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Originally Posted by sneff
I hear ya. I was bustin your stones a bit lol. My train of thought is any new truck is a good truck and it keeps the hobby moving forward.
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I know Greg and a new truck means we have parts to build other trucks but I dont see this helping the US hobby much it all..
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Originally Posted by janderson
No stones broken. Sorry to say if it is licensed we have to work with manufacturers. Most of them are going to want to license new items that are being sold now. They want to promote their brand and that is hard to do when licensing an old design.
There is just more to it than most realize. Back in the 70's and 80's licensing was a breeze.
Just and FYI..
Thanks,
Joe
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No Joe I understand how all that works just stinks that the most unliked freight truck on the road is the one that comes out and I understand that you guys want a partner to go in on it with yah but it would be nice to see a truck with some class Like the new KW k500 or a Pete 389 or something other than this. At least now with the 3d printing we can build any truck we want but it would be nice to have it as a kit.. If we used a more popular truck on the road today we would get more new people into the hobby.. I hear it all the time with new people that want to get in I want this truck or I want that truck but then you have to tell them they have to custom build it and then there gone another lost sale another loss of potential of growing the hobby in the US.. I am sure many other guys cal tell you the same sort of story..
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Originally Posted by Lmackattack
It is a let down that they did not make a better attempt at a classic American truck. They did very good with the king and globe. They look like true American otr trucks. It would have been nice to see a Mack or IH and something that you could either build a nice day cab or heavy haul truck out of it seams all their trucks are sleeper cabs?? To me This is just an example of a cheep throw away company truck.
I commend tamiya for building these trucks for us but I would like to know they take a little insite on the people that enjoy building them.
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I agree with you Lmack... I am happy to see another new truck just not this one I am not a euro guy but The new Merk is a great looking truck and I will have to have one of each but the new fruiteshaker will be a wrecked load for my tow truck and low boy..