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nitro_racer_1 -> RE: Pictures of your redcats and other rides (12/25/2006 10:58 PM)
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credible or not its your opinion but rc driver did, no they are not huge in Australia, but they are groing rapidly there, and they are huge in oriental contries, and as far as parts go i say, like always, give them time to get established, it dosent happen over night, if yr too impatient buy another brand.
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ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie
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ORIGINAL: nitro_racer_1
yeah yr close, himoto is HUGE in china japan austrailia, and everywhere else but here, and they are projected to take the market here by storm, that truck started out as a buggy that i paid $175 for brand new in the box, and it came stock with a 2 speed and a .18, what "name brand" company can beat that? u cant beat them for the money. even rc driver has already done near perfect reviews on them. their line includes a nitro and electric version of car truck and buggies in nearly ever scale including nitro micro, not to mention their nitro boats planes and heli's, and they are coming out with a new race proven 8th truggy and buggy that are expected to take the racing world by storm. pro racer troy pinkston now drives for them. i bought the buggy when it hit the market on a huntch that this might happen, that they might go big, and i wanted to support that since its a great value of an rc, and i think i was right lol.
Who projected Himoto would take the market "by storm"? Nobody reputable that I know of. they're doing a marginally better job of marketing than Redcat has. Himoto isn't HUGE in Australia...they've got a larger customer base, but it's the same kind of customer as we have here-frustrated as hell because they can't find any parts at the LHS so they have to go online to order their stuff, usually from overseas.
Ok, it came stock wtih a 2 speed and a .18...you got me there...but honestly, I'll take the single speed/2wd/racing .12 route:) that's not what everybody's after, and yes, they are fairly fast, but the fact that I haven't had to deal with any of the Himoto/Redcat specific headaches out of MY 1/10 scale cars is worth the fact that I spent 2-3x as much (at least) on them.
No, just because it's expensive doesn't always mean it's good, but on the flipside of the coin, just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's just AS good
also-RC Driver always gives glowing reviews. show me ONE review of ANY product they've done that they said it was crap. the cars aren't CRAP, but they don't deserve the GREAT review they did of them IMO, especially since they tested the cars with that craptastic Infinity engine... (no, I don't like the Infinity engines...deal with it:P)
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