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February 3, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Bliss Engines

We were taken into a quiet room and shown the new line of competition .21 engines from Salvatore Schepis called Bliss. Available as a 5 port version called F5 Buggy and a 7 port circuit motor called F7 Onroad with lightened and balanced crankshaft, the main new element of this engine is the CLC system. This patented design use a conical shim, similar to that used for mounting a flywheel, which allows for a quick and easy adjustment, or removal, of the carburetor by simply loosening two screws from the top. We can expect a release in March/April with a .12 on road engine to follow in the future.

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February 3, 2012

Roche RC Rapide F103/F104 conversion kit

Roche RC has released the Rapide, a F103/F104 conversion kit. The wheel base is based on the F104 as 270mm, with a selectable width of 187mm (F104) and 200mm (F103). With a newly designed motor mount set, the width between the left & right mount is wider than the Tamiya original by 5mm meaning the main drive shaft bearing is closer to the wheel adaptor. At the back there is a simple design with adjustable “U Plate” rear suspension and there are different thickness “U Plate” to setup for different track condition. A narrow main chassis design makes it more stable with faster corner speed and moreover the chassis is compatible with Tamiya F104 bodies.

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February 3, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Various

Pro-Line are present at the Hoeco stand and have on display their new Bulldog body shells for the Durango DEX210 and DEX410. Used by factory driver Hupo Honigl at the recent Reedy Invitational race, the cab forward design offers racers a stylish and high performance new body option for both cars. Also seen on the Hoeco stand is the Volksmotor that we wrote about last week, a 9 port Novarossi on road .21 engine with a sub 200 euro price.

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February 2, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Team C

Team C Racing are making a big push into to the market with new European and American distributors and on their stand they were showing off their new product lines. First up is the new TC02 Evo 2wd rear motor buggy, which features a 8mm longer chassis than its predecessor and comes with a neat look cab forward body shell. The car is not yet finished is fitted with a prototype rear drive train.

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February 2, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – HobbyTech

HobbyTech have introduced the latest version of their Spirit buggy, the 2.0. Mostly a option upgrade, it comes as standard with machined aluminium shock towers in place of the original carbon ones for extra strength. There is new bladders for inside the shock absorbers which are reinforced and less likely to leak and there are also new shock pistons with 5×1.3mm holes and blank versions to allow you to create your own. There is also improved plastics and new front (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 & 2.6mm) and rear (2.3mm, 2.4mm, 2.5mm, 2.6mm & 2.7mm) anti-roll bars. Finally the car comes with a new cab forward body shell.

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February 2, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Mugen

Mugen have on their stand the parts for the MBX-6 EU Spec. The parts include a new chassis plate which sees all the elements moved 2mm more to the back than on the MBX-6R and comes with the longer front centre drive shaft. Also to be included in the Europe only kit is an updated rear carbon shock tower that sports new holes to enable you to make the camber links shorter. The final piece of the puzzle is a ring (42T) and pinion (12T) set that gives the wheels more drive for better traction and engine run time.

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February 2, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Agama

Daniel Vega is once again manning the Agama stand, which is part of their German distributors BSR. On show is the Agama A8 truggy, which is based of the A8 Evo buggy and which is your usual truggy conversions with longer chassis and longer arms. As with the buggy the truggy’s wishbones are able to be used on both the left and right side and on all the new cars the right front and the left rear wishbones feature reverse threads where the lower shock absorber ball is mounted to the wishbone so that the screw will no longer come loose.

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February 2, 2012

Toy Fair 2012 – Novarossi

Novarossi have been showing off their patented main bearing for their engines, which will come in the new Keep-On .12 and .21. The bearing features a narrower centre ring compared to the outer ring and this not only reduces rotating mass for better acceleration but it also reduces back flow to the carburetor by having the outer run wrap around material on the inside of the crankcase preventing the fuel from getting past. The bearing will be eventually available with ceramic or steel balls and while it is only now available in the on road engines, with more testing it may become available for the offroad engines too.

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