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Old 01-27-2013, 03:34 PM
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Heres my Vintage Royal Ripper that I've been restoring for a while now. While I've put a good amount of time searching for parts to make up what I have now, I still think its one ugly RC! It is fun to drive though since it 4wd and 4ws.

Throw some pics up of your ugly RCs!




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TLR22 end of story...
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is that tamiya? Looks like a hotshot kinda? not familiar with it
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Originally Posted by xrocket21
is that tamiya? Looks like a hotshot kinda? not familiar with it
It was an attempt by Royal at a Hotshot clone, but they changed it a bit with 4ws. The biggest problem was the plastic they used. It was horribly fragile and just not the best design.
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Originally Posted by Advantage R/C
TLR22 end of story...
You must be crazy
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Originally Posted by Momo5
It was an attempt by Royal at a Hotshot clone, but they changed it a bit with 4ws. The biggest problem was the plastic they used. It was horribly fragile and just not the best design.
funky, cant say I remember it.

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Originally Posted by Advantage R/C
TLR22 end of story...
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I remember when this first came out . I was running a Kyosho Pegasus. lol. Then I got an Rc10 and my buddy picked up a marui ninja.
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Any SCT is uglier than that, especially the Associated. The Associated RC8 series are pretty awful looking too except when they run 75% Kyosho parts then the Assosho/Kyociated looks pretty good.

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Cab forward bodies, though I do find the B4 Finnisher tolerable/less ugly than the others.
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mid 90s traxxas buggy,the body looked like a bat,put a old jrx2 body on it and its looked good and ran good to!
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Originally Posted by Jamison R
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how do you know? you only see the back of the 22...
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Originally Posted by mxracer458
mid 90s traxxas buggy,the body looked like a bat,put a old jrx2 body on it and its looked good and ran good to!
You must be talking about the first real race buggy Traxxas made. The TRX1.
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Originally Posted by Momo5
You must be talking about the first real race buggy Traxxas made. The TRX1.
Yep that's it,I bought one and raced the heck out of it,won many stock buggy races with it
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Does anybody remember the Spirit FF? It looked kinda like the Royal, it was front wheel drive and as fragile as an egg.
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