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I know, it's a strange question but after reading alot of threads on this forum I began asking myself what would be a rare find 20 years from now? Obviously we can't predict the future of the market or what demand will be but I'm sure we have enough knowledge to at least weed out some candidates.

I'm honestly thinking about getting a relatively recent nib vehicle and stashing it away for 20 or 30 years, maybe even pass it on to one of my kids when the time is right.

I'm thinking the LOSI Strike; it had a very short life due to the negative attention it received, they were discontinued after a very short run, they already are hard to find, and I just so happen to a have NIB Strike.

So here's my question to you; if you had to pick one recent rc car to stash away for the future, which one would it be?

LOSI 22. They spent 30 years building it*

NIB Losi XX-4 Worlds?

3 Losi's in a row?! Interesting.

I was looking at AE vehicles from about 96+ I cant tell the difference between one made in 1998 and one made in 2008. I dont see anyting that was a "game changer" or "inspiring" I tend to look for something that "Changed it all"

For AE, I would get a B44.1 and B4.1 and leave them sealed. Maybe because its the "right now" cars from them in 10th and they are still available. The B4 has won a few races, right?

B44
RC10GT???
RC8

I guess price would be a determining factor as well, would it not?

How was the RC10 priced back in the day compared to other cars? Competitive, expensive, inexpensive?

Mindwarp wrote:I guess price would be a determining factor as well, would it not?

How was the RC10 priced back in the day compared to other cars? Competitive, expensive, inexpensive?

They had so many options to choose from. They had from bushings with no body up to bearings with the whole works. It seems they were in line with the cars of the same performance. There were some cheaper and some more expensive but the cheaper ones were the likes of the Falcon which could not race against the 10.

Not to rehash the Re-Re thing but what about the SRB's. I know a lot of people don't really care for them right now but in 30 years could they be sought after? I think so as long as there is not a Re-Re-Re before then.

I think maybe nothing I guess if you start thinking of what's vintage when there new they may never be. It's just I don't think anyone was thinking about rc10's being vintage back then they were just rc cars I know if I was I would have kept everything.

CamplinP wrote:Not to rehash the Re-Re thing but what about the SRB's. I know a lot of people don't really care for them right now but in 30 years could they be sought after? I think so as long as there is not a Re-Re-Re before then.

A Re-Rough-Rider? Only if Tamiya promises not to saturate the market.

Mindwarp wrote:I guess price would be a determining factor as well, would it not?

How was the RC10 priced back in the day compared to other cars? Competitive, expensive, inexpensive?

I have ads from HOBBY SHACK (now Hobby People) for the "Basic RC10" kit while the Graphite RC10 was already out.

RC10 - $99.99

Same price as the Tamiya Blackfoot in the same ad.

I would like to be wrong, however I dont beleive there is much on the market at the moment that will really capture the "mass markets" imagination like the 80's and 90's products in our hobby did.

There are a number of factors for this - most notably that now we have soooooooo many manufacturers not really releasing anything truly different - just different versions of the same platform. The other major thing - and probably the biggest, is that the R/C hobby has a whole lot more competition (in terms of audience) than they did back in the 80's and 90's. Playstations, electronic gaming, internet, extreme sports - just so many choices.

I could ramble on for hours, but I wont - dont want to hijack the the thread.

If I had to choose something from right now, I would say either the Venom VMX R/C trail bike or perhaps the very first Traxxas short course truck......they are both unique and different.

Cheers

Darryn

Reproduction parts will be all the rage in 20 years. Lohas Hot Trick parts and the like. I can see it now. Nu-vintage.

I'm having a hard time conveying what I'm trying to say so bear with me.

1:1 vehicles have been around long enough now that manufacturers know what works and what doesn't so everything has become cookie cutter more or less. The love affair as a whole is also no longer there like it once was. The automobile isn't something new any longer. They are just seen as a tool to get from point A to point B. Hell, there aren't even "engines" any longer. You open the hood of a modern car and its just a big mess of wires, computers, and plastic. Also cars of today are meant to be disposable. I highly doubt you're going to see most of these cars decades from now. The point I'm trying to make is that the cars of today are never going to be like the cars of yesteryear. The cars that are considered "antiques" and "vintage" now are always going to be the ones that are sought after, collectible, etc... The problem is as time passes they are only going to become rarer and rarer and more expensive to have.

I feel this is the same way with R/C's.


EDIT: I see Darryn is on the same wavelength with me on this.