what is that? is it a prototype? it has a tinge of schumacher fireblade on the main body

Actually I've got no idea. I follow this Yokomo blog which is in Japanese.

The caption to that pic, translated, reads
"Without comment. badly not made is not this step?"

Love it. Got to love those translation things! Here's the blog:
http://translate.google.com/translat...blog%26hl%3Den

i'll be prepared mofo

That Yokomo 2wd is in fact a car based on the Mx4 made by some guy in france quite a few years ago.

i don't think that is anything yokomo have worked on recently...mx4 hubs and arms, assoc shocks, b3 gearbox. actually it looks like some clown has converted an mx4 to a 2wd

Yeah but it is a pretty amazing 2wd none the less. You'd expect to break alot of expensive parts though...

Anyways, back on track. B44...

under the hood

http://www.rc10b4.com/forum/attachme...achmentid=4131

Associated B44 buggy now on Tower Hobbies at $324.99 US (order pending)

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?&C=CAA

LXSLD1 Associated Factory Team B44 Buggy Kit

Does anyone know exactly what things are different and what things are the same on the B44 and the BJ4?

Righto. I can see things like the steering linkages are moulded and not CF, the braket against the front shock tower is moulded and not anodised aluminium, battery strap, etc etc.

These seem to be the parts that you option up, rather than option down hey. Seeing this, if I was in the market for a new car I'd take a BJ4.

I'm hoping that I'll hear replies to my post saying some of these changes are for the better, or that there are other inconspicuous changes that would put it ahead of the BJ.

Yeah that's why it's heaps cheaper than a BJ4. Will be good for getting more people into the class though.

Makes sense. Except they've called it the Factory Team, so nowhere else to go from there!

Some people one another forum were talking about a RTR B44. Does anyone know if they are actually releasing a RTR one?