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As the title says, when did the Losi XX come out??

Fall '93 I believe

Yippiee that means I can race it a the vintage nationals!!!

The first official race for the XX with few Prototypes parts was the 1993 World Championship from Basildon UK !
Joel "Magic" Johnson TQ and Scott Brown 2nd, but in final Brian Kinwald take the win in front of Johnson and Drescher !

I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I coulda swore that Erich said the XX losi series was a no go in the vintage nats. PM him to make sure.

I digress:

"Ok boys and girls as of 12/93 the XX was on sale, it was reviewed in the 2/94 issue of Car Action which knowing how that works (for those who love be technical) means they produced the article in 11/93... feb issues came out mid january, and were produced in house in decemeber. So what does all this mean to you who has read way to much of my babbling here? The XX is fine, you can run it if you wish as it was available for sale in 1993. Honestly and only my opinion i was going to just blindly say it can be run anyway for a couple reasons... 1. the point here is to have fun and drive old cars, thus making 1994 a cutoff with some grey area. 2. There really isn't TOO much different from the Pro SE to the XX, yes there were changes but it wasn't so profound of a change that it was in a league of its own. Just an updated version of what was already a profound leap in their design from the Pro. "

One of the coments Erich made-- and I completely understand and this is paraphrased-- was that a date was picked (1994) and that's what is being stuck to for this year. The organizers want as many people as possible to show up. I'm making arrangements to go and I'm bringing a bunch of mid-80s gear.
Will a faster car on the track stop me from having fun?? Never has before. Will my slower buggy infuriate some of the uber-competitive "it was released in Dec '93" entries? I hope so.

I would much rather race my XX than my Wild One, for the simple reason that the XX might last me more than two laps (due to my off road driving) not ubber fast at all. I wont have Lipos, might not have the brushless (crossing my fingers), if I do get the brushless motor for my GTB esc, I'll have so much fun, not having ro worry about motor rebuilds, maintenance etc. etc. Just charge, race and enjoy the other races

civilguy wrote:One of the coments Erich made-- and I completely understand and this is paraphrased-- was that a date was picked (1994) and that's what is being stuck to for this year. The organizers want as many people as possible to show up. I'm making arrangements to go and I'm bringing a bunch of mid-80s gear.
Will a faster car on the track stop me from having fun?? Never has before. Will my slower buggy infuriate some of the uber-competitive "it was released in Dec '93" entries? I hope so.

I'll be there with you in the slow lane as long as I can finish, that'll be a good day for me...