2006.10.10, 12:29 PM
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02-Racer
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How are future bodies choosen?
Tim,
I have a question for you. In how far is the American distributor involved in choosing new bodies for the MiniZ series, and does this also apply for other distributors?
Do you have any other information on how Kyosho chooses its bodies, is there any way that customers can be involved in those choices?
Thank you in advance..
HaCo.
(arch2b, maybe erase our 2 posts on this subject in the other thread?)
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2006.10.10, 01:24 PM
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They play through gran torismo.. and whatever car they win that race is the body they.... ok maybe not .
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2006.10.10, 02:05 PM
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They should do Rally d' Capri (HARD)... Ford RS200 Rally Car
Ok, seriously, I would like to know more on this subject.
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2006.10.10, 02:48 PM
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please keep this serious, it's an excellent question and i don't want to have to split out "we want xxx" replies or crass jokes
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2006.10.10, 06:33 PM
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Maybe they could present a list of 20 cars they are ' thinking' of doing and then have us vote on that.
At least partial involvment might be fun.
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2006.10.10, 06:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dean
Maybe they could present a list of 20 cars they are ' thinking' of doing and then have us vote on that.
At least partial involvment might be fun.
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kyosho japan did this atleast twice that i know of.
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2006.10.10, 07:08 PM
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I would like to see more involvment in the US market. As many posts on classic muscle cars in the "Bodies that you want" threads. Some of those cars have appeal even in Japan I am sure.
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2006.10.11, 11:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Draconious
They play through gran torismo.. and whatever car they win that race is the body they....
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HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't give out our trade secrets!!!!!
SHOOT! I WONDER HOW I LOST TO A DIHAUTSU AND A FIAT.........HMMMMMM
on a serious note, there is really not an easy answer for this question. But I will look into this a bit, and see if there is something I can come up with.
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Last edited by Tim Johnson; 2006.10.11 at 11:30 PM.
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2006.11.01, 12:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Johnson
on a serious note, there is really not an easy answer for this question. But I will look into this a bit, and see if there is something I can come up with.
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Please do. I am a devout Alfa Romeo fan (daily driver too) and was really happy when the 156 was finally released. What I think would sell a lot more would be one of the Selenia race prepped bodies. This isn't so much a request but an example. It seems obvious to me that the race model would sell more than the stocker and I was just curious as to how the decisions are made.
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2006.11.02, 04:15 AM
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I totally agree with Firaz. The alfa romeo race version would have perfectly fit with the vauxhall race car...
Something that I would really like too is that Kyosho would get involved with some real race series. Let's say FIA GT (or...) and then they make the 3 (or more) top models out of that series. Just like they do with JGTC. And for historic cars, that they would take an "era", like the Gr A era, with a Ford Sierra Costworth RS500, BMW M3 E30,...
They could as well take Gr 4 or Gr 5, I am very sure that this idea would appeal to the japanese market too.
Of course they can't make everything, but if you see what slotcar companys can do...
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2006.11.02, 05:13 AM
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lets not forget the kyosho/minichamp conenction and kyosho's own die cast series.
lets not turn this into a we want x,y,z, thread as there are lots of those we can link to rather than begin listing x,y,z all over again. general lines of ideas are good though like the past/present racing series.
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2006.11.02, 06:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arch2b
lets not forget the kyosho/minichamp conenction and kyosho's own die cast series.
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What do you mean with this, what influence could it have?
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2006.11.02, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by HaCo
What do you mean with this, what influence could it have?
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they already have licensing for thier diecast line....
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2006.11.02, 10:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arch2b
lets not forget the kyosho/minichamp conenction.
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hmm...didn't know that- what's the connection between the two?
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2006.11.02, 11:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bolter9
hmm...didn't know that- what's the connection between the two?
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Once you have paid for the license, all you need to do is produce a proto, on what ever platform ie; 1/10th or 1/28... and submit it to the company for approval.
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