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eek!
What have they done?

I got some pics today.

I don't mean to offend anyone but the word abortion comes to mind.

you think the driver head would probably cause night mares in young kids

I hate that driver face too. nothing is good with this kit

I think I just threw up in my mouth.....talk about sacralige.

SO IS ANYTHING THE SAME AS THE OLD ONE ?

treehugger wrote:SO IS ANYTHING THE SAME AS THE OLD ONE ?

driver's hat maybe

so is it me or is that driver head got his eyes closed i think the dudes pissed and thinking " how did I get the crappy RE RE "

59burst wrote:I got some pics today.

thanks for shareing them pics....i wonder if this thing will handle a 17t double?...hhmmmm

Hmmmm? I wonder if the trash can would reject it?

What a piece of crap!

this vid will tell you what this kit is good for .... [youtube]Pppeine3xC8&feature[/youtube]

I don't know if ANY good can come out of this rere, but for those in need of a cheap body for their resto effort... you could fill the holes/sand/paint just as you would have to do with a nearly 30 year old warped, scraped, broken, brittle, abused one. Seems like a better starting point to me.

I kind of envision the body best used for a hack job. Can you visualize it with the fenders removed and the back ugly curved part of the "hatchback" cut off. Mount it on a lowered street car - I kind of envision it looking something like a Caterham Super Seven. Can anyone else see it??

I also think it could be dressed up well as an off road buggy. Again, fenderless and with the back of the greenhouse removed. Maybe fab up a cage for back there...

Check out the Tutorial of how to fill/sand the gap on Tamiya USA's site:

http://www.tamiyausa.com/articles/feature.php?article-id=475

Honestly if they just shortened the suspension arms and mounted up the original wheels so they fit under the fenders I think most nostalgia buyers would have seriously considered it. As it is a lot of Tamiya Corporate product professionals are going to be sitting around wondering why the Holiday Buggies aren't moving.

So how long until someone takes an RC-10 DS, shortens it, and mounts up a Holiday Buggy body and some vintage wheels. I think it might just be the next SCollins Scorcher fad...

Bob