New Stuph Coming
 

Stand by for an announcement next week of a new line of X Factory products. Cool stuff for your X-Car and many of the new parts fit other cars too!

Shipping early in the week to distributors and dealers all over the world, then press release later next week. D.M.S. has ordered a ton, and you'll get the new parts most quickly from your local X Factory stockist.

One of the parts is already for sale, but it will get the new packaging because it fits right into the new line. First three new parts are in stock now, just waiting for the printer to finish the new header cards.

For now, don't ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

waiting

A bit longer. There were some problems at the printer and the header cards won't be ready until Monday or Tuesday. The parts are in our warehouse.

The manager of the shop, with whom we usually do business, was on vacation, and their people did not fully understand just what we wanted. They did the right thing by E-mailing proofs back and forth and talking with us on the phone each time (3 iterations) until we got it just right. We're rolling now.

When you are printing 10,000 of something on heavy card stock you must get it perfect the first time.

Cant you just tell us?
I dont think anyone cares about header cards really ;)

Yeah, did you know that after opening a package with spares we actually throw the header card AND plastic bag away. Kinda shocking isn't it?

Would be a lot better for the environment without them.

hihi

Maybe X-Factory should release a hemp version of their X6^2? lol

Biodegradable RC :)

Rofl, I actually work for a company that does test on biodegradability.
I'd be happy to do some tests. ;).

I do- I collect them

you will normally see me bring out my vast collection when we have dinner parties- every one is always interested in what a Yokomo yz10 super dog fighter washer is or a kopropo 713 choke lead-.

Last Christmas I had 650 header cards from a friend who could no longer keep his collection as his wife said it was taking to much of his time, I couldn’t believe my luck when the rare misprinted batch of "Trinity monster stock" from 1992 where in there, who would have thought no one noticed the miss print on the word stock

I bet your dinner parties dont last much past when you get your header cad collection out do they Chris? LOL

Now gentlemen, let's think this through. We promise you and our dealers that you can get all our new products more quickly from them than from our web site. Therefore, we've got to ship to D.M.S. first. A few days after that we ship to dealers in other countries. That way the fine U.K. model shops who purchase from D.M.S. have our new parts at the same time as dealers in other countries.

Then we announce the products and put them on our web site.

Now let's look at what happens if we tell you what's coming before D.M.S. has been shipped. You start calling your local model shop wanting the new parts. They call Darren. All day long they call Darren. Hundreds of calls each day.

Soon Darren is mad at me because there are so many calls he can't get any work done, he's losing his hearing from the loud phone calls, and now he must work after hours to catch up. He can't help his wife with their little son at bedtime because he's still slaving away in the shop with only one tiny low-wattage light on in the back so those showing up after hours demanding the new X Factory parts don't know he's there.

Next thing you know it's midnight and there's a mob of screaming deprived X Factory Family outside and Darren can't get out. Police are called. His wife, very angry, goes to bed without him, and they get a divorce. Darren stops eating his wife's great cooking and loses weight and has to re-design the D.M.S. logo, which costs so much money that between logo expense and the divorce settlement he goes broke and closes the shop.

Now is that what you want???

no, we wanted a biodegradable car.

LOL Chazz, funny :D

I still agree with Coop though lol

Be a whole new range of excuses for not doing well in a race.

"I would have TQ'd that round but as I came over the jump my shock tower biodegraded"

Instone would be in his element..... another excuse!!

Chazz, that is one of the wackiest stories I have read in a LONG time, some parts sounded quite good though, could do with losing a few pounds for sure and have you ever tasted Micheles cooking or heard her snoring??? LOL :D

Not sure that the "going bust" bit is appropriate this week though with what has happened elsewhere in the last few days :(

new stuff? when? :confused:

They are at the ROAR nationals at the moment mate, so nothing will be released for the rest of this week now......

There is a new neat range of accessories on the way, nothing will be superseded by any of them and nothing will be a "must have" item but none the less a very neat range of items is on the way, please be patient (we all know what manufacturuers are like at teasing and then not telling us promptly enough and sadly I am sworn to secrecy until they are announced too)

chazz hire a few flunkies to help darren

Let Darren hire his own flunkies. Our flunkies don't do well in U.K. unless properly pickled. Pickling is easy, it's the "properly" part that's hard. Expensive too.

We intended to do the photography while in Joliet but it just didn't happen.

That's what it's down to -- the photography and writing the copy.

some new items on redrc from X-Factory :thumbsup:

Yea, just seen them. I hope they release them in Blue also, Black is so bland and seems a waste of alloy.

REAL MEN WEAR BLACK


X Factory announces a new line of upgrade parts to fit the full range of X-Cars and, in some cases, many other brands of off-road 1/10 vehicles as well. Called “Real Men Wear Black,” most items in the new line of parts will be black. All are designed by X Factory’s chief engineer, Paul Sinclair and he uses them on his cars. The “Real Men Wear Black” line kicks off now with four great items and will be expanded soon as Paul designs new parts.

With their distinct black and white packaging, “Real Men Wear Black” will be easy to spot at your local hobby store. In some cases these are new hop-up parts for areas of the car where no other company makes cool parts; those which are similar to others’ are priced less than other brands.

Paul said, “I got tired of so much blue all over my car. It was just too much. When we prototype a new part, even dialed D.D.P. and E-Speed parts, I get to use the first prototypes without anodizing, and I began to like the black with silver look. A while ago, as we started production on those great items, I made a special request to have my personal parts anodized black. Perfect!”

First up is the new battery stand-off kit, #1226. Four black aluminum pieces fit under the standard CF battery strap to raise the posts for ROAR-maximum height batteries. Includes mounting studs & four black low-profile locknuts. Fits X – 6 Squared & X – 60.

Next is the #1232 motor plate. It’s the same as the standard aluminum plate for X Factory’s 4-Gear transmission, but it looks a whole lot better in black! Fits all X-Cars with a 4-Gear transmission.

#1241 servo mounts fit the X – 6 Squared, X – 60, and most 1/10 AE cars. Paul’s design is different than the FT blue mounts, real men DO wear black, and the X Factory part is several dollars less.

The black wheel washers, #6452, are just dialed, and fit most 1/10 off-road cars with 3/16” diameter axles.

All four of the Real Men Wear Black parts are shipping today to fine hobby stores all over the world, and will be on the X Factory web site in about 5 days. Additional releases in the new line will follow.

There are already blue parts the same as each of those items available, AE themselves produce the servo mounts, standoffs and wheel spacers, X-Factory via DDP already produce a blue motor plate....

The idea of the "Real Men Wear Black" range is a simplistic no frills design of optional parts "without" the bling of blue/purple/red/orange but in plain "smart" looking black. The black parts are for people who are after a "clean" and professional look without the use of all the colour which does not suit everyones taste, as a result the "RMWB" range is also priced somehwere between all currently avialable optional parts (AE/DDP etc) and standard plain alloy parts....

The full UK press release on the parts is due to go out on Tuesday to all delaers and news websites over here...

I can understand your point guys :) It would be nice if all the xfactory/ddp/espeed hopup parts were the same colour tho.

I'll be having a set of the battery strap standoffs when they come out, are they recessed on the bottom or do you need to cut the tops off the std posts?

Never mind, just noticed them all stacked together in the packet :D

Not only are they recessed on the bottom to fit snugly over the post but they duplicate the post at the top so the CF strap fits snugly aver the stand-offs. If the top of your posts are a bit frayed, you'll have to dress them with a file or some sand paper to make the stand-offs fit.

One problem with raising the battery strap is that you lose the "top deck" effect of the CF strap when it is no longer snug against the posts. The #1226 stand-offs correct that problem.

If you already have the #1225 quick change kit, you won't have to change the studs -- they are the same. Just slide the stand-offs over your studs and use the dialed black nuts. You may have to raise the studs up a bit to make it all fit just right, and that may require a drop of CA on the end of the stud to keep it snug in the chassis, but it all works very well together and the black nuts are the finishing touch.

Brian Kinwald will continue to expand the Dirtz Dialed Partz line, and those parts will, where appropriate, continue to be blue. Ditto Ellis Stafford and the E-Speed line. Both of these drivers will continue to design great new items and their signature lines will continue.

We wanted to introduce a line of Paul Sinclair-designed parts. Paul wanted them different from but compatible with the D.D.P. and E-Speed lines, and Paul prefers black. His statement in the press release above is not made up, it's true. For those who want the most dialed looking car on the track, parts from all three lines play nice together.

We think the three product names are perfect for the three individuals:

Ellis Stafford is one of the great R/C innovators and simply a ballistic driver. E-Speed fits him perfectly.

Brian Kinwald has been the most dialed guy in R/C for more than 20 years, thus Dirtz Dialed Partz.

Real Men Wear Black is just right for Paul's personal style. Quiet, self-assured, well put together, fast.

A fifth item in the Real Men Wear Black line will ship to dealers in the next few days and will be announced next week. The manufacturer of Ellis' next item shipped it to us Friday, so we must receive it, package it, and ship it to the dealers prior to announcement. Brian is thinking. Always.

he managed to sell plenty :p

Hi darren
What's the blue associated standoff part from. Part number and where are they on ur site please

People have been using the AE3965 blue wheel axle spacers for a little while now as a similair (but less effective) alternative spacer - as per the tech tip on the X-Factory website here - http://www.xfactoryrc.com/rc/Tech/TallLipos.php

Ah seen them but they don't retain the strap as these do. So not same part.

They are the "blue" equivalent for those who are just worried about colour, which was what I refered to in my earlier post.....

For those who want prefection and are not fussed about colour, the new black ones will be ACE

Hi darren. how can they be an equivalent its just a tube space. As chase has said the black ones sit on the existing post and then extend the lug to locate the strap. The blue ones can not do that can they?

Mark, they are a spacer, nothing more.The X-Factory ones are stepped with a recess to do the job "right" (after all we would not release them if we thought that they were no better).

The question was asked, were they coming in blue, the answer was no. Then I pointed out that most of the parts or similar could already be purchased in blue "IF" colour was the desired thing over function or fit.

Now, as a spacer for tall LIPO's, YES they do do the job as the link on the X-Factory website I posted clearly shows... but as the distributor for X-Factory of course I would MUCH rather everyone go out and buy the awesome black ones they are bringing out rather than an AE part, but if blue is your thing there IS (albeit inferior in this case) an alternative....

So really not sure what you are getting at tbh, you have my contact details if you wish to go on and on about this any further please get in touch direct with me to take it up...

I ran the new black lipo spacers this weekend for the first time with a tall 5600 lipo. As Darren points out, they just get the job done 'right' and importantly maintain the integrity of the battery strap as a chassis stiffening device.

Well worth the small investment if you're running tall lipos in my opinion.

Cheers,
Scotty P.

Chazz ...... what's the possibility of getting aluminum shock bushings in the "RMWB" line. I hate the blue, black is the shizz!!!!!!!

hi darren
lm not getting at anything? Simple question to you statement that "blue parts the same as each of those items available" I took that as meaning I could buy blue parts The same as the xfactory part. Hence why I asked a question. You have now clarified their not the "same as" and cannot hold the strap secure then i understand.

I don't get the argueing for argueings sake MC. Your a top geezer, and so is Darren, stop bickering!

Liking the black stuph :) classy. "Once you've tried black you'll never go back".... wasn't that moto referring to colour of anodizing? :lol:

im not bickering i asked a question to get it clarified!!

Haven't had the chance to speak with Ellis lately -- he's been busy the last few weeks. But I have had time to chat with Paul and Brian.

Remember that Brian was among the first to use blue anodized parts, and some would say Trinity built it's brand on BK blue stuff. Brian and Paul have both seen lots of "blue-mobiles," cars with so many blue parts you'd think the whole thing is blue. Paul especially has grown tired of that look, and Brian is beginning to make some parts out of CF that formerly were blue alu on his car.

Both Paul and Brian agree that a car looks dialed when it is mostly black with some blue here and there. Both like the CF look. That's why we have two major parts standard in CF that could easily and more cheaply be molded. And that's why Paul chose black for his signature parts. When parts from all three lines are combined, the car is super fast and looks great.