What The Hell Is Going On! (UPSETTING EVERYONE FROM EU To AUSTRALIA)

Why not just keep the vintage stuff in production, enough with the limited versions, people want to run and race these, and have spare parts.

I’m in the us, I preordered in late April. Mine is finally out for delivery today.

Ordered my Rc10 April 22 from Team Associated here in the US . May21 finally received a shipped date and due to arrive may 28th. I was getting nervous. But I am patient and as long as I get it I am happy. Didn't want to miss this re-release. I still have the magazines with these cars and drooled over them as a kid!

Rckicks I think you should open up a hobby shop. 😅

The RC10T was awesome in the 90's. I raced in that class for a few years in the early 90's and had a blast.

My local hobby shop in Calgary, PM Hobbycraft, got about 20 of them last week. Down to the last five today. I bought two; one to build and one to keep in the box. They had learned their lesson by being a couple days too late on the CC. So for the RC10 40th they ordered them as soon as they could put through the order.

Thanks for the video my order is IN!

Very insightful!

Funny, upon hearing about the 40th re-re, I thought about getting one. Then I realized the silliness surrounding limiting supplies and this kind of "manufactured rarity hype" that is rampant in the vintage market now and I thought the hell with it, It just drives up the price and saps all the fun. I'll just play with my '89 A stamp which works just fine. Not willing to play these silly marketing games for my next toy car. For me, the best kit is the one on the shelf at the store I'm shopping in. Simple as that. Not in stock? I"m not buying it, pre-order, waiting blah blah. Pointless. life is short. When I bought my rc10 in the 80's, I walked into my favorite hobby shop, saw it on the shelf and said "sold". Paid for it, walked out with it under my arm. Still have it today. If they didn't have it that day, I probably never would have got one. This kind of nonsense has ruined too many hobbies in the past. AE better be careful with their customer base. You can only piss off your loyal followers so many times before they abandon you. There are good cars out there that ARE in stock and available at stores. No silly games required. (of course for some, the "acquisition game" IS the fun and the thrill of the hunt for a rare piece is what it's all about. ) I guess as long as your hobby brings you joy. cheers.

Team Associated owned by ThunderTiger, based in Taiwan.

I hate this situation for everyone involved.... I work in supply chain, it's probably one skeezy salesman at the manufacturer who over promised, or a skeezy salesman at the distributor doing the same. It's almost never a problem with moving material, it's always a problem setting expectations surrounding how much material can realistically be moved. Sales people trying to make their metrics look strong, without actually considering what goes into the sale. I hate my life, I hate this for all y'all hard working people out there trying to enjoy a toy car >:(

I keep seeing this company selling re release at crazy prices and people religiously buying this crap for the sake of nostalgia..... if u want to pay 400 euros for an old design chassis with no part support and limited supplies that u already did a mistake

I love your channel. I'm gonna fly across the pond to come drive rc cars with you.

Thank you for bringing this issue up and explaining it simply! This distribution issue is worse if you live on the other side of the globe, and it's not just RC Model hobbyists that are affected. As a New Zealander who collects die cast models I have many stories about how my model orders for a nice new 1/43 car have often been at the mercy of the model shop's wholesaler. It took almost two years for a Minichamps Alfa Romeo I ordered to get to me! Associated, like Minichamps, are very much a specialist brand so go figure.

Mine just arrived today after a few months. It was a preorder, so all is well.

Thanks for this Gavin very informative 👍 I placed an order for the rc10 2days after release as was quibbling over the price and had been saving up for the optima mid 60th since that was released, so at least it will give me some more saving time now funds are empty following the recent purchase of the mid 60th!! I hope it will show up one day. Best wishes

This happens with all popular rc products. Not just vintage. I remember when the rc drag boom was going on, i got really into it. I loved drag racing and grew up drag racing at a local track with my dad in real cars. So, i was naturally drawn to it. When voodoo brought out their drag tires, it was the rave. And rightfully sp. They were awesome. One guy at our track had them and naturally we all wanted a set after seeing what they could do. Total bullshit trying to get a set. They wanted you to sit at the computer late at night, be on their website and ready to order when they released them for order. Sold out in seconds. This went on forever. I gave up after a while and the drag boom died but i just never understood why they couldnt keep up with demand. I can understand the first few orders being like that trying to find out how many units to sell, but this went on an entire year. All kinds of shady stuff was going on come to find out but still, pissed me off 😂

Just got my RC10 3 days ago. Ordered about 1 month ago. Southern CA

Communication is key. Just calm down, you grown men will get your toys 😂 after all of your dinner is finished.

I finally bit the bullet after years of missing out and snagged one, so I am ok with the limited edition status. 😂