RC104ever wrote:It looks like a Hotshot. Is it basicallyu
a 2wd Hotshot? I was deprived and only ever had an RC10 when I was younger
it's kind of a 2WD hotshot, just as much as a PITA to work on... this sealed the fate of its racing carreer!!!
Independent rear suspension [Fox] works much better than the monoshock used in the HotShot.
Despite this, the rear suspension is still crap...
But it looks so freqkingly good i might just get another one
A pic of the one i just gor rid of...
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If this is true it's cool news. Just a few days ago I noticed that there were a lot more hits on the 'bay for my tamiya fox search than ever before. I never had a Fox, but guys say that BITD it could hang w/ stock class racing, so I've been interested in trying one out. They've been to rich for my wallet though, with their realtive rarity. Oh and they do have a cooll look too.
When I was a kid I generally raced in the "Sportsman" class which was all Tamiya type of cars. No Rc10s, Ultima's, or other true race cars. You could run a stock motor in place of the 540 but that was the biggest limit. My Fox had a Trinity Monster Stock motor, a Thorpe ball diff and dogbones. I had a stick radio and the stock mechanical speed control. One night only two of us registered for the class. They folded us into the stock class with the RC10's which was highly intimidating. I fished 2nd in the B main. Back then there was usually a C main and sometimes a D main with 10 cars per main. The RC10 guys were pretty mad! The funny thing was that I never averaged that high with my RC10. I know for a fact that my Fox didn't handle as good as those cars so it must have been a night where no one knew how to drive.
CamplinP wrote:Looks like I will have to find some original stickers. Couldn't bring myself to put those on. Kinda like my sand scorcher.
They truly do suck! Why is Tamiya not even trying to get licensing? I'm sure most of the companies like FOX and Pennzoil would love to have their name on Tamiya cars at no cost!
CamplinP wrote: Why is Tamiya not even trying to get licensing? I'm sure most of the companies like FOX and Pennzoil would love to have their name on Tamiya cars at no cost!
Unfortunately not these days, and Tamiya would have to work out a licensing deal with every business for every sponsor sticker they use. So for the Fox there would be Pennzoil, Monroe, Weber, Simpson, Champion, K&N and finding whoever now owns the rights to Jackman Wheels, and Tamiya would have to get permission and sort a deal with every one of them, if just one refuses Tamiya can't use the original stickers.
As for the cost, while smaller companies may see it as free publicity these days the businessmen just see a way of making extra money from licensing. It shows how bad it is that Protoform now make generic no name touring car bodies because the 1:1 manufacturers licensing fees are bigger than the total profit Protoform make on each body.
gomachv wrote:The front sway bar geometry looks ridiculous
cannot agree more...
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i was excited about this, not so much anymore. i only, barely, have a budget for one non racer this year and i think it will be a wild one.
back in the day my og wild one didn't have a hard time beating up on my buddy's fox. even though i liked the look of the fox, the wild one seemed to be a better car overall.
CamplinP wrote: Why is Tamiya not even trying to get licensing? I'm sure most of the companies like FOX and Pennzoil would love to have their name on Tamiya cars at no cost!
Unfortunately not these days, and Tamiya would have to work out a licensing deal with every business for every sponsor sticker they use. So for the Fox there would be Pennzoil, Monroe, Weber, Simpson, Champion, K&N and finding whoever now owns the rights to Jackman Wheels, and Tamiya would have to get permission and sort a deal with every one of them, if just one refuses Tamiya can't use the original stickers.
As for the cost, while smaller companies may see it as free publicity these days the businessmen just see a way of making extra money from licensing. It shows how bad it is that Protoform now make generic no name touring car bodies because the 1:1 manufacturers licensing fees are bigger than the total profit Protoform make on each body.
It can't be that hard. You can buy racing sticker sheets for a couple of bucks that have all kinds of racing parts suppliers on them. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJE72&P=0. The sizes are just not right. I would be happier with missing one sponsor than having a Pennzoil looking Forward sticker. I think it is laziness on Tamiya's part. Many of the decals cross over to all their off-road cars.
WOW! It looks awesome! I'll be getting one for sure. Any official release date yet? I know someone mentioned July earlier in the thread, but I wonder when someone like Tower will have them in.
And wow again with the complaints here. Really? You're upset about decals and the sway bar? Man, lighten up. Tamiya just re-released the Fox! Get some og or repro decals. Don't put the sway bar on. Making a sway bar like the old school one would be very easy. So easy, I actually thought about making a run of them myself to sell. Two pieces of fiberglass, or aluminum, a bent rod and some hardware? Come on!
