AVANTE 2011 has arrived!!!!!! YES!!!
 

Finally got mi hand on e AVANTE 2011, thanks to a gd frd for that special honour....
tis will be build in the coming weeks and another 2 will be acquire for spares n NIB

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cool! bonus parts! What are they?

Wow, that is packaged perfect.

Nice!
is this generally available now?

I think it comes with extra wheels.

Thanks, the bonus parts are the DF03 wheels. Unless u knw someone who wrk for tamiya as e agent,u wld still need to wait till feb11

Yup it has arrived upon the shores of Singapore and the price is reasonable. Anyone interested to get hold of one, feel free to pm me for details. I'll be more than happy to help fellow oople mates over here... :thumbsup:

I remember my Falcon being packed like that. Building a car was far more special back then.. and you got more parts because of the over-engineering :)

Avante 2011 Oople review?

If only I could afford one :cry:

How much are they ? I always wanted one as a kid but could never afford one :-(

If enough people put £10 in then jimmy can buy one and he can keep it safe for us....

£450
 

They were 449.99 preorder. Just google 2011 Avante preorder, a couple of sites come up.
An amazing price for an amazing car. Too much for me though.

Thats crazy money - double what I'd imagined it would cost nearly :bored:
But maybe I am crazy lol

I have an avante 2001, 10 years on, and I recon I might just be able to get the bit's required to make it a runner now... ! :)

Check over this link Tamiya just posted on building it - http://www.tamiyausa.com/articles/fe...article-id=501

kleenex please!!! Loving the car, never really seen one till now.

love the avante! my dad has one at his.

needs fixing up I think :/

Just seen the first one pop up on ebay (in South Korea). 470USD plus another 70USD shipping - so about £340 if you maange to get it 'safely' (;)) into the country. Give it a little bit of time and I reckon they might dip below £300.

Still too steep for me though :cry: (just as the orignal was)

Oh -and apparently the bonus parts are the wheels(!), a Tamiya TEU-104 ESC and and Avante T-Shirt!

See third piccy here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NIB-TAMIYA-AVA...item41562f4a0c

Tower Hobbies doesn't have them in stock yet but have them listed at $469.99 (they listed it in onroad, although alot of Tamiya's offroads are in the onroad). I got a discount code to save another $100 off that so it would be $369.99 + shipping. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXAUNH&P=7

Looks are deceiving. Brittle and expensive to repair, just the same with the cheaper model the Egress. Looked great though.

Was the higher spec Egress cheaper in UK? In sweden the Egress was more expensive.
Vanquish was the "cheap" base model.
Egress had carbon chassi, titanium screws, hi-cap, balldiffs, sealed ball bearings etc. Basically a full option Avante. Only missing parts like the posi-joint drive shafts (lovely parts btw).

Correct me if I´m wrong.

But I agree that they were brittle.

still engineering sex!

I also believe the Egress was more expensive than the Avante all ove the world because of the spec you listed.
Only Option parts for the Egress were Posi Joints Front and Rear, Hi Cap Damper Spring Sets Front and Rear and the Inner Sponge from the Avante, but inly for the Rear wheels as the front ones were thin.
I raced my Egress for 3 years and the only thing i ever broke was one front C- part.
The Avante is much more brittle mainly because of the steering and the D- parts (lower arms).
I loved to race my Egress and it handled well on my track.
SInc ei discovered the modern Tamiya buggies though like DB01R, TRF502X and TRF201 there is no way back for me :)

I agree DCM, the Avante is awesome.:)

Correct Johannes! It is nice to get some help from a fellow Tamiya "nerd"...;)

When you make a list of options you understand why Egress was so expensive...
The Avante Carbon Graphite Chassis kit costed ~160 euros in sweden...
Ball race steering costed ~60 euros.

Avante had a list price of 3 350 SEK (370 euros) in sweden.

Always a pleasure to bundle Tamiya forces, Fredrik :)
Yes and think about the Avante Titanium screw set that had the Step screws for the front knuckle arms made of titanium. You could only buy them in the screw set or the Egress screw bag A.
I remember the price of the screw set was 1000 Schillings back in 1989. This is about 75 Euro today!!
The same was with the Posi Joints. One pair also had a price of about 1000 Schillings back then....expensive car.

Sorry, yes vanquish was the one i meant. I had an egress and broke the chassis and gearboxes and was so expensive and took forever for spares i ended up chucking it. Tamiya still is super slow at selling stock so seems not much has changed.