Tamiya TRF418
#121
Tech Initiate
Woud the price tag be the same as the v5?
#122
Tech Master
yep it will be around the same price
#124
Tech Adept
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#127
Tech Master
#128
Tech Lord
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Not needs, per se, but nice to haves. Gear diff. Durable c-hubs. Plastic retaining clips for the battery. Sway bar mounts that key into the bulkheads so they don't slide around. Tougher 1pc arm mounts.
Little things. Not purely necessary, and maybe not required on every style of track. The nice to haves that you can get with other brands on the market. Those were my hopes.
If the 418 dominates on the track like the 416 used to, those things won't matter. I'm a Tamiya fan boy, but I've been spoiled by other brands that get the little things just right, and those little conveniences and refinement add up to enough of a difference that my loyalties remain elsewhere.
Anyway, good luck to the future 418 owners, I hope the car is stunning on the track. Because I need an excuse to buy one, the pictures alone are unconvincing. For now, I wait.
#129
Tech Elite
iTrader: (88)
I expected Tamiya to be a leader instead of a follower! They are playing catch up and it shows in the 418. The car is uninspired and is missing upgrades in the right places...I guess time will tell if the car is better or not.
Tamiya used to be the gold standard and now Tamiya looks like the cheap Yokomo Knock-off!
#131
I am personally pretty disappointed by what I see.
I expected Tamiya to be a leader instead of a follower! They are playing catch up and it shows in the 418. The car is uninspired and is missing upgrades in the right places...I guess time will tell if the car is better or not.
Tamiya used to be the gold standard and now Tamiya looks like the cheap Yokomo Knock-off!
I expected Tamiya to be a leader instead of a follower! They are playing catch up and it shows in the 418. The car is uninspired and is missing upgrades in the right places...I guess time will tell if the car is better or not.
Tamiya used to be the gold standard and now Tamiya looks like the cheap Yokomo Knock-off!
#135
Looks like the car has HPI-style springs on it and those are the large diameter retainers, not short shocks and 1mm down retainers.