Tamiya Durga DB01 EP Buggy (A cheaper 501X?)

[jimmy]

crazy, so what's the deal the - are Tamiya releasing this buggy randomly around the world? How am I supposed to get a car to review if I don't know where I'll be able to buy it?
I have it pre-ordered from Japan, obviously cheaper but the main reason is because they get things first - but it seems it's being sold before the release date??

I'm keen to get this car

[tyreman]

jasonrcb on here had his at the weekend at Coventry, think he said it came from Stella for about £80

[budgio]

I would be interested to know where to get the slipper clutch from and the hop up parts (cvd,s etc)

The only db-01 bits i see on stella are the black dish wheels.

[DCM]

They have had it, the car was ready a couple of weeks ago and in shops.... but the official release date is the 29th, not before. If Tamiya find they have been sold, they might not get them again till the official release day.

[A.J. Gee]

Who knows, maybe Tamiya is happy to see one of their products in great demand. Its not like they are losing money to anyone from getting their product earlier than normal, but then again i dont operate any type of business, so im not sure what the deal is.

[DCM]

i know for a fact that a lot of the BIG Tamiya distributors were not at all happy with the fact that they would lose out on initial sales due to people buying driect from large places in Japan, so they have instigated glabal release and global pricing, so in theory you shouldn't be able to get it any quicker from anywhere or at a cheaper price.

[Doomanic]

Originally Posted by DCM

so in theory you shouldn't be able to get it any quicker from anywhere or at a cheaper price.

[jasonrcb]

next update

arrived yesterday
full set of cvds...alloy rear hubs....10degree front alloy hubs....trf501 shocks....alloy belt tensioners so thats all now fitted and looking good

update email my oneway slipper clutch steering set should all be here in the next few days so looking forward to that the is starting to have a more race car feel now

just the carbon towers now which all being well should be sorted next week

[DCM]

where did you get the trf shocks from?

[scotoap]

Originally Posted by budgio

I would be interested to know where to get the slipper clutch from and the hop up parts (cvd,s etc)

The only db-01 bits i see on stella are the black dish wheels.

Check out Tamiya USA site and put DB01 in the search box, and up comes all the hopups and bits they have or had in stock slipper is amongst them M8

[DCM]

tamiyausa wont sell any db01 bits till the 29th.... and I see there are no more db01's on ebay when I looked last night either.

[sosidge]

There are DB01s in several shops in the UK, they came into the Hobby Company last Thursday and were dispatched immediately.

[jimmy]

Good old Hobby Co - so they are selling it before the release date then whilst everyone else behaves?

[sosidge]

If you have a problem with the Hobby Company selling something before it is available in Japan then you are better off taking it up with them.

I suppose the benefit is that the people who are prepared to support the UK shops get their cars a bit sooner this time around! If a shop in the real North East had one in yesterday then there would have been an assembled one on my desk right now!

To be honest the HC are probably are less concerned by an apparent release date and more concerned to get stock out of their warehouse as quickly as possible, rather than have it sit on shelves unsold.

[jimmy]

oh well...

[DCM]

I know some may have been prospecting on tinternet as they can buy and ship kits to the UK from HK cheaper than HC can supply....

[budgio]

Found the slipper and cvd,s
http://www.fusionhobbies.com/Tamiya-...arts-s/328.htm

A bit pricey though...i,ll keep looking on ebay over the next few days,hopefully more options on the 29th

[°°.°°sicotange°°.°°]

Hi guys,

Just finished my Durga. Here is a picture of it.

http://sicotange.skyrock.com/

I didn't figured out how to post pics on this awesome forum yet...
I made a lot of pics of the car so if someone could tell me how to post pics on this forum it would be great. Thanks in advance.

Greetings from Belgium.

[Doomanic]

If the pic is hosted on the web, just wrap the picture url with image tags.

so, [img]picture url[/img]

becomes

[°°.°°sicotange°°.°°]

Ok, thanks for the explanation Doomanic!