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2 minutes ago, ALEXKYRIAK said:

Unbelievable!!!!!! Heroin of choice indeed. So what's the plan for them all?

Hah, as much as I'd like to say that I do have a plan or some sort of reasoning behind this, well let's just say that ship sailed a long time ago. 

What I am going to do though, is to enjoy the heck out of building one whilst having a few pints of bitter and listening to dinosaur jr. Then I'm going to run it on my local track whilst quoting the promotional video and trying to hum the soundtrack. This will probably end with me being escorted off the premises by a responsible adult.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Robert5000 said:

@March75, meaning you bought a second one and then got a shipping notice on the one you preordered? :)

Actually it fits pretty nicely in my schedule that it's sat in customs for a few days. Won't have any time to build it before next week anyhow @moffman 

The top force was supposed to be available last week from modelsport which if I was honest was a bit of a pain because I was away so I was annoyingly glad (is that an actual saying? And why have all my emoticons disappeared?) That the delivery had changed to this week! Mind you if it changes again then I'll just be ANNOYED!!!!!!!!! 

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It's pretty unfair if annoyingly glad isn't a saying, as it fits the bill perfectly @moffman I was told the top force would be here on the fifteenth, but since that came and went without a word I'm hoping for july. Mega annoying that tamico has it in stock and I'm sat here waiting for mine. Though logic dictates it's probably stuck in the same shipment customs are tossing around the harbour. 

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On 20/06/2017 at 8:55 PM, Robert5000 said:

Hah, as much as I'd like to say that I do have a plan or some sort of reasoning behind this, well let's just say that ship sailed a long time ago. 

What I am going to do though, is to enjoy the heck out of building one whilst having a few pints of bitter and listening to dinosaur jr. Then I'm going to run it on my local track whilst quoting the promotional video and trying to hum the soundtrack. This will probably end with me being escorted off the premises by a responsible adult.

 

Post of the Year .... genius, laughed v hard, thanks.  :) 

 

You've made me really want to obtain one, even at THAT price...! Loving that video. Want to meet the guy who does the voiceovers, he sounds like a legend.

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2 hours ago, Robert5000 said:

It's pretty unfair if annoyingly glad isn't a saying, as it fits the bill perfectly @moffman I was told the top force would be here on the fifteenth, but since that came and went without a word I'm hoping for july. Mega annoying that tamico has it in stock and I'm sat here waiting for mine. Though logic dictates it's probably stuck in the same shipment customs are tossing around the harbour. 

According to modelsport the top force and that Kong head thing will be available from the 22nd June! So let's hope because this weekend coming I've got a nothing to do long weekend for a change and like you I did look at getting from somewhere that has already had it in stock mainly Stella but I thought I'll just wait it's only a few weeks and the price including p&p didn't really make much sense and on top of that if I lost the customs gauntlet run then it's probably going to cost me more!....... fingers crossed for 22nd from modelsport! And I'll be in to receive the parcel then it saves my local happy courier 😞(I'm being very ironic!) Trying to deliver it again!

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10 hours ago, ALEXKYRIAK said:

You've made me really want to obtain one, even at THAT price...! Loving that video. Want to meet the guy who does the voiceovers, he sounds like a legend.

This is highly dependant on the production run this time around, but there's a chance you will see prices falling once these hit the market in full. 
If so, how can you or anyone else possibly avoid falling for boxart like this?

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And yeah, the narrator is an absolute star! 

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I have to admit, it would've been funny as capslock expletive if you came home to find your top force kit sat on the roof, @moffman

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4 hours ago, Robert5000 said:

I have to admit, it would've been funny as capslock expletive if you came home to find your top force kit sat on the roof, @moffman

There's time yet! This is the company (yodel)( Hermes isn't much better!) That a few years back I hunted high and low so to speak for a buggy champ finally got one but when it arrived I think they had used it for a target for the parcel Olympics they were having at there depot!, The javelin I think because it had a hole straight through it and cracked the body😤😬 and last year Hermes courier (when I was actually sitting in the garden) chucked my Tamiya boomerang over the fence bouncing off my shed door in the process😬😬! and apparently I signed for it! So forgive me if I'm a little critical of these two penny useless excuses of a delivery companies! I'm just praying that they do get stock tomorrow because I'll be in to receive it (mind you not that it matters with Hermes 😤) 😁

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You've made me quite appreciative that the good old postal service is doing the majority of the delivieries where I live @moffman Despite the entertainment value, this behaviour by couriers is a cause for concern when it comes to valuables such as these. But hey, you signed for it -so I guess you approve of their methods ;)

 

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Yep! Strangely Indeed I signed for it 😕 the problem is without getting to deep is they get paid absolute peanuts they only care about getting it delivered because if they don't they don't get paid! It's disgraceful behaviour on all levels. My postie is an old boy been there for years really nice chap even a few months back ordered a front bumper for my sand Scorcher from Japan and the door number and street name was incorrect but he new me and new I've ordered stuff from Japan many time so it was put through my letter box!........happy day's 😊

 

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Our unwillingness to pay a large portion of the workforce a decent wage will be the downfall of our society, not that I want to go to deep into that here either @moffman
All hail your postie! 

On a sidenote; I just recieved an email telling me that the container is now released from customs and are at the importer. So when I get back from canoeing in Denmark on tuesday my Avante will be waiting for me at my lhs. Oh, happy days! 

 

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34 minutes ago, Robert5000 said:

So when I get back from canoeing in Denmark

 

Cool, where are you in Denmark? I live just next to a place where a lot of people are canoeing.

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In Hellerup visiting family right now, then on to Brædstrup tomorrow. Gudenåen from Brædstrup to Klostermølle in four lazy days is the plan @Klausen 

I naturally prepared for the trip by searching dba.dk for rc cars and old B&O. 

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1 minute ago, Robert5000 said:

In Hellerup visiting family right now, then on to Brædstrup tomorrow. Gudenåen from Brædstrup to Klostermølle in four lazy days is the plan @Klausen 

I naturally prepared for the trip by searching dba.dk for rc cars and old B&O. 

Sounds like a great plan 😀. I am 40 km's south of Copenhagen near Køge, so not in the area.

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1 hour ago, Robert5000 said:

Our unwillingness to pay a large portion of the workforce a decent wage will be the downfall of our society, not that I want to go to deep into that here either @moffman
All hail your postie! 

On a sidenote; I just recieved an email telling me that the container is now released from customs and are at the importer. So when I get back from canoeing in Denmark on tuesday my Avante will be waiting for me at my lhs. Oh, happy days! 

 

Just thought I'd share "you too are going to have one!" (Or two!) Enjoy them next to the sand Scorcher they are the best things Mr T ever done IMO!

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Picked up my 2017 2011 Avante today. At first glance the only difference I can spot between the re re and the re re re is that they seem to have mastered the art of not having the blister around the bottom of the motor break. Which in my demented way makes it slightly more special than the other three as they've all got cracked blisters on that area. 

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I've just had a bit of a disaster with my avante box! One of my kids (there not kids anymore!) Put the iron on the same shelf as the box because she'd just used it and you can guess what happened?? YES the iron was up against the box and the heat has separate the layers of cardboard like it has just got wet then dried 😥😥😬😬😬!. Hopefully when it's widely available someone will split skit and I can buy the box😮

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I think you'll be able to score a reasonably prized unbuilt one during the fall @moffman Auction prizes in Japan has taken a serious hit already, that might spread to your side of the pond as well. 

Also, kids are kids. I should know, as I'm 38 and still getting a drive safely hug when I've visited the parental units. 

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Just ordered a re-re from Stella, won't sell this one this time!

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12 hours ago, Sheriff said:

Just ordered a re-re from Stella, won't sell this one this time!

Their is an unwritten rule!....you are not allowed to sell the avante if you made the mistake the first time around!,  It's in the instructions manual on the back page I think?😉

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How much is it? And I can't see it or a preorder option on stellamodels website?

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On 7/29/2017 at 3:47 PM, CoolHands said:

How much is it? And I can't see it or a preorder option on stellamodels website?

I suspect the UK stock will be sucked up into back orders - I placed my order in February and have heard from the supplier that the UK distributor had issues with getting hold of enough of them to meet demand which is why its almost impossible to find a UK shop willing to take an order - I think they want to see them first!! Stella is Hong Kong based I think - different stock allocation - I think that region has had their lot and sold out of them already :(

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..I stand corrected - Modelsport and Wonderland will take a pre order at £429 - though I suspect they probably have more back orders than they will be able to fulfill too....

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-avante-2011/rc-car-products/38927

 

https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-rc-avante-2011-4wd-buggy-model-kit/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqvvLBRDIARIsAMYuvBHHbUcfKGQivJ5koWRHAiC_hEKPeYJykamFddxgNTNliPvJ9ctllV8aAoDoEALw_wcB

 

 

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