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

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/8377e888.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/0e06b9d1.jpg

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