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Old 08-24-2007, 02:13 PM
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Wow!! Its amazing how far advanced 1/12 cars were back then in Japan. Pivot ball front suspension!? Centered steering servo?!Wow!

Anyone reading this may say, "so what". Thats from a 2007 point of view now that it has been done in many other cars.

However, this was 1984!!! People will still racing with RC12I which was an improvement over the 12E because the 12I had a diff!!! The 12L didn't come out until sometime after '86; RC10L around '88 and the reactive caster front end around late '89 or '90.

It amazes me how much was available at the time but was shunned for whatever reasons then that are now even more stupid for a hobby that has gone big, gone small, gone micro, gone super, gone indoor and outdoor and yet 1/12 has always been there but no "real" development has been done about it so far until now with the Spada and even that will not be making it to the U.S.

Oh well the Internet can always make up for that.
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