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R/Cat wrote:

GoldRush wrote:im gonna wait to see the specs before I buy bearings since they said that the 6 gear trans has some updates for reliability so that may mean different specs on bearings for outdrives and maybe other areas of the buggy. as far as ordering a second or a third....im scrapping together the dough just for the one that I pre ordered....hoping I have enough since explaining $259.98 to the wife after it comes out of the checking account would be fun so im padding my paypal account with some money at the moment

LOL...glad I'm not the only one doing that to avoid having to explain the checking account deduction to the wife. Paypal is my last financial sanctuary.

scr8p wrote:

kink wrote:

Synergy wrote:A World's re-re would not be on the cars for another ten years surely. Purely based upon the fact there was ten years between the two models coming out.

i highly doubt they would wait 10 years to re-release a worlds car. using that logic, we shouldn't see a stealth trans for another 6, and we know (or i should say we've been told) the new tub is already drilled for it and a stealth trans is on the way. so that's not happening.

if they do plan to re-release all of the versions (and personally, i kinda hope they don't), i would say we'd see them all within 2...... maybe 3 years.

R/Cat wrote:

Coelacanth wrote:AE didn't just make one RC10, just as Tamiya didn't just make the Hot Shot. There's this little forum you might know of, tamiyaclub.com, with nearly 39,000 members and almost 300 currently logged in...compared with here, 3656 total membership, 33 currently logged in, and 208 members was the most EVER logged in at one time. That should pretty much sum things up. It turns out my 10 to 1 ratio was actually pretty accurate, if forum numbers are any indication. That said, quality always trumps quantity. I'm not a Tamiya fan-boy, that's for certain.

Exactly. I've always respected the race-bred cars like RC10s, YZ-10s, etc since the 80's but those cars were marketed to the minority (that being racers) which most of us were/are not. I never even considered getting one of those cars as a teenager back in the 80's because of that and stuck with the plastic fantastic kits primarily from Tamiya.

Contrastly, Tamiya cars were marketed towards the majority (that being backyard bashers) and therefore appealed to a much bigger audience and it continues today. It's no wonder why re-re Tamiya kits are flying off the shelf and Tamiyaclub.com dwarfs RC10talk.com and probably most other r/c blog sites in terms of popularity and membership. That said, I have since become a big fan of cars like the YZ-10 (got one about a year ago) as well as the RC-10 (have a re-re pre-ordered ) and think this site is really cool because it offers a little different perspective than Tamiyaclub.

kink wrote:Also to add: "Limited" may also refer to time, rather than quantity sold. ie, Perhaps sell as many re-re's as they possibly can for one full celebration year (of the RC10's 30th year), or two full years if it is to also include AE's 50th birthday celebration year afterwards as well. Which would explain why no numbers have been stated directly by AE. Either way, no sane business person will be turning down making a fortune out of this opportunity. Not unless they want to get fired for business incompetence. AE are not a charity afterall

kink wrote:You don't have to be a racer to appreciate quality products. The only cars I ever wanted were the top end racing cars. Despite the fact I was never a proper racer.

The same can be said for most of the things I own: studio quality hi-fi, top end custom bike, etc. Quality items are just beautiful.

Timmy2Tracks wrote:

askbob wrote:... You guys must REALLY have a ball and chain...

oldschoolrcer wrote:

askbob wrote:... You guys must REALLY have a ball and chain...

Not even close! I own a cash based business and hate credit card companies! Just trying to help a brother out!