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Ive bought and sold quite a bit of stuff in my life, not just rc cars; Pocket bikes, gopeds, mountain bikes, cars.. man the list goes on. But yeah a few of them i wish i had kept. Maybe even some of the rc10s ive sold you guys. I wonder where my purple people eater rc10 i built ended up? Or even the composite craft worlds runner i sold? Any way what have you guys sold over the years that you now regret not having?

I regretted selling my new Fusion graphite tub nearly three years ago to a forum member. I found another one a few months ago, but this time it's nfs.

Last year I would have said my Top CAT, but the buyer saved it for 30-ish years and gave it back with a bonus Storm 2000.

My biggest regret has to be when I gave away a CAT 2000 (including a boat load of parts) and a very nice Losi XX back in the early 2000s. I thought I was "done with RC".

When the wife and I were hopping around from apartment to apartment before buying our house, I got tired of moving all of my RCCA mags. So yeah.... 12-13 complete years of magazines (starting in 1990) went in the dumpster. Then all the vintage r/c started a few years later.

I'd love to have that day back...

Out of all the cars I've sold I wish I'd kept my Custom Works Dominator.

I regret that i sold my 81 firebird. And that we scrapped so many good g body cars, square body Chevy trucks and a '78 trans am, among others.

I got a dream purchase on eBay of an AYK Sidewinder and an AYK Bobcat together , we were short of money and I told the wife I'd break even if I sold one after restoring them , I always wanted a Sidewinder so the Bobcat went , still have the guys phone number ......

When I was in the hobby the first time and working in the hobby shop I started collecting. A friend of my manager ended up giving me his old collection -rps doggy with the ball diff in the front, a couple srbs with all the rch parts and mip trans, a delta 1/8 pan car, rc500 2wd chain, some delta 1/12 onroad cars, and more I can't remember. When I started getting tired of the hobby I sold off my own stuff but didn't feel right selling his so I gave them back. Fast forward to when I got back in the hobby and when I asked if those cars were still around I was told he tossed em in a dumpster years ago.

The part that makes me feel a little better about it though is that we had a house fire during the time I was not in the hobby and they surely would have burned in the garage. So there is that.

Excellent condition Mugen Bulldog and YZ-834B DogFighter... and a basically unused Varicom Big Grizzly.

Speaking of throwing stuff into a dumpster... My elderly neighbor who I lived next door to for the entirety of the '80s and '90s was huge into R/C airplanes, helicopters, and model ship building. He likely had some car stuff too. His basement was like a hobby shop. The guy was a real jerk though, and mostly blind. Anyway, when he died his sons had a dumpster delivered to the house, and you can guess where the majority of the basement contents went. That night I was going to sneak over and pull everything out but something came up where I couldn't. I assumed the dumpster would be there for a few days but when I woke up the next day it was gone! It still kind of bothers me to this day.

EVERYTHING.

My Dukomo and my 94 YZ10

NIB T-Tech Predator

NiB Kyosho Kart, Proto Sports, Rampage Pro, Mooneyes

MCD Rally V1 Lancer, WRX, Focus, and Peugot cars.
MCD RRV4 Competition

Tamiya Juggernaut 2, JPS cantilever Clod

This shouldn't take too long to remember all the things I regret selling.....

Real cars:
- Ford Escort Mk2 2-door Rally Pack: Sold when I got married the first time for very little, to buy an auto slush box we could both drive
- Mazda RX2 Coupe rally car: Sold for $2500 as a fully kitted out rally car, with all the good gear (brakes, exhaust, LSD). Crappy old Coupe shells with no gear go for $10K+ now.... that car would now be a house deposit
- Toyota AE86: Sold again for about $2K, because it sat in the drive way slowly rusting after the second marriage, while I drove her auto slushbox. Guy who bought it had the rust fixed, and it's now a beast.

RC:
- My original Mini Mustang: Sold to the guy across the road back when I was getting out of RC for $80. A decade later, when I was getting back in again, he didn't know what happened to it
- The new built red pan Schumacher Shotgun: Sold to a mate because he 'had to have it' for a discounted price, and then I saw it for sale not long after by someone else, for a much higher price; I guess my friend didn't need to have it that much...
- All the NIP Tekin Active Chassis kits we sold for US$50 and US$75, after getting them from Tekin for US$15 or US$25.... not because I wanted the chassis, but because they now sell for MUCH MUCH MORE
- The 1:8 scale vintage beasts I found a while back, one of which had a Fiat 131 body... too big for me to keep at the time, but would love to have them now.


I'm sure I'll remember more RC items over the coming days / weeks / months...

Alex

I gave away my 6-gear roller to a neighbor kid about 25 years ago, because I wasn't aware of any parts availability....If anything, I wanted a few parts back - Losi bellcrank, solid brass nose tubes, aluminum transmission bearing carrier, and Racemaster delrin 2.0 rims.