Kyosho RB6 - HOW MUCH ! ...is it worth it ??

[jo90]

With Maritime poised to open their off road track in a few months time im now looking to start putting together the money for a buggy + all the electric gubbins too.

I had a Kyosho ZXR years back, great kit, went together well and strong, so thought that i'd loko at the RB6 which also seems a good piece of kit......until i saw the price. JEEBBUSSS ! £369 on special offer. So, given most kits come in under the £300 bracket, and some under £280, is this kit really worth the extra money ? It does look like it comes with everything to move the motor from rear to mid, so no aftermarket stuff required in that sense so that is a plus point. However, have many driven this car, tried it on astro and grass etc ?

Your feed back is always appreciated !

John

[DaSloth]

Originally Posted by jo90

With Maritime poised to open their off road track in a few months time im now looking to start putting together the money for a buggy + all the electric gubbins too.

I had a Kyosho ZXR years back, great kit, went together well and strong, so thought that i'd loko at the RB6 which also seems a good piece of kit......until i saw the price. JEEBBUSSS ! £369 on special offer. So, given most kits come in under the £300 bracket, and some under £280, is this kit really worth the extra money ? It does look like it comes with everything to move the motor from rear to mid, so no aftermarket stuff required in that sense so that is a plus point. However, have many driven this car, tried it on astro and grass etc ?

Your feed back is always appreciated !

John

Its not on sale yet, so no, no one has driven one yet, but at the end of the day its your choice whether you want to the spend money on the quality of a kyosho model. Many will tell you its worth it and many not....

[Origineelreclamebord]

If you're not sure, just wait.

Being a new model, there might be a problem or two somewhere on/in the car (like we have seen with the TRF201's idler gear and the DEX210's 'different' diff and unclear manual). These cons will probably become apparent within a month of it's release, and you can read through everyone's impressions.

Also, I think the price will be somewhat higher because it's a new model. Many MSRP's are often above the actual retail price. Also, the first batch(es) might be more expensive because you'd rather have a consistent flow of kits going out instead of building up this huge batch to cover for the demand (which takes too long), then find you've saturated the market for your car and no-one's buying it.

So I think prices will come down - even then though it will not be at the same price level as many other cars

[tcboy1983]

Ur moaning about the price what about c4.1 £370 vega £370
And may I add db1 if u buy all the kits to make it £700

So if! It's as good as these then what the matter with the price
it's just the same as any other high end model

[jo90]

tcboy - they are after market kits + the cost of a kit, so it isnt relative. constructive replies please.

[lordnikon]

Originally Posted by jo90

tcboy - they are after market kits + the cost of a kit, so it isnt relative. constructive replies please.

You also have to remember you have the ability to run both mid and rear motor with the RB6. With the conversions this gives you like for like

B4.1 + C4.1 conversion - similar price as said
Any chassis + Vega conversion - similar price as said

The only kit to be able to do both mid and rear is the DEX210. I would hope the Kyosho is more durable and probably better plastics/metal parts used to warrant the x2 price on the 210. We're just going to have to wait and see, but pays your money, takes your choice.

[jo90]

I had been looking at the DEX actually but this retails at under the £200 mark which is ideal and given it does both motor positions then more price worthy too.

As much as I want to wait and see I am looking to get one in approx 4-6 weeks so i can get a bit of OR practice in (last time i drove a buggy in anger was about 20 years ago now)

thanks for the positive feedback though guys