04-09-2008, 03:30 PM | #21 |
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| Wrong, janderson from tamiya i think announced on this forum in some other thread that tamiya u.s.a. would get their shipment on april the 1st and their retailers soon after.
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04-09-2008, 03:39 PM | #22 | |
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04-09-2008, 03:42 PM | #23 | |
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April fools!!! Some Canadian hobby shops got a demo to display at the end of march,so we've already had a chance to check them out.So much for US first. Last edited by srjeeper; 04-09-2008 at 03:48 PM. | |
04-09-2008, 03:43 PM | #24 |
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04-09-2008, 03:46 PM | #25 |
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04-09-2008, 04:30 PM | #26 |
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The kits in Canada were pre released 1 per hobby shop. They were sold to the hobbyshop as a demo only and not for public sale. The US kits should be or are in the US and getting into the dist system. I can tell you for a fact the kits left Japan on the 22 of last month. When they arrive depends on the Captain and US Customs. Long Beach has been notorious for being slow at times and holding containers "just because we can" I would bet the Phiilipine kit is along the lines of the Canadian kit early release for pre-sales only...... Ease up guys you should be seeing the kits anytime now. World release and the internet are 2 different things. Press kits were sent out earlier than all of this as you saw with Jason's build these are making it into the public eye also. |
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04-09-2008, 05:06 PM | #28 |
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I would think that one person in the Philippines and a handful in Canada is far from a worldwide release. After all, he got the ONLY one in the entire country at that one specific hobby shop? Come on now.... As for a U.S. first release, business decisions change day to day, hour to hour. The ETA for now is in APRIL, however there are circumstances that are out of our control. As for the kit in other countries, there are labels marked on all the pallets of the exact release date. Some stores just decided to go ahead and glance over that. Which I should note has been done before (it happened with the Ford F350 Hi-Lift). |
04-09-2008, 05:49 PM | #29 |
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Hey Larry don't forget to bring your velcro gloves to Montana......we'll break you in to the crawling community right.... You are going to need one of those Rockstar's to stay awake |
04-09-2008, 06:02 PM | #30 |
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04-09-2008, 07:31 PM | #31 | |
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LOL, there is a warehouse on the east coast of Canada stocked with kits and extra parts just waiting to go out, has been for a few days now. It's funny that some people [not all, but I'm sure someone will miss quote me] get right out of joint and think the people of US have the right to have this truck a month before anybody else. Last and most important. 1 minute from now I will be the first person in the free world to drive this truck. | |
04-09-2008, 10:35 PM | #32 |
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Not Misquoting you Green it was a quote from a conversation I had with Borgfeldt. 1 person specifically who would know if you have a kit then you know him also. So how did the tires work? |
04-09-2008, 10:42 PM | #33 |
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| I was under the impression that "the free world" refers to non-communist nations (Cold War era term). Which in case there are many before you that has driven that truck. |
04-10-2008, 09:28 AM | #34 |
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Maybe he means "first in North America"?
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Most in our erea have them....just not allowed to sell them yet. | ||
04-11-2008, 11:14 AM | #36 |
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04-11-2008, 05:51 PM | #38 |
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In know where a bunch of them will pop up on may 16th, MSD/ Tamiya USA Scale Nationals. |
04-13-2008, 04:04 PM | #39 |
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Ben since we did not talk the other day I told Fred to just ship them to me and I'll "bring" them over..... Give me a call on Monday I am back in town now. |
04-15-2008, 10:41 AM | #40 |
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I am curious why the hold up on these kits, assuming they arrived at the u.s. 2 weeks ago, why would it take so long to get to the distributors?
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