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

[flipwils11]

You'd want to convert the excitment into sales not dissatisfaction.

Ummm yeah, sales of modern products that are demanded by a much larger market segment.

[kink]

Well if selling modern buggies is the goal making retro gold pan adverts and 1:1 models is utterly pointless.

[Orange]

I think its brilliant actually because it can be built up as a winning tradition that is still going after 30 years and could be ended with a B5 to carry on the tradition. Nothing wrong with that marketing IMO.

There was a petition started last year or something I saw on RCTech asking AE to reproduce the RC10. Anyone see the results of that? I went and looked just now, it has 41 signatures. It took a year to get those results.

[CamplinP]

I think its brilliant actually because it can be built up as a winning tradition that is still going after 30 years and could be ended with a B5 to carry on the tradition. Nothing wrong with that marketing IMO.

There was a petition started last year or something I saw on RCTech asking AE to reproduce the RC10. Anyone see the results of that? I went and looked just now, it has 41 signatures. It took a year to get those results.

Put that petition on here and you would have 41 in an hour.

[askbob]

Sadly, IMO I think that interest in the original or a re-re gold pan is a VERY limited market. Although it is quite cool to see how much the old cars spark interest when taken to a track, the sales are in whats new. With that said, I would love to see a re-re of the original gold pan.

[Orange]

You're on the clock :

http://www.change.org/petitions/associated-electronics-inc-rerelease-the-vintage-rc10-gold-pan-buggy

[flipwils11]

Well if selling modern buggies is the goal making retro gold pan adverts and 1:1 models is utterly pointless.

Here's a great example of a retro car ad (full scale obviously) positioned to sell modern cars.

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[kink]

Ok I take your point. Fair enough I guess.

But I live in hope...

[Orange]

You're on the clock :

http://www.change.org/petitions/associated-electronics-inc-rerelease-the-vintage-rc10-gold-pan-buggy

10 minutes left...

[Orange]

Times up... Got 2 in an hour... Which is 1 more than I expected.

[kaiser]

one of those was me. lol

[scr8p]

Apprently, 41 names are all that was needed.

[Phin]

I didn't sign because the internet already has too much info available on me, and I don't feel the need to go around voluntarily helping to spread it .

[mikea96]

Everything being said here doubting a re-release is the exact same things said over at TC about a Sand Scorcher re-re, bruiser re-re and look what happened!

[longboardnj]

I didn't sign because the internet already has too much info available on me, and I don't feel the need to go around voluntarily helping to spread it .

yea i vote to keep my id over a rere rc10. i almost wanted to comment "i want to vote should i give you my ss# too" ?