09-02-2014, 09:25 AM | #41 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: round pond (aka clarksville TN)
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Well, I have 5 complete tf2 rigs, 1 of which is brand new, only been put together and sat on a shelf. Guess I have plenty of parts for awhile, lol. |
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09-02-2014, 10:30 AM | #42 |
Newbie Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Central Kalifornia
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Just looked at this kit, looks like a fun rig to run!
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09-02-2014, 09:45 PM | #43 | |
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09-09-2014, 08:23 AM | #44 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
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I see the Trial Stomper is discontinued, and will stay discontinued unlike the TF2 that got dissed and then the dissed removed and then maybe dissed for good.
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04-20-2015, 09:46 PM | #45 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SD
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bumping an old thread I guess.... instead of creating a duplicate. I'm itching to start another build so I started to shop for a TF2 (kit) and noticed Tower shows them as not even available anymore without any eta (whereas the SWB has an eta)... Couldn't find any others online (other than RPP). Made me think for a minute that this may be the end of the TF2, especially with the new yota 2 axles coming out... is there a TF3 around the corner? Then I found this on amain just now "Arriving Wednesday, May 27 2015"... so who knows. I know the Beast II just debuted, so perhaps a new rig is coming out soon also. |
04-21-2015, 12:30 AM | #46 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: chico
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I know they have parts for the tf2 in the amain retail store I just bought some cvd's. I hope they don't or at least keep parts available. I guess I'm lucky I live close |
04-21-2015, 02:10 AM | #47 | |
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04-21-2015, 10:06 AM | #48 | |
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I'm posting a question about a valid topic with substantiating evidence. Whether or not someone gets excited about a thread is up to them. The intended target was to someone who may have other thoughts or insight to a future product or a sunsetting of the existing TF2. Responses like yours are unwelcomed, unwanted and do a great job of chasing away potential newcomers to our hobby and hinder it from growing. If you have an issue or disagree with a post someone makes then keep the responses to yourself or share actual facts relating to the topic. The only thing irrelevant about this thread is your input. | |
04-21-2015, 12:55 PM | #49 | |
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04-21-2015, 02:08 PM | #50 | |
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Let's see: 1) Response from a member on this very thread from RC4WD stating new kits are coming out this summer: Discontinued??? Possibly replacing an old. 2) Tower Hobbies shows TF2 as "Unavailable" where as the SWB and other kits have an actual ETA. 3) TF2 kits have become increasingly difficult to find in general. Production seems to be a lot less than what it used to be the past couple of years. Gaps in waiting has increased etc. 4) RC4WD has come out with the newer Yota 2 axles, and for a short while the original yota axle pages stated "Discontinued" (as did the TF2 as a whole, which is the purpose of this thread). Lastly, nobody is starting rumors or stating any false information. This is a discussion to see if anybody has intelligent thoughts about what might be happening. Not sure if you are aware, but there is something referred to as free speech. Believe it or not, ideas other than your own actually do exist and mostly make more sense. I take it you were the kid in school who kept getting put in the corner because he had social issues and simply didn't know how to play nice with the others. Take your narrow minded negative attitude and kick rocks down the street. | |
04-21-2015, 02:26 PM | #51 | |
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04-21-2015, 02:46 PM | #52 | |
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This is you bro, while the rest of us are having fun together: | |
05-08-2015, 08:56 AM | #53 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Raaaaaiiiiinnnnniiiieeeerrrr
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sounds like you have some inside line on rc4wd parts availability. So share, I spent more than 3min looking for replacement front shafts for my gelande 2. xvd's havent been in stock for over a month, no one has them, and I have an $800 toy I cant play with. Im kinda pissed. So maybe a set of scx axles with available upgrades and parts are next so I can actually use it. rc4wd has always played the in stock out of stock game, and did discontinue the tf2 and then changed the posting. I saw it myself. So what info do you have besides being all fussy about free speech. if they want to maximize their profit maybe they should make their products available more often. Last edited by wheelinjp; 05-08-2015 at 08:58 AM. | |
05-08-2015, 05:31 PM | #54 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2014 Location: Williston, ND
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Been looking for TF2 parts for 2 months. I'm on the "email me" list for just about every major RC shop online. Getting very frustrated with RC4WD. Never had this situation happen before. I can find parts for a 10 year old discontinued RC easier than I can find parts for my TF2.
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05-08-2015, 06:32 PM | #55 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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I don't have any inside info, but I saw that the Yota 2 XVDs just came back in stock on the RC4WD international site (as did some other parts that had been out of stock for a while). If you'd rather stick with the front dog bones, I may have a pair of take-offs from my D90 that I can part with (would have to check). PM me if you're interested and I can look. | |
05-08-2015, 07:07 PM | #56 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Raaaaaiiiiinnnnniiiieeeerrrr
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Will try xvd fit my g2 axles? I'd prefer to upgrade.
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05-08-2015, 07:33 PM | #57 |
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05-10-2015, 02:50 AM | #58 | |
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05-10-2015, 10:00 AM | #59 |
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I wanted to order another TF2 kit couple of weeks ago and like the rest of us, I couldn't find stock anywhere. I emailed RC4WD and here is their response: "We have experienced some issues with production on our Trail Finder 2. We are working day and night to remedy this issue so we can get this popular truck back into stock. At this time we currently do not have a production date. We ask that you sign up for the waiting list, as well as our newsletter. This will allow us to inform you of new stock when it does become available. We are sorry for this issue and look forward to getting you out on the trails with a TF2 soon. Have a great day, RC4WD Support team" At the same time, I emailed Tower since that's who I prefer to shop thru and I have some aggressive coupon codes. Here is tower's response: "Dear Tower Hobbies Customer, Unfortunately a status of temporarily unavailable means that the item is not currently in production with the manufacturer so we are not even able to place an order for it. It has not been discontinued so it is likely that it will be available again at some point in the future (usually several months, up to a year) but as of right now we have no indication of when that may be. Since the item is not in production (and yet not officially discontinued by the vendor) and we are unable to order it, we are also unable to hold backorders for it. As a general practice, we only hold backorders for merchandise in which we feel confident will be available within a reasonable amount of time (i.e. no more than 2 or 3 months). I would really advise that you look for other options as this item may not be available for a very long time. Depending on what issues are causing this item to be unavailable, it is even possible that you could wait several months on it only to find out that the manufacturer has discontinued it." I'm not sure if these parts and kits are made in New Zealand or China, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is some kind of labor dispute or some other business matter going on there. Other thoughts make me wonder if rc4wd is transferring ownership and/or focusing more on the international market than domestic? Makes no sense business wise. if I sold widgets, and people wanted widgets, then I'd do what I had to in order to make them available. Supply and demand 101. Apple mastered this one. |
05-11-2015, 07:57 AM | #60 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bay Area
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The parts supply does make me nervous about running my TF2 too hard. Right now I have stripped one of the screw holes for the transmission mount, so I only have 3 screws holding it together. I really want to replace the mounts but for the life of me I can't find any R3 2 speed transmission mounts. I'm just praying that nothing else breaks because this is an awesome little truck otherwise, and having it break and not being able to fix it due to parts supply constraints would really suck.
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