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What models are most important/cherished by you? If you could only keep five products/models (by RC manufacturer) in your RC collection what would you hold on to? And why? My buggy collection might be the following.

Team Associated: RC10 Edinger, RC10 Team Car, RC10B2, RC10B4, RC10B44 (significant engineering leaps through the 2000s and nostalgia)
Yokomo: Wonder Dogfighter 834B, 870c, 93 YZ10 WCS, 94 YZ10 WCS, MX-4 (Japanese engineering IFMAR winners, or for amazing looks)
Tamiya: Avante, Hotshot, Astute, Bruiser, Green Grasshopper..? (over-engineering, looks, iconic branding)
Kyosho: Scorpion, Ultima, Turbo Optima, Optima Mid, Maxima FF (start of the animal/insect series, cool looks, and memorable engineering)
other: Schumacher CAT XLS, Losi XX4 worlds, BJ4 Worlds? (IFMAR winners).

This would be my list,

RC10 Team Car
RC10T
RC10T2
RC10GT
RC12LW

Five is hard as there are a few other cars I'd like on the list, 10 would probably be a figure I think I could be content with.

This was the highlight era of Associated in my opinion.

1 Top Cat
2 XLS
3 Cougar 2 (which I sold )
4 another TopCat
5 KF2 for no reason except it is my only modern (post 95) buggy I ever owned

1 Yokoko Dogfighter YZ-834b
2 Mugen Bulldog
3 PB Mini Mustang
4 Tamiya Hotshot
It gets tough here
5 Marui Samurai

1. Futaba FXT - was my first hobby grade rc
2. Turbo Optima (original, not the re-re) - childhood dream
3. CAT XLS - all-time favorite looking rc
4. RC10L - has sentimental value from childhood/early days of rc
5. RC10 T4 FT - I have a bunch, but only the one I built from all brand new individual AE parts bags, which was a ridiculous amount of $ and ultimately a poor investment, but I love it.

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:43 pm which was a ridiculous amount of $ and ultimately a poor investment, but I love it.

That is the entire hobby in a nutshell, right there.



Just kidding, I know someone out there has a NIB Tamiya 959 they could trade for a house, or a real 959, or a controlling interest in Apple, but most of us are just buying memories and good times.

I refuse to participate. That's like telling my kid he's not my favorite son, which might depend on what happened that day (same with the favorite RCs)

If I'm keeping it in my collection, then it's my favorite. Well, maybe not that Losi XXX that keeps sneering at me.

1911Colt wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:20 pm

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:43 pm which was a ridiculous amount of $ and ultimately a poor investment, but I love it.

That is the entire hobby in a nutshell, right there.

Truth be told my man. I just mentioned it because that one was the worst... by far.

Out of the cars that I own (19), my top 5 favourite shelfers would be:

AYK Bobcat.
Associated RC10 gold pan (short arm).
Schumacher CAT SWB.
Schumacher C car.
Associated RC12L Graphite.

I've no plans to sell the others either though.

winner_evo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:13 pm Out of the cars that I own (19), my top 5 favourite shelfers would be:

AYK Bobcat.
Associated RC10 gold pan (short arm).
Schumacher CAT SWB.
Schumacher C car.
Associated RC12L Graphite.

I've no plans to sell the others either though.

I was really torn leaving out my AYK Sidewinder ... Tough choice .

RC10th wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:49 am Five is hard as there are a few other cars I'd like on the list, 10 would probably be a figure I think I could be content with.
This was the highlight era of Associated in my opinion.

I like your Team Car selection, I just got an unassembled NIB kit several months ago and happily overpaid for it. I have many early 90s memory of this car being run at local tracks. Many folks chose the Schumacher XLS and some really old-school models from Japan which was a surprise. I thought this post would help me limit my collection, but it is having the opposite effect.

Cat K2
Jrx2
Cat L1
YZ10 (870c)
Cougar KF

My original lightened 870c race car
My original Works 91
Pinkomo
Brimod prototype
Concept Car 4wd RC10

(Quite tough actually... I could easily switch those last two for any of my Tomy Intruder, SWB CAT, CAT XL, Pro Radiant, Radiant Mid Supercharge Hotshot).

From my little collection of cars these are the five I will never be getting rid of
RC10 Graphite
Original Cat XLS
Original Top Cat
Losi xx
Losi xx 4

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:49 pm
I was really torn leaving out my AYK Sidewinder ... Tough choice .

The AYK Sidewinder & Bobcat are great looking cars for their time. I included it in my list because it was the first car I bought for racing. I thought the all alumunium chassis/shocks looked awesome back then compared to the Tamiya's I had previously.

My list is the fisrt 3 cars I owned & raced BITD & I just love the design of the C car & Graphite 12L.