Originally Posted by
baggiolee
The sad truth for newcomer like me is, as I just found out from my local Tamiya dealer and RCmart, both TRF419x and 419xws (just around 1 year?) have discontinued. Why Tamiya is making things difficult for new customer to get into its top of the line chassis is beyond me. Maybe TRF420 is coming?
This is Tamiya's business model. They make limited runs of the TRF cars, and because there is a large group of Tamiya enthusiasts out there, the whole run (usually) gets sold very quickly.
If you are interested in
racing, the XRAY will be a lot easier to live with. They are very popular and seem to go well with good parts support.
if you are interested in
Tamiya, life is not so easy. There are often compromises (TA07 and Evo 7 are both overweight), and parts support can be difficult (especially for the seven-digit spares which often never appear on the market).