

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Rumours are dangerous

I started to go through the list, the first 3 are all wrong (I didn't bother going further) clearly more work needed

Neither of those have the original chassis, or something even closely resembling it. Any TTG is never going to be a re issue / re release. The 935 and 935 share no common parts, even on the body, etc. etc.

Paul.

[casethejoint]

Ahhh so in other words they have totally cheated?

Not really no. It's a "nod" to an original and still holds some nostalgia value for some (including me).

It's a case of a the bodyshell looking like the olf car but it sits on basically, a COMPLETELY different type of car altogether??

I think I can see your confusion now which is around wording. When we refer to "chassis", we're referring to the entirety of the kit, other than the bodyshell.

[Malakite]

Rumours are dangerous

I started to go through the list, the first 3 are all wrong (I didn't bother going further) clearly more work needed

Neither of those have the original chassis, or something even closely resembling it. Any TTG is never going to be a re issue / re release. The 935 and 935 share no common parts, even on the body, etc. etc.

Paul.

Oops sorry i'll update!

[Malakite]

Not really no. It's a "nod" to an original and still holds some nostalgia value for some (including me).

I think I can see your confusion now which is around wording. When we refer to "chassis", we're referring to the entirety of the kit, other than the bodyshell.

Ahh right ok no probs, so its basically a totally new and different kit apart from the bodyshell!

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Great

Incidently, I commend what you are doing, it is a good idea, especially for newcomers, plus it is hard to get to grips with it if you haven't been around for a while. I may sound churlish, sometimes I do, sorry if you felt hurt! It is difficult to get the right tenor on emails/internet forums sometimes... I had a smile (not a smirk or grin) on my face when I wrote it!

P.

[Malakite]

Great

Incidently, I commend what you are doing, it is a good idea, especially for newcomers, plus it is hard to get to grips with it if you haven't been around for a while. I may sound churlish, sometimes I do, sorry if you felt hurt! It is difficult to get the right tenor on emails/internet forums sometimes... I had a smile (not a smirk or grin) on my face when I wrote it!

P.

Hey no worries at all, glad you approve

So come on people..how can we find out what is on Tamiya's minds now for the next re-release

[WillyChang]

muhahaha... what other old cra pcan we pull out of the back closet and make these gaijin suckers buy...

[Wandy]

Stand by for Holiday Buggy/Sand Rover with updated (Grasshopper-ish) chassis

I think they will come in near identical form to the originals, with the exception of a sealed gearbox.

[Malakite]

muhahaha... what other old cra pcan we pull out of the back closet and make these gaijin suckers buy...

Hehe classic

[Malakite]

Quick question, I notice that the Sand Scorcher is almost double the price of other re-re's, is this purely because they know loads of people want to buy this one?! I can't see why the other kits would be a lot less in price to this one otherwise?!

[Mad Zero]

I think they will come in near identical form to the originals, with the exception of a sealed gearbox.

...which makes it look Grasshopper-ish

[redzone]

Quick question, I notice that the Sand Scorcher is almost double the price of other re-re's, is this purely because they know loads of people want to buy this one?! I can't see why the other kits would be a lot less in price to this one otherwise?!

it and the buggy champ (rough rider) are about the same price, it's due to them having to remake almost all the tooling for the chassis components for both of these cars..

[TamiyaMan]

buggy champ was re-released in aug. 2009 ......it's discontinued already...

So what's the difference between the discontinued one on Tower:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXXPW7&P=ML

and the "Exclusive Edition" one ? :

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXZXB9&P=7

[SKIPP]

So what's the difference between the discontinued one on Tower:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXXPW7&P=ML

and the "Exclusive Edition" one ? :

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXZXB9&P=7

painted body.

[Malakite]

it and the buggy champ (rough rider) are about the same price, it's due to them having to remake almost all the tooling for the chassis components for both of these cars..

Ahh right so at least we know they are prepared to remake tooling for ANY car now then!! Wow perhaps have been on these here boards are realised there was a huge customer demand for them?! Seriousy do you think people wrote to them? Seems a rather arge gamble otherwise remaking all of the tooling etc, and also why would they not have kept it all from before...too big to keep etc?

[Malakite]

Also, does anyone know what the FIRST R/C car was that Tamiya released and what year it was in? (testing your knowledge now!!)

[Jonny Retro]

Stand by for Holiday Buggy/Sand Rover with updated (Grasshopper-ish) chassis

I think they will come in near identical form to the originals, with the exception of a sealed gearbox.

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Kits rumoured Re-Re

Holiday Buggy/Sand Rover

Rumours are dangerous

If the "source" of that rumour was me, I can only apologise - all I did was observe that post-SRB re-release, Holiday Buggy & Sand Rover prices seemed to have tripled (from c. £50 to more like £150), and wondered if that was the start of a slope, possibly slippery, of prices reaching bonkers levels over a couple of years, culminating in a possible re-release ...

I don't have any inside information, and my guesses have proved wrong in the past - for example I was positive, post Rough Rider re-re, that the Superchamp and Ford Ranger would be re-re'd before the Sand Scorcher.

That said, I still believe the Holiday Buggy & Sand Rover could be re-released - they do seem to match a lot of the criteria other re-releases have had: they're a pair, they're old, there's a fair bit of love for them.

Malakite - if your really want to have a "rumour" section in your list, first I think it should be renamed something like "hoping for re-release", and I think the Superchamp and Ford Ranger should be in there, along with the Fast Attack Vehicle & Wild One ... lots of love for the Fox too, and the Avante - and I've seen a fair few Avante 2001's on eBay recently

Re your "New chassis, old body re-issues" category ... Surely they should be "re-imaginings"? ... Like Battlestar Galactica

[Jonny Retro]

Also, does anyone know what the FIRST R/C car was that Tamiya released and what year it was in? (testing your knowledge now!!)

That would be kit 58001

[Wandy]

Five more to come. Holiday Buggy > Sand Rover > FAV > Wild One > Astute. After that it's game over and they will move on to selected big sellers from the 1990s.

[kstar]

RCTV on facebook said the other day that Tamiya is looking if for the old molds for the Porsche 959 4wd. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/ph...id=104315583287

[Wandy]

RCTV on facebook said the other day that Tamiya is looking if for the old molds for the Porsche 959 4wd. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/ph...id=104315583287

Wow, now I'd be staggered if they re-released that. It was a sales flop, came with Technigold and there were well documented issues with Porsche over licensing. I thought they'd want to bury it rather than bring it back. It would also surely cost a fortune if they re-released it in original form?

[kstar]

I also find it an unbelievable re-re. But who knows. I'm not going to speculate, I believe it when/if we see it.

[casethejoint]

I do think the Sand Rover/Holiday Buggy is a very likely re-re, but inconceivable that it wouldn't be on a new chassis.

Both body moulds should be very simple to do. Only issue with the holiday buggy is they may have sold the rights to that one a few years back, unless that was just the moulds and a licence to reproduce ?

[Wandy]

I do think the Sand Rover/Holiday Buggy is a very likely re-re, but inconceivable that it wouldn't be on a new chassis.

I disagree. There is nothing wrong with the original chassis except for the lack of a modern sealed gearbox. And if these do get reissued they will be specifically marketed as extreme entry level R/C kits, such is their simplicity.

Remember that the re-re's are all produced with minimal production costs being high on the Tamiya agenda.

We'd be talking a retail price similar to the Grasshopper I reckon.

[casethejoint]

We're just guessing of course, but I really can't see that original chassis being re-re'd, nor the tires. Far cheaper to produce it on a new chassis, and there's plenty it would fit.

There is nothing wrong with the original chassis except for the lack of a modern sealed gearbox.

We definitely disagree on that point. I have 4 of them and I love them. But the chassis is pants, no two ways about it for me - no dampening and that front suspension has all the angles out of whack.

They do have a ton of charm, but it's largely from the bodyshell, not the chassis.

Remember that the re-re's are all produced with minimal production costs being high on the Tamiya agenda.

Of course, but it may actually be cheaper to use existing production undercarriages than re-mould the original (which admittedly must be very cheap to produce once the moulds are created).