RERE Scorcher question

[THEWILD1]

This has probably been asked before and answered but I cant find anything on it so my question is'

why did Tamiya release the Scorcher with the Blitzer/Monster beetle body?

Did a company like Tamiya not have the original mould? or have a body in the archives vault?

or even get their hands on an original body shell for a fresh mould?

Did they do this so they didn't devalue the original?

Is it possable they just used the blitzer mould instead as it would be too costly to re-tool the old body as they weren't sure if the rere Scorcher would be a hit on an already flooded RC market and maybe only appeal to die hard Tamiya/VW enthusiasts and a few newcomers looking for something a bit more realistic in terms of looks?

[OldSchoolRunner]

I think you have many good theories!

OSR

[Flat_Out]

Right now, they are using the more universal Blitzer/MB body to make production easier. It has been/will be easily used for the SS and Blitzer. Plus, it will make the re-re of the MB easier to produce next winter.

In late 2014 or early 2015 they will carefully and accurately re-re the original Sand Scorcher body based on the original body style. This will be released as a new special edition SS kit (with other parts more accurate to the MK1 and MK2 kits), and also sold as a replacement body. Everyone with the 2010 kit will feel very inadequate with their poorly shaped body and will quickly spend $50USD on the new, correctly shaped body. Stock of the newly released body will quickly be cleared out, driving up cost of the next production run of bodies. Production run #2 will be snapped up quickly and ebay'd for unreasonable amounts of money. At this point people who still have the 2010 body will feel really ashamed about their poorly shaped bodies and start smashing them into the rubbish bin, or taking them deep into the woods and smashing them with a rock down by the river so none of their friends can see the shameful bodies. Then, 14 production runs later in 2017, the market will be completely saturated with the "new" body style. Collectors will start seeking out the 2010 body for it's style, markings, and lower production numbers. Everyone who smashed their 2010 bodies in the woods with a rock will feel really bad and wish they hadn't taken them deep into the woods and smashed them with a pointy rock that was covered in dirt and moss, and thus got their hands all dirty and smelly and covered in gross moss that bugs and snails have been crawling all over forever. Gross.

Keep your 2010 SS body, snap up a re-re of the correctly shaped body when it makes production, and have the best of both worlds. If you need to smash something with a rock, use the Avante! By 2015 you won't be able to give one of those away.

[Singleseven]

This has probably been asked before and answered but I cant find anything on it so my question is'

why did Tamiya release the Scorcher with the Blitzer/Monster beetle body?

Did a company like Tamiya not have the original mould? or have a body in the archives vault?

or even get their hands on an original body shell for a fresh mould?

Did they do this so they didn't devalue the original?

Is it possable they just used the blitzer mould instead as it would be too costly to re-tool the old body as they weren't sure if the rere Scorcher would be a hit on an already flooded RC market and maybe only appeal to die hard Tamiya/VW enthusiasts and a few newcomers looking for something a bit more realistic in terms of looks?

Well I'm sure I read somewhere that the original moulds had been destroyed, so I imagine that using the BB shell made economic sense. Of course this also meant that Tamiya preserved the interests of vintage collectors, whether that was intentional or not I dont know, but similar things have been done with other rere's, i.e. Sand Blaster jr tyres were not included with the Buggy Champ or FAV.

[HunterZero]

It's most likely that the original Sand Scorcher moulds were modified to make the Monster Beetle and then the Blitzer Beetle bodies. They didn't bother changing them back for the re-re Scorcher (cost $$$$).

- James

[redzone]

This was discussed heavily in the scorcher rere thread ( the 80+page one lol)