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reissue was already realeased in Korea last week. the first batch was shipped to Korea prior to their domestic release
many of my local forum members got the kit. and some of them finished to build and found some bugs (defects) on the parts. 2 screws holes were miss-drilled on the chassis. and some more on F/R bumpers
Tamiya noticed these problems yesterday. and I got informed they will ship new parts ASAP

I think release date would be delayed. Tamiya is working on fixing the bugs
I'll get bunch of extra parts as they find more bugs on the bug.

[EDIT] I was infromed wrong. only the problem was rear bumper. I got replacement and put it on my bug

More bugs on the bugs,thats funny

Save those incorrect parts-- maybe even the whole kit. They may be worth a fortune in 25 years to some Korean kid whose first 'real r/c' was a 2010 Scorcher re-release.
Flash-forward....
"I remember being 8 and waiting for what seemed like weeks for the replacement parts for my Tamiya to show up. My dad and I drilled out the parts and used them anyway. I'd love to have one of those mis-made first NIB kits for my shelf now. Did I mention that I am now the CEO of an international firm and can pay any price?"

cool..by the time i get mine it should be solved...i remember the buggy champ had these wrong...

civilguy wrote:Save those incorrect parts-- maybe even the whole kit. They may be worth a fortune in 25 years to some Korean kid whose first 'real r/c' was a 2010 Scorcher re-release.

these mis-made kits were quickly sold out after they got this news.
my kids want to build this this weekend. but we'll start to build after get new parts

dsmith wrote:cool..by the time i get mine it should be solved...i remember the buggy champ had these wrong...

I hope my kits has more wrong parts then yours

there were connetion errors. I'm trying again

ok, it works now. more pics

for 6.6V 1100mAh Life battery tamiya sent me new rear bumper I really hate to paint. I don't even have any paint for this ABS shell

what was wrong with the other bumper?

budhatrain wrote:what was wrong with the other bumper?

screw holes were mis-drilled. check this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsiMx5QTFCM

Is there any way to tell from the box such as serial #s or other clues as to which batch I may have? I have kept it in the plastic to give to my son 15 years from now and I would like to at least have the correct part. If not I might I just buy a newer one to be sure.

CamplinP wrote:Is there any way to tell from the box such as serial #s or other clues as to which batch I may have? I have kept it in the plastic to give to my son 15 years from now and I would like to at least have the correct part. If not I might I just buy a newer one to be sure.

only the first batch for HK and Korea got the wrong part. Japanese and international version came with correct rear bumper don't worry

Mine is a US batch with the blue bag and it came with a mis drilled bumper. I'm keepin it.