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Seller is blueoval something? Is it true to original? Is ther a good cleanng agent for removing paint from an old? Im going to restore a shelf queen.

I'm thinking about buying one from them too...was kind of wondering how durable they are, specifically the proSE/slipper gear cover.

I remember back in the day you could crack one of those gear covers by looking at it wrong, lol.

The teambluegroove bodies are fine for durability but they are slightly undersized INCLUDING the gear cover which will typically be a tight fit. The body mount holes are usually a bit off as the bodies are shrunk a bit. Typically it looks just fine but on some bodies like the Traxxas Bullet where they cage pokes thru is stronger than the original but dimensionally off just a bit.

That said, I use a lot of their bodies and they have always treated me well. They are not well liked on this forum by the people that have been here a while- I got on this site well after the stuff went down so I can only speak from my own experience.

im gonna give my original a good inspection and maybe find something to get the paint off. Or just end up rolling dice on teamblue.

My experience, comparing TBG repros to originals that I still have...

-TBG bodies are usually nice and thick. At least as thick as the originals.

-TBG bodies have more indistinct body lines; compare a TBG Optima body to a stock Optima body--which is a highly-detailed body with a lot of subtle intricacies in the design--and you'll really see a difference in the details. The TBG repros lack clarity and distinctness in the details, and I imagine it's the same for all of their bodies that were done by pulling molds from existing Lexan bodies.

-For that matter, compare a Marwan-made Optima body with a TBG body and you'll see the difference in detail.

-TBG bodies are all slightly undersized. It might only be a few to 5%, and might not matter much for simple body designs like the original RC10, but for complex designs with bodies that are finicky to fit onto the shock tower body pin holes (Optima is a great example), that couple percent undersize makes cutting out and mounting those bodies an absolute pain in the ASS. The TBG Optima Mid repro gearbox cover BARELY fits. By the time you've massaged it into place and screwed it on and off a few times, you'll see internal stress cracks forming inside the Lexan eventually.

It's great that TBG does repros of hard-to-find bodies that would be otherwise near-impossible to find, or afford (if you could find them), but they go about their manufacturing the cheap way, not the careful way.