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Post by chris burgess on Jan 3, 2006 19:56:08 GMT
Jimmy - dare we ask WHO is putting pressure on you over your article?
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oople
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Post by oople on Jan 3, 2006 20:48:09 GMT
nah best not! ;D
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Post by alfred on Jan 8, 2006 11:39:55 GMT
There's no doubt about how RCCar Action treated the "affaire" Predator X10: since the most horrible livery ever thought for a buggy, through the totality of motion pictures in which the car appears in a difficult situation (not one shot in air - very strange thing for a car that "jumps perfectly", as the same Pete admits - ) it is hard not to see that RCCar Action wants to put the Predator on a lower level it deserves. Not a word for the quality of materials, not a word for the effort of TTech to make "something different" (and everybody knows how we need new designs - look at Lazer Kyosho or to new Yokomo buggy), Pred is quickly defined an "exotic RC": not the best page for RCCar Action.
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Post by alfred on Jan 8, 2006 17:43:00 GMT
...er. I'm bad, I know. But I couldn't find any Tenth Technology advertising on RCCar Action pages...
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Post by chris burgess on Jan 8, 2006 19:08:38 GMT
there are some interesting statements in that paragraph.
I can personally vouch for the jumping ability of the car, after todays exploits, ;D and it never looks to be in a "difficult situation" either, when it's on the track.
I can only presume there are other reasons why the magazine seemingly do not like the car.
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Post by alfred on Jan 8, 2006 19:39:56 GMT
Chris, I wrote "appears", not "it is in difficult situations": I'm sure the car is perfect on the track!
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bigboss
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preds rule,the others are too slow!
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Post by bigboss on Jan 9, 2006 15:10:34 GMT
I hope I'm wrong but it seems to me that T.Tech have done it again as far as the American market is concerned.
Let me clarify, At the time many years ago when they started shipping cars to the states they made the same "errors" as they are doing now with the X10.
basically it all boils down to is Q.C. not only of the finished product but also of the car kits going to the press.
From my personal experience this is the last area they have to address before the American market will accept this company as a serious car builder.
As I see it the excitement of the market for the new car was marred by the Luke warm article in car action(hard as it is to believe many young would be car owners base their opinion on this mag).also by the fact that many people still remember the problems of the older models, especially the striping of gears in the gearbox,because the meshing of the corona & pinion is not mentioned in the instructions at all!! (this is of course the old kit I'm talking about, I am talking of my own experience remember?)
The solution as I see it would be as follows:
1.get a kit that has all the latest fixes on it make sure it has no missing bits & bobs and that the gearbox tops are drilled in the right places etc.
2.this part is harder. reprint the instructions with the fixes in it and this time make it bigger.I think the American buyer gages the instructions as a measure of how good the company is (in America bigger is better always, even if we all know it isn't true,they don't)
To make my point I would like to give the example of Tamiya, take any kit they make especially their plastic RC kits (Grasshopper for instance) the end result is a car that breaks if you breath on it too hard,it's not very good to drive BUT the instructions are the BEST in the hobby. Thats why they are held in the highest regard in the U.S.A. & customers like to buy that company's products.it's only in the last few years that they have made any kits that go well & holdup well (415&evo) and those are road going cars no off road cars.
3.Have one person give all the help needed to the press/reporter of the magazine.this is critical the Email on the site is either not working or is ignored & that's not good enough,sorry.
4.Only if the article is a raving success(no reason why it will not be)are the following steps to be taken.
5.Advertise in all the RC magazines and on all the RC sites,maybe sponsor a section like in some I've seen.
6.get a distributer to get the car around.
7.Clone Richard and send the clone over the pond to supervise the whole operation. lol (had to sneak that one in,sorry).
just to remind all of you, this is intended as a constructive criticism note from me about T.Tech and should be read with that in mind.I do not intend to put down the company or anyone working for it or its owners.I just want the car & company to be a lot more widely known as a very good car maker and no an average one.
well what do you think?
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Post by Cooper on Jan 9, 2006 16:33:02 GMT
I think the cloning is to expensive...
nah serious... I believe you are pretty correct but you take tamiya and instructions as an example for the USA ? tamiya isn't that popular in the USA.... it is in europe and asia but not that much in the USA. When I look in my older RCCA mag's I can't find anything about plastic tamiyas, a bit here and a bit there but alot more traxxas and stuff like that. Apart from the (good) instructions I agree all the rest you say, advertising IS the most important and specially in the USA...
the car has a past (or the gears have a past...) the company has its past and I hope this is the LAST time they make mistakes. I think the best move they can do is get a PR manager !!! someone who does all the emailing, advertising, etc etc
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bigboss
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Post by bigboss on Jan 10, 2006 19:41:11 GMT
Well coop, my example of Tamiya may be off the mark, I don't know, but consider this they have been in the states longer than most non local manufacturers, if not all, & I think they were the first to have a crack at that market. They also have there own track and an annual race meeting at that track with quite a following.
I just call 'em as I see 'em.
anyway enough of that company, I'll get sick if I mention their name more than once a day.
How about those yanks on the other site what do you people think retaliate or "let sleeping dogs lie".
few of the guys over there have even seen the car never mind driven it. anyone?
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Post by YoKoMo-MX4 on Jan 11, 2006 0:06:18 GMT
How about those yanks on the other site what do you people think retaliate or "let sleeping dogs lie". Being a yank (er) ... nevermind ;D I'd say most of the 'pregnant dogers' there won't bother to think about the situation and give the X10 a fair shot ... they'd just rather complain about how the car is too expensive and fragile ... even though, as you say, few in the USA have actually seen it. I'd like to write these people off as 'kids' but more often than not they are 'adults' that just have nothing better to do.  For some reason, message board topics that deal with 'high end' and/or 'exotic' 4WD buggies tend to attract a lot of stupid (or more politely 'overly opinionated and under educated') people. As an example the " BJ4 WINS, Durango who?" thread on 4WDRC.com's message board ... man, I'm still fuming from that one ... 'nuff said, MX4 EDIT: LMAO @ 'pregnant dogers' ... message board filters kill me!!!! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by chris burgess on Jan 11, 2006 10:13:05 GMT
How about those yanks on the other site what do you people think retaliate or "let sleeping dogs lie". Being a yank (er) ... nevermind ;D we chose the earlier option, and retaliated in a rather "english" manner. You know the one, all politeness and explanations of why they are wrong, and guess what? They are still bitching! |
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