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06-30-2011, 09:00 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern Wisconsin
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|  New TLT-1s (maybe)
As someone who once owned several TLT-1s and greatly enjoyed them, I thought I'd pass on something I saw in an email today from shop.tinyrc.com http://shop.tinyrc.com/product.php?p...cat=528&page=2 Looks like they still have some new boxed TLTs for sale. |
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07-01-2011, 01:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Jefferson City
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If memory serves me correctly, the Max Climber was almost (or absolutely) identical to the Rock Buster, with the exception of the body. The Rock Buster, which is what most everyone bought, had the pickup body whereas the Max Climber had the SUV-type body on it. There may have been some smaller differences, but besides the body, the biggest difference was the price. For some reason, the Max Climber was WAY more expensive than the Rock Buster which is why most everyone bought the Rock Buster to create their crawlers. Regardless, it is VERY good news to see that Tamiya may be re-releasing this kit. My 7+ year old TLT axles are holding up good, but being able to readily buy new ones sure would be nice. |
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07-01-2011, 01:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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The Max Climber axle shafts were a bit thicker and tougher than the Rock Buster if I remember right. That was the "big" difference.  |
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07-01-2011, 01:30 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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$150 is a bit much considering they were letting them go for $70 before they stopped production. | |
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07-01-2011, 06:07 PM
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| Official Cook of the ECC   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hawthorne, Florida
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I bought 4 of 'em at 69 bucks back in the day. Yeah....................150 for some stock axles and link mounts is a little high. I think I'm gonna go narrow some Stampede wheels for old times sake. |
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07-01-2011, 07:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the woods
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07-07-2011, 06:07 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada
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I still drive my "old school" TLT regularly. It's stock like with center/front locked. I think it's probably one of the, if not the, funnest RC vehicle I've owned. Nothing wrong with a little old school. |
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07-07-2011, 06:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Jefferson City
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I still think that anyone who is just getting into crawling and wants to get serious should be required to build a crawler from a TLT kit. There are an innumerable amount of lessons contained in that orange box.  |
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