I was a bit surprised that Tamiya could not help either. Basically, they told me what TRF_AK said. They can’t take any orders unless they have it in stock. I asked if there was an expected date when these parts might be in but they could not tell me that either. Kinda strange if you ask me. I never heard of a company unwilling to take a backorder or not knowing when they will be getting product in. How does Tamiya know the demand if they don’t take orders?
I must admit I am rather disappointed with Tamiya. It’s been 20 some years since I ran RC cars and used to love Tamiya products. I never had any problems getting parts and every hobby shop carried them. Now-a-days, I must have called 20 or 30 hobby shops in the area, I am just outside of Chicago Illinois, and only a few carried Tamiya and only a few of these even heard of the Durga. Defiantly not what I remember from the good old days…
I was seriously thinking about buying another Durga or the Baldre so my son and I could race each other but given the fact that we have a $200 car that can’t run because of a $4.00 part I doubt I will be going with another Tamiya.
I guess we will be running my 20 some year old Grass Hopper till we can get the parts for the Durga.
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