Intriguing ad in RC Car Action - RC10 re-release?

[KrackerG]

Awesome! ...i just pre-ordered mine from towerhobbies:

LW3244 Associated RC10 Classic Kit @ $249.99
LXNRD7 Panther Bearings 3/16x3/8" (10) 9.49

then add promo code 011M5 to save $35 on orders over $250
tower club members get free shipping, otherwise $9 for ground (but membership is $9.99)

$224 SHIPPED W/ WHEEL BALL BEARINGS

[bxlt]

I only hope that the chassis has a hole drilled in the side to set the servo, that way it will match all my other RC10's

[klavy69]

I only hope that the chassis has a hole drilled in the side to set the servo, that way it will match all my other RC10's

[85Edinger]

Here's to hoping the trans gears come de-burred. It was fun trying to make the tops and outdrives mesh with my steel idlers. I am really curious to see what changes they made to the gearbox, my 6 gear is currently disassembled to replace the bearings that came apart.

[klavy69]

so what is the address of the new re-re? Will we have new members going by 13 quasimoto way

Todd

[RC10th]

LXNRD7 Panther Bearings 3/16x3/8" (10) 9.49

These bearings are wrong for a 6 gear RC10. There are about 10 million 3/16 x 5/16 bearings in the buggy, some flanged some not.

3/16 x 3/8 were for later RC10's (stealth cars)

Edit - I even got the bearing size wrong

[GoMachV]

Awesome! ...i just pre-ordered mine from towerhobbies:

LW3244 Associated RC10 Classic Kit @ $249.99
LXNRD7 Panther Bearings 3/16x3/8" (10) 9.49

then add promo code 011M5 to save $35 on orders over $250
tower club members get free shipping, otherwise $9 for ground (but membership is $9.99)

$224 SHIPPED W/ WHEEL BALL BEARINGS

We are all speculating but if they are true to original you need 3/16x5/16 flanged for front and 1/4x3/8 flanged for rear wheels.

The original 6 gear uses 2 of the 3/16x5/16 unflanged, 5 3/16x5/16 flanged, and a single 1/4x3/8 flanged

[RC10resto]

so what is the address of the new re-re? Will we have new members going by 13 quasimoto way

Todd

no, new Re-Re members will have to go to a new website http://www.RERERC10talk.com where they can talk about their quasi's

I will stay at the old one.

[rcrob]

Since everyone's struggling on what to call it, I'm curious why AE didn't name it the RC10B1.1 ???

[Timmy2Tracks]

If AE is smart, they will have been watching the comments & criticisms of the Tamiya re-re's and will probably tailor their own re-re accordingly. Obviously they noticed the money Tamiya's making and the resurgence in popularity of the re-re kits, but also hopefully have paid attention to the complaints about the re-re kits changing several parts, which has disappointed some of the purists.

Agreed. Associated is in a really good position here, in my opinion. They have been able to stand by the sidelines and watch the right and wrong things Tamiya has done on their re-releases (as well as the buyers reactions). They also benefit from a much smaller library of legendary vintage kits, which is somewhat beneficial. Being a smaller company, I would love them to slowly rerelease all the vintage models that were famous/important we all love, with tight control over every little aspect of the model, making it as authentic as possible (with the small necessary changes to accompany modern electronics).

But, for the love of god, don't do another rerelease without bearings. That's just plain wrong...

[rcrob]

But, for the love of god, don't do another rerelease without bearings. That's just plain wrong...

Bearing kits used to cost $50 (if I remember right) 20+ years ago, and now you can get them for about 10 bucks (which is $5 factoring for inflation). Why is this so painful?

[RC10resto]

Header card price was $80

[GoMachV]

Back when we didn't have .99 china bearing you had to buy good ones. NMB was the bomb

[RC10th]

The cheap Chinese bearing are terrible in comparison to good quality bearings.

I'll probably use the cheap ones in mine but they'll suit the purpose.

[Timmy2Tracks]

Including cheap Chinese bearings is much better than bushings. If the buyer wants to run high quality bearings, than switch them out. It's just annoying that I have to go make a separate order a set, and pay for shipping for them on top of it, before I can build the kit...

NMB was the bomb. I remember when I got my first RC, The Monster Beetle, I couldn't afford the bearings with my paper route job. They were expensive back then...