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Old 08-04-2009 | 02:44 AM
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hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone had any info on the HB D2, I am sure there working on the d8e right now, but c'mon 1/10th scale is alive and well!!!!! I wanna see this thing go into production I would buy 2!!!!! The D4 is one of the best 4wd buggies on the market, now I am just waiting for the next best 2wd on the market.... any info?
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Old 08-04-2009 | 02:55 AM
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They just abandon the project. The leader and designer Adam Skelding is racing for Durango right now, so probably the next 2WD buggy would be a Durango one.
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Old 08-04-2009 | 03:26 AM
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The earliest the buggy is gonna be available is late 2010 which is what I was told.....
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Old 08-04-2009 | 12:21 PM
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The one that was ran in 2008 by Travis was sweet!!!!









Love to have one to, the d4 has been great so far.
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Old 08-04-2009 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by pink_sleeve
The earliest the buggy is gonna be available is late 2010 which is what I was told.....

No offence intended by this question….but, told by who?
If we look back at the postings on the other D2 thread,
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...2wd-buggy.html
it is littered with "....I was told 2 months time...", "....I was told Spring...", "...I was told early June...." etc etc. It seems to me that there are a lot of people being told a lot of different things...

Personally, I thought the writing was on the wall for this buggy once Skelding was taken off the project. See my thoughts on page 16 of the above thread link, when I suggested that the buggy might not get released and most people disagreed with my opinion.

All that said, I really do hope Hot Bodies can get this project completed, it is a rather obvious gap in their range of buggies.
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Old 08-04-2009 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ajford
No offence intended by this question….but, told by who?
If we look back at the postings on the other D2 thread,
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...2wd-buggy.html
it is littered with "....I was told 2 months time...", "....I was told Spring...", "...I was told early June...." etc etc. It seems to me that there are a lot of people being told a lot of different things...

Personally, I thought the writing was on the wall for this buggy once Skelding was taken off the project. See my thoughts on page 16 of the above thread link, when I suggested that the buggy might not get released and most people disagreed with my opinion.

All that said, I really do hope Hot Bodies can get this project completed, it is a rather obvious gap in their range of buggies.
I sure hope they can get it to market HB has a ton of 10th scale buggies tires out now that would be a perfect match for the D2!
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Old 08-04-2009 | 05:05 PM
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I sure hope they can get it to market HB has a ton of 10th scale buggies tires out now that would be a perfect match for the D2!
Yep, absolutely right.

My hopes were momentarily raised of a release of the D2 when I saw they were releasing 2WD buggy fronts.

The moment was short lived though...
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Old 08-04-2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ajford
Yep, absolutely right.

My hopes were momentarily raised of a release of the D2 when I saw they were releasing 2WD buggy fronts.

The moment was short lived though...
YUP I've notice they took the D2 off HB's website
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Old 08-04-2009 | 06:11 PM
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Here for the non believers. Straight from the horses mouth... this is what was emailed back to me when i ask!!!




HB-Ve 8 (D8 Flux) will hit market September 2009.

Ve8 setup is very close to HB-D8.

I am sure you will enjoy driving it.

HB-D2 will be late 2010 (not completely sure yet).



Thanks
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Originally Posted by pink_sleeve
HB-Ve 8 (D8 Flux) will hit market September 2009
TIME TO START SAVING MY COINS!
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