The power of print advertising was big when this kit was originally being sold. For several years they ran a double page advertisement media buy for the RC10 kit in many RC car and similar hobby magazines. (Tamiya had most of the back cover ads and a few inside front of book ads.) The success of the RC10 rereleases might have something to do with people seeing that prolific ad. Not having a printed manual seems like a mistake for the demographic buying the kit. But I get it, from a business standpoint QR codes to a website save money and help them track people. Having both a print version and a QR option would have been my suggestion. The price point of this version is has a marketing value premium. They would probably do well selling a non-anniversary rere at a lower price point after this release ends.
I would love to know the sales figures for the original RC10, A-stamp. While it is a highly sought after kit, you can go onto Facebook at anytime and find one.
Love it. Mine is an 'A' stamp bought new in '89. I still have it and put modern electronics in it and it runs excellent. Still the best rc car ever. Runs better than anything. Shame about the manual. I lost mine but still have the original box. The picture on the front is the original box art (which shows parts not on the actual car but rather a prototype that was photographed for the box.)
Good info. It is amazing people are still running these originals. But hey, I still use my original Nintendo... Guess they just built things better back in the day.
@@quietrc True about them being well built. I don't run mine too much anymore due to fear of breaking something I can't replace easily but as a kit bought new I will say that it was run hard and raced regularly back in the day. I raced primarily dirt oval with high speed motors and one thing notable about the kit: It never broke. I beat the heck out of it and nothing in the kit ever broke. To this day it is all original parts except some of the gears which were swapped for high speed racing. That off-white nylon they used was just the right amount of flexibility to withstand just about any abuse. Not sure if the modern ones are the same stuff, but it sure is tough in the old ones. cheers.
Thanks, Gav! Learning editing was a goal of mine for this venture. So, I appreciate the call-out. The TR6 is not going to win any concourse competitions, but she starts up every time I go to drive her! For awhile, that 50 year old British car with Lucas electrics was the most reliable car we had.
I ended up doing a faked green label Reedy modified motor with a basic 21T Hobbystar rebuildable motor and an MCI decal. It turned out great. I just finished my kit. It was a bit of a challenge but turned out great.
Nice, still a while off till we get them in the uk 😡 by the time we get them they will have there next rere out 😂 i think the QR code is lazy, a booklet is nuch better, can flip back and forth easly. But still looking forward to getting mine out on the track 😎
My current theory is that something happened with the printing of the physical manuals and this was a last-minute back-up plan. The random QR code on a small piece of cardstock seems so out of place. It's not even in the bag with the decals, where the manual usually is. Or Maybe they want to do this with all kits going forward and this was AE testing the idea... but it would be an odd place to try that.
Why wouldn't they include a Manual with the kit? I just saw another video that mentioned there's also no Bearing kit included. I was very excited in the beginning when I heard this was coming out but now. Not so much.
I got mine last week. It's nice there wasn't a huge wait on this one. I need to recycle some of my old gold pans.
Yeah, I waited over 4 months for the CC. It seems AE learned a lot from that experience.
The power of print advertising was big when this kit was originally being sold. For several years they ran a double page advertisement media buy for the RC10 kit in many RC car and similar hobby magazines. (Tamiya had most of the back cover ads and a few inside front of book ads.)
The success of the RC10 rereleases might have something to do with people seeing that prolific ad.
Not having a printed manual seems like a mistake for the demographic buying the kit. But I get it, from a business standpoint QR codes to a website save money and help them track people. Having both a print version and a QR option would have been my suggestion.
The price point of this version is has a marketing value premium. They would probably do well selling a non-anniversary rere at a lower price point after this release ends.
I would love to know the sales figures for the original RC10, A-stamp. While it is a highly sought after kit, you can go onto Facebook at anytime and find one.
@@quietrc I'd love to know the advertising media buy too. I hope the photographer had a good contract.
Love it. Mine is an 'A' stamp bought new in '89. I still have it and put modern electronics in it and it runs excellent. Still the best rc car ever. Runs better than anything. Shame about the manual. I lost mine but still have the original box. The picture on the front is the original box art (which shows parts not on the actual car but rather a prototype that was photographed for the box.)
Good info. It is amazing people are still running these originals. But hey, I still use my original Nintendo... Guess they just built things better back in the day.
@@quietrc True about them being well built. I don't run mine too much anymore due to fear of breaking something I can't replace easily but as a kit bought new I will say that it was run hard and raced regularly back in the day. I raced primarily dirt oval with high speed motors and one thing notable about the kit: It never broke. I beat the heck out of it and nothing in the kit ever broke. To this day it is all original parts except some of the gears which were swapped for high speed racing. That off-white nylon they used was just the right amount of flexibility to withstand just about any abuse. Not sure if the modern ones are the same stuff, but it sure is tough in the old ones. cheers.
Great pickup, congrats 🙂.
Thank you so much 😀
A great video, with some nice editing. Congratulations on getting the RC10 40th, we have a while until we get them in the UK. Loving the TR6!
Thanks, Gav! Learning editing was a goal of mine for this venture. So, I appreciate the call-out. The TR6 is not going to win any concourse competitions, but she starts up every time I go to drive her! For awhile, that 50 year old British car with Lucas electrics was the most reliable car we had.
Joe lucas ,also known as the prince of darkness 😅
@@quietrcmy Dad had an Austin Healey 3000 which is known in Leyland circles as grandfather of the TR6
I ended up doing a faked green label Reedy modified motor with a basic 21T Hobbystar rebuildable motor and an MCI decal. It turned out great. I just finished my kit. It was a bit of a challenge but turned out great.
I think I am just going to put in a Tamiya 540 since it is silver.
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I guess I'm old too I would have preferred it to have an actual manual too
A physical manual is part of the experience!
Nice, still a while off till we get them in the uk 😡 by the time we get them they will have there next rere out 😂 i think the QR code is lazy, a booklet is nuch better, can flip back and forth easly. But still looking forward to getting mine out on the track 😎
Yeah, I think the physical manual is part of the experience for sure.
Great video. I feel the same way about the manual. First kit they have ever left the manual out of is the 40th anniversary kit? Makes no sense.
My current theory is that something happened with the printing of the physical manuals and this was a last-minute back-up plan. The random QR code on a small piece of cardstock seems so out of place. It's not even in the bag with the decals, where the manual usually is.
Or
Maybe they want to do this with all kits going forward and this was AE testing the idea... but it would be an odd place to try that.
Why wouldn't they include a Manual with the kit? I just saw another video that mentioned there's also no Bearing kit included. I was very excited in the beginning when I heard this was coming out but now. Not so much.
My theory is that something happened at the last minute with the physical, printed manual, and this was the quick fix so as not to delay the release.
lovin it! vintage electronics?
Debating that. However, since I do want to run it a bit, I may compromise and just put a simple, modern, brushed system in it.