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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 8:18:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		With the MGT's release just around the corner, you'd think it would be the talk of the forum.....yet it's not. Everyone seems to be too busy talking about the Savage. Don't get me wrong, the Savage is definitely an awesome MT, but it's no longer new.

Here are some of the things I think make the MGT a topic of interest.

Let's face it, as good as the Savage is, HPI isn't known for putting out ultra high quality products. AE, on the other hand, is. On the whole, AE's products are of much higher quality than those of HPI.

The MGT has been in development longer than any other MT ever. That either says AE is extremely slow at R & D, or it means they're very maticulous about putting out a good product. I tend to believe it's the latter. I don't think AE would make the MGT available to their customers if they didn't believe it was AT LEAST as good as any MT out there. I tend to think it'll be better.

I've personally delt with AE's technical support and they're nothing short of phenominal. They are the best I've delt with. They always help with any issue, and will stop at nothing to right a wrong.

Let's generate some interst in the MGT!
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I posted this in that other post! - 8/29/2003 9:19:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		The GT looks like, (post # 13)

A big Maxx! It's very big at 22 inches with huge tires and weighing in at around 12 lbs! It sounds slow! I hope it handles good or it can do something special these others can't for that extra $100 it's going to cost! Also correct me if I am wrong but, is this truck not being built by Thunder Tiger or what??? The engine is called "AE Pro .21" which is the same as what Thunder Tiger calls theres! My guess is that this truck is more Thunder Tiger then AE! I am not saying it is going to be lame just not what some are hoping for like an AE built MT!

Just so you know I am not bashing the truck as I have not seen it run just pointing out what I think others have already found out about this truck and that is why the hype is gone! Also the time factor as someone else has stated!

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 6:59:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's hard to stay geeked about a product you've been anticipating for about a year now (with no real updates on the truck). I think all the discussions about what it should or shouldn't do, what it should or shouldn't have, how it will / won't perform petered out 4 or 5 months ago.

As soon as a firm release date or a new detailed list of features and specs surfaces, it will be the main topic of conversation.

The moment it gets into the hobbiests' hands, good, bad, or indifferent, that's all that anyone will talk about for a few months. Any talk about the savage or tmaxx will be with respect to how it can/can't hang with the AE.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 9:27:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just emailed Garry at AE this AM. He's very good about answering my questions directly, and in a timely manner. I told him the word going around was that the MGT kits aren't being produced by the company that normally produces their kits and that this has raised some concerns about quality control issues. My guess is if they are having a different company producing theses kits, it's because they found one with lower labor costs. This led to the next question I asked Garry. If these kits are being produced overseas, by a company with even lower labor costs, then why will the MGT be the most expensive 1/8 scale MT on the market? I will keep you posted on what his response is.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 9:45:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I plan on getting one. As far as thunder tiger building it, what is wrong with that? Who builds the rc10gt? Thunder Tiger seems to have fixed most of the problems with EK4. They replaced the cooling head with a larger one and upgraded the drive parts.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 10:15:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I received a response from Garry about MGT's being made available in a rolling chassis kit. He said they are considering it, but the kit would include an engine. He hasn't explained to me what would be so difficult about throwing a complete, unassembled kit into a box, minus the engine and radio. Hell, even if they were to occasionally pull a few chassis' off the RTR production line just before the engine and radio were to be installed, I could go for that. Maybe it's just because I'm not sitting in his seat, but I don't see what would be so damn difficult about producing a kit like this.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/29/2003 11:28:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		While it wouldn't be hard to have a kit less engine, it would mean having at least 3 versions for them to inventory (RTR, kit with engine, and kit less engine). I don't think this is a problem based on the number of differenct configurations you can buy the RC10GT in (or the wide array of hpi rs4 3 RTRs available).

Back when I bought my Losi GTX, I bought the full race version with included engine. While I wasn't crazy about the engine (I gave it away having never run it), there was only a $30 difference in price between with and without engine.

The thunder tiger 21 is a fairly potent engine (roughly equivalent to the OS RZ-B of a few years back) with 2.1 or so hp (depends on who's propeganda you read). If the difference is $50-$60, it's hard not to buy it (the engine goes for over $200).

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 12:02:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't understand the reasoning behind offering a kit with an engine but no radio. What's the point? They should offer an RTR, and a kit with no engine and no radio. Period. If people are going to want the no radio kit so they can install the radio of their choice, more than likely they're going to want to install the engine of their choice as well.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 12:35:21 AM   
grampi


 

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Status: offline 		Here's AE's next response to my quaestion concerning the quality issue. They said they would put the quality of the MGT up against that of any company's MT. That's kind of a standard answer and I didn't really expect them to tell me the quality would be inferior, even if it actually was. I asked why the MGT is going to be priced so high as compared to the Savage and T-Maxx. He said it's a bigger truck with a bigger engine than the Maxx and it comes with a reverse, where the Savage doesn't, which he said was about an $80 option to add to the Savage. Personally, I think adding reverse to an MT is more valuable as a marketing gimmick than it is as an actual MT option. I think once people have an MT with reverse, it isn't long before they realize it's pretty much a worthless function, and more times than not, the truck operates better without it. Instead of offering us reverse, I'd rather have an upgraded engine, driveline parts, or suspension parts. These are things we could actually benefit from.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 2:00:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		most who buy kits have a remote memory, a higher quality remote, otherwise they would just get the RTR with cheap remote. a better remote can have memory for multiple settings. so all they would need is a reciever and a couple servos.

as far as the reverse running 80 bucks, i thought it sold for about 40? a servo to push it is 9 bux

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 2:04:09 AM   
grampi


 

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Status: offline 		Doesn't really matter, I still tink the MGT should be priced roughly the same as the MT's it's competing against.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 2:51:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Now you want an engine....yesterday you couldn't believe they don't offer one without an engine....hmmmmm.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 3:35:36 AM   
grampi


 

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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by GALAXY
Now you want an engine....yesterday you couldn't believe they don't offer one without an engine....hmmmmm. [/QUOTE]

What in the he11 are you talking about?

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 6:03:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		this is the same ole rtr vs kit topic and like the fuel topic weve all heard it before.

i am interested in the truck because its new and i like t/a.

if i buy a monster truck it might be this one because i know it will have great parts support, great hop up support, and will be the new kid on the block.
i want to hear from someone who actually owns one, and that has owned others in the past.

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Where's the interest for the Monster GT? - 8/30/2003 6:11:17 AM   
grampi


 

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Status: offline 		There's probably a lot of us who are anxoius to hear from actual MGT owners. Unfortunately that can't happen until AE makes them available to the consumer. Hopefully that will be soon.

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