CuLeX

Bro..i hope so its bnd$750 or below

2-Bad

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Never short of good rumours without substance around here.....

Won't be long before someone posts release date of Dec '11 and costing $1000USD

Brian Bosley

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417 seems like it will be the car if it gets released. i may have a hard time waiting for this car if the tc6 comes out and is only $390...

RL.2002

If that the price, i rather wait it until the price is drop

Tron

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See you on the track:

http://www.speedtechrc.com/store/ebp...d=120&id=10164

Good luck with your new TC6! Let us know how it works out.

Chris Furman

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Can you confirm that the 42185 is identical to the Spec R in every way? Would hate to go to a Tamiya race and be DQ'd.

AWK

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Yes it is. The diff has the Spec-R labeling on it as well.

Turillo

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Confirmed in every way. I took my Spec-R diff apart, placed it beside the "Tamiya Gear Diff" and all the parts were EXACTLY the same..right down to the moulding marks and Spec-R branding.

Like I said...weak sauce.

over gear

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even the color of the out-drive?

Toh WL

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the phillipines makes the ABS plastic for Tamiya.. this especially showcase rc toy cars.

try to identify if u have a symbol or any marking stating R.O.C = Republic Of China, the good example is HPI products like the Baja 5B & 5T.

cheapskate.brok

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when it's on a parts tree, it always says Japannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Toh WL

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obviously tamiya trf car are made in japan... i also have 2 units of older 416 series.

Brian Bosley

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I may be wrong here, but have you guys ever looked at the fujin/3racing cars? The parts similarities and compatibility with the 416 is ridiculous. Perhaps it is all chinese?

Tron, don't worry I am not too hard up for a car at the moment and a couple of close friends said I was basically stupid if I didn't get the 417 and one of them drives for Xray (the other tamiya) plus I was disappointed with the quality of the RC8 compared to say Xray or Mugen ever since Thunder Tiger took over so the brand is not the TC3 that we remember.

So the US release date is still mid January or so?

kentech

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Official Tamiya picture of the TRF series (Spec-R) diff.

Toh WL

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one noticable thing about the 3racing the aluminium parts are roughly mould or bad workmanship. u can see the physical differences.

it's obvious chinese made rc toyz are so different in quality than ori.