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No comment... Those with knowledge will know what the confusion is about...

This is probably an insert delivered with kits that had the new Mk.2 front suspension, but still using the old manuals.
This makes it even more hard to define whether or not a kit was Mk.1 or Mk.2, as it proves you cannot trust the manual included in the kit.

larbut wrote:

This is probably an insert delivered with kits that had the new Mk.2 front suspension, but still using the old manuals.
This makes it even more hard to define whether or not a kit was Mk.1 or Mk.2, as it proves you cannot trust the manual included in the kit.

But it says that the front with the screws, instead of lugs, is the new revised version. And that is contrary to what is the common belief.....

TommieG wrote:

larbut wrote:

This is probably an insert delivered with kits that had the new Mk.2 front suspension, but still using the old manuals.
This makes it even more hard to define whether or not a kit was Mk.1 or Mk.2, as it proves you cannot trust the manual included in the kit.

But it says that the front with the screws, instead of lugs, is the new revised version. And that is contrary to what is the common belief.....

Ehh, yes, I missed that....
Strange...

That is spooky ... and suggests a few possibilities:

1 - it's a wind up

2 - it's a mistake: the translator got it bass-ackwards

3 - things are as we think, but Tamiya found a big box of parts after they'd changed (or someone ordered the wrong type) and rather than recycle them, well they didn't exactly lie to their customers, but they did take the liberty of BSing them a little

4 - everything we know is wrong!




Interesting find - but without corroborating evidence I don't think it's enough to reverse received wisdom.

Everything we know is wrong!

Jonny wrote:

That is spooky ... and suggests a few possibilities:

1 - it's a wind up

2 - it's a mistake: the translator got it bass-ackwards

3 - things are as we think, but Tamiya found a big box of parts after they'd changed (or someone ordered the wrong type) and rather than recycle them, well they didn't exactly lie to their customers, but they did take the liberty of BSing them a little

4 - everything we know is wrong!




Interesting find - but without corroborating evidence I don't think it's enough to reverse received wisdom.

To me it's either 1 or 2...

And I would like to see the image in a larger format...

Maybe I can ask Japanese friend what the 'real' text says.

larbut wrote:

And I would like to see the image in a larger format...

The image was found on ebay:

www.ebay.com
/itm/VINTAGE-TAMIYA-ROUGH-RIDER-MK-PLEASE-SEE-REVISION-NOTE-PIC-/181570613300?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item2a4673b034

Maybe the seller could provide a better pic?
THIS IS THE ITEM LINK