mazdaprotege4

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Hi 1Troy7, you are pretty close to me in MN. Are there any good tracks around here that have vintage racing?

mazdaprotege4

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Keep voting, we are getting some great response to this so hopefully we can show that we need a Vintage section!

HJJFFFAA

I like the older stuff. They are cool to look at and I'm sure a pleasure to own. Either way I voted yes.

dkastil

I would like a vintage section ,I started, I cant even fathom about 27 years ago with rc cars and have been hooked since then I wish I had all my old rcs my only vintage rc I have is from about 1991 it is a traxxas eagle I would kill for all my old rc10 gold pans and mrc cars . One thing if you are going to have a vote on something, have a choice for bolth sides it would be like 38 to 1 but you have to let the other side have a vote.

mazdaprotege4

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I actually did have the other option but there were about 4 people who voted no. I don't see why anyone would vote no, it is not like another forum would affect them, but I guess some people just like to bash what others enjoy.

mazdaprotege4

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Please vote, we must be getting close to getting a Vintage Section.

mazdaprotege4

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This will be the last time that I bump this thread, so please vote so we can get a vintage section. Thanks

warheadforever

Hay, I did already....or I would again! LOL

Barber420

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How come we're not getting any attention from the mods on this thread????[:@] We've had it going for a while, we have a poll showing that at LEAST 45 people would be interested in it and be regular posters, and still nothing!!![&:] For god's sake a few of us won't even let it die for more than a few days!!!! Come on mods, their are a lot of people who still collect, restore, and run vintage RC's. I guarantee that people that didn't vote or bother to show any interest would still check out a vintage forum once in a while. Lord knows we'd get plenty of posts about "hey does anyone have this", or "hey where can I find that." I think it would be a valuable addition to RCuniverse! It was so easy to get an MGT sub-forum, which by the way many(including most of the mods) said their wasn't enough interest in, but somehow their are people posting in it all the time!!! Come on Mods, please, please, please, please, hook us up with a vintage RC sub-forum or something, please!!!!!!!!!

Smiff 24

Lets get her up & goin and see how it goes...bet it will get a lot of posts!

traxxaspede

=) I was the 46th person to vote YES! I don't personally own a vintage and I probably won't because I don't have alot of money to spend on RC and I would rather spend it on newer designs like LiPo or brushless but I think vintage RC's are really cool. I like how alot of them have aluminum parts and now some rc cars dont really have any.

How many votes would we need to make a vintage section?

mazdaprotege4

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You would be surprised at how cheap you could get some vintage stuff on eBay. I have seen Tamiya Falcons go for as low as $30 RTR.

traxxaspede

$30? that seems pretty cheap but I have no idea what a tamiya falcon is like. But still, i would rather spend money right now on lipo, all my other batteries except for 1 are dead... [&o] But maybe ill get one later

mazdaprotege4

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I do agree I would rather get the cars running and get some new batteries, but if you ever have a chance look up some of the vintage tamiyas on eBay, you would really be surprised as to how little they go for these days.

Barber420

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You're not going to get any of the real old vintage Tamiya's, like a sand scorcher, for cheap. Those can go for like $3000 if it's new in box(NIB). You can get a lot of old vintage stuff for cheap though if you look at the right times. I'm glad to see we have 48 votes now. COME ON PEOPLE, ONLY TWO MORE VOTES AND WE'RE UP TO 50!!!!!!

kistner

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lets see,
rc10 graphite (not even close to being original though) $30
Losi LXT about $30
Tamiya lunchbox, 20 year old not new, about $60
Traxxas Eagle $50 with a box of extras
HPI rs4mt (hey its over 10 years old) $40
and those prices included shipping, vintage is the poor (or cheap in my case) mans way to go!
now if I only had a designated spot to talk about these things.

Barber420

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^^^ Yep. Another good comment and reason supporting the creation of a vintage sub-forum!!!! Come on people, we've got to be close!!!

kistner

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Its actually a sickness, I have a hard time not looking for deals. I keep telling myself I'll spruce them up and sell them, but I can't seem to part with them!

mazdaprotege4

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If someone has the time, can they please put this request (send a link to the thread) into the Suggestions forum under Support.

Thanks

mazdaprotege4

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Any one else interested in a vintage section?

Barber420

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Are their any mods out there paying attention to this thread? Come on guys, hook us up!

Nathan

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I'm still observing, though I'm not sure how a poll with one possible result helps determine a need. Naysayers have good points too and will often come up with reasons why a suggestion should be further considered. Shutting these people out of the thread by not giving them a voice doesn't help me make a good decision.

For example, how would you define vintage? How would members understand when to post in let's say the HPI forum and when to post in the Vintage forum? I see the potential for what you're asking and do think it might have some traffic with the old Lunchbox trucks and the like. We need to figure out the standard we'll used to help members post properly and to help determine whether a moderator should move a thread from a different forum to the vintage forum or from the vintage forum to another, more appropriate forum.

MMT GUNS

I don't know if my nic is still visible here on RCU but just in case I voted (((( YES ))) we need those Vintage RC cars, just my two cents

mazdaprotege4

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Good Evening, Nathan.

When I originally setup the poll I did have two options, but some of the people who voted "no" actually said that I should remove the option, many said that the admins would only look to see the demand, not the viewpoints of the people who dont want the section (see previous comments). If you want we can add back the option to vote no, I just took it away because people suggested it was not needed.


I know that in terms of Tamiyas to be considered "vintage" it has to be one of the first 150 kits or something along that line. I guess for other makes, you could put a cutoff, something like anything before 1990 is considered vintage or something like that.

Thanks for looking into this for us vintage fans!
Mark

Barber420

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Awesome, and thank you for watching this thread!! I see we have 50 people showing interest now!!

As for basic guidelines for when to post in the vintage, well, I think that anything from about '95 and older could be considered vintage enough to fit into the forum. I mean, it's not like you can just buy parts for MOST of them at Tower or anywhere else when they're that old. That is 14, soon to be 15 years ago now.

All of my stuff I consider vintage is from '94 or earlier. The "youngest" of my vintage RC's is my '94 RC10GT(black tub chassis) and I definitely consider it vintage since you don't see many of them at all anymore. My "eldest" is my 1984 Edinger RC10.

I think it would be really cool if we started seeing some of the real vintage cars from the 60's and 70's!!!![8D] That's one of the reasons I would like to see a vintage sub-forum, because I'd like to randomly see pics of the real old stuff too. If people had a dedicated sub-forum I think we might see more of these older cars. As of right now not a lot of interest is shown in one organized forum. You find a little all mixed up in genral, off-road electric, off-road nitro, etc..., but I think if we had it all in one place it would be a lot easier for people interested in the older stuff to exchange tips, tricks, and pics.

I know I still run my vintage stuff too, and it seems quite a few others do, and being able to chat with people still using it would be great. Heck, I can still beat people in races with my old stuff!!!!!