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Originally Posted by BORMAC
So what is the real cost here? While dollars and cents certainly add up to something but so does a company willing to invest in its roots and prove to the world that the early car was important enough to go to the trouble. That would scream serious cred to me.
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No....it would scream "madness"!!
Schumacher has a small fan base worldwide compared to Tamiya / Kyosho etc, and I'd much rather see them continue to design and develop recreational fun vehicles to ensure a profitable future & cutting edge racing buggies than spend a small fortune for 300 people to buy a vintage CAT re-release. These won't get raced, they'll get shelved - there'd be a peak in spares as collectors restore their cars, and then that's it, no more income. The comment "invest in it's roots" is cr*p - firstly Schmacher's roots were RC car components then 1/12th circuit cars, and secondly, what better way is there to invest in your roots than to continue making top-level competition RC cars? Why we're at it, why don't we campaign for Ford to re-release the Model T, or Peugeot to re-release it's range of 19th century pepper mills?....what would it say about those companies if they did that?
