For those waiting on XRAY 808 kits, we spoke with [link=http://www.rcamerica.com]RC America[/link] and it looks like the XRAY 808 is backordered until late June. They are backordered on lots of 808 parts as well, but those should come in with the next batch of kits. We're seeing as much demand for the new option parts as we do with the kits.

didn't they get backordered real bad on the first buggy they made also? I know the quality is great on these things but the supply of parts and kits would be a problem for me. just my .02

I know it's difficult to judge initial product releases. We all know that demand for a product is almost always higher when it first comes out. Then it becomes a question of "Is it cost effective to ramp up our production in order to meet that demand when it will only dwindle afterward?" In most cases, it's not profitable to ramp up. The XRAY 808 has been well received so that contributed as well.

You see the same thing in other industries. Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox 3 yesterday and encouraged fans to sign a petition (prior to yesterday) to pledge to download it yesterday. Mozilla wanted to break the world record for downloads in a 24-hour period. Their servers went down for a couple hours as soon as it was released. Look at the video game industry. When the PS3 and Xbox 360, you saw the same problem. They offered pre-orders which [link=http://www.teamxray.com]Team XRAY[/link] did for the XRAY 808 as well.

[link=http://www.rcamerica.com]RC America[/link] will likely catch up to demand when they get the next shipment from Europe.