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budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:47 pm
by kaiser
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58477
kinda cool, although this car(and the trf201) screams "i wanna be a b4".
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:12 am
by RCveteran
You got that one right, at quick glance I would have thought this was my B4.1.
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:05 pm
by kaiser
well if you can't beat'em, join'em. i guess.
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:27 pm
by Brandon G
Why would I buy a B4 clone where the parts are harder to get and more expensive than AE? It will be the demise of this buggy.
Come on Tamiya. You can try a little harder than that. Lord knows you have the money to.
What body comes with this kit, a lexan version of the Holiday buggy?
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:17 pm
by Coelacanth
Wow...that's almost identical to a B4. It's identical enough that I wonder how they could get away with it?
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:44 pm
by GJW
ha, its looks exactly the same
who would sue tamiya though
who would buy one for that matter
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:50 am
by N2Deep
from my reading of "building of TRF201", the B4.1 and the TRF201 looks similar but are two very different vehicle. For example, the transmission case on the TRF201 has structural ribbings to reinforce the design whereas the B4.1 does not. Don't let the looks fool you....but in honestly, the TRF201 is spendy. Thunder Tiger's B4.1 is nice and people are familiar with the layout...not much changed from the B4 except the offset to centralize the brushless motors.
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:25 pm
by longboardnj
cool but if i want that id buy a b4.1.. i just dont understand , why??? i feel like a rerelease of anything tamiya will sell more then this thing.. i wish tamiya would just spend the time on rerelease stuff.. if they would just do minor upgrades to the old stuff(like what they did with the frog) i think they would sell alot more kits
Re: budget trf201 based 2wd buggy to be released
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:07 am
by kaiser
N2Deep wrote:from my reading of "building of TRF201", the B4.1 and the TRF201 looks similar but are two very different vehicle. For example, the transmission case on the TRF201 has structural ribbings to reinforce the design whereas the B4.1 does not. Don't let the looks fool you....but in honestly, the TRF201 is spendy. Thunder Tiger's B4.1 is nice and people are familiar with the layout...not much changed from the B4 except the offset to centralize the brushless motors.
some ribbing and little things like that don't make it any less a clone/copy. TRF is letting us down.
i agree, tamiya should stick to what they know best, cool kits and re-re's. their current 2wd and 4wd 1/10 race offerings are straight copies of ae products.