Twist Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 25 minutes ago, albertbeer said: Freeprawnracing and Wheelspin are showing them in stock. Anyone able to confirm? Confirm what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertbeer Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Twist said: Confirm what? Do they actually have stock of these yet? Helion's website still says coming soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 36 minutes ago, albertbeer said: Do they actually have stock of these yet? Helion's website still says coming soon Yes. I'd imagine they do. Wheelspin generally shows no stock when they are out. My lhs could've gotten me one last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydoddy69 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 12 hours ago, albertbeer said: Freeprawnracing and Wheelspin are showing them in stock. Anyone able to confirm? I'd give both a quick call to make sure and while your on the phone check to see what parts support is like. The last thing you want is a new to the market truck, have a crash and break something to then find out there's no parts for a few more weeks or months .. Wheelspin are showing no spares for this at all at the minute . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCbutcher Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 They stole the name I wanted to see losi use. Losi 5TR that would be a nice addition to the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 It's very nice, but it ain't worth the RRP. Nige has one in stock at the mo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Did you get your hands on it Noj? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Well made, nice quality plastics, combo looks nice but is it worth 110 quid more than the SC upon which it shares nearly all components? Not in this man's opinion. Nige's 299 price is very fair but I'm still hesitant....not even I could get discount on that via assisting FP, ergo I'm not having one. Nige and I both agree Helion have ballsed up with price point on this, and it makes us wonder if this is why the Intrusion never actually landed for retail, another model priced too high against the big hitters? Disappointing.... at 250-280 sheets this would make an excellent vfm purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Cheers for the insight mate. I really like the look of it and would love to buy one and review it but unless it's around the £250 mark it's not woth the punt for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Noj said: Well made, nice quality plastics, combo looks nice but is it worth 110 quid more than the SC upon which it shares nearly all components? Not in this man's opinion. Nige's 299 price is very fair but I'm still hesitant....not even I could get discount on that via assisting FP, ergo I'm not having one. Nige and I both agree Helion have ballsed up with price point on this, and it makes us wonder if this is why the Intrusion never actually landed for retail, another model priced too high against the big hitters? Disappointing.... at 250-280 sheets this would make an excellent vfm purchase. The Intrusion has a pre order price from what I could find of £229, a 2 wheel drive version of the Invictus for £60 more. £250 does seem more sensible. Edited August 1, 2016 by Twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 With the invictus being around £170 which is also brushless and had some good review's how they can think a clone is worth double that is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Up we go... http://www.freeprawnracing.co.uk/helton-select-four-10tr-4wd-brushless-truggy.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jony nitro Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Ohhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Erhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydoddy69 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Why the sudden increase ? I thought they went down after the first few weeks NOT up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, mydoddy69 said: Why the sudden increase ? I thought they went down after the first few weeks NOT up I'm guessing the market would love everyone to believe it's because the pound is weaker against the dollar Tbf FP was probably doing an intro offer and it's now over as his price matches everyone else. Can't see Helion selling many at 340 quid, hopefully they change their strategy. Edited August 6, 2016 by Twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mond Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 The 'market' isn't some self determining entity. GBP is sliding and the UK is rapidly heading into some serious financial deterioration, so expect anything like this to go up in price as most dealings outside the EU are done in USD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 16 hours ago, mond said: The 'market' isn't some self determining entity. GBP is sliding and the UK is rapidly heading into some serious financial deterioration, so expect anything like this to go up in price as most dealings outside the EU are done in USD. LMAO! Scaremongering 101 at its finest ladies an gentlemen! What a monumental idiot you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 17 hours ago, mond said: The 'market' isn't some self determining entity. GBP is sliding and the UK is rapidly heading into some serious financial deterioration, so expect anything like this to go up in price as most dealings outside the EU are done in USD. Or perhaps its just retailers using it as an excuse to get us to pay more. In this case the GBP/USD was 1.318 on 1 Aug, at the time of my post on 5 Aug it was 1.316. Pretty sure that doesn't equal a 13% price increase. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 Even the halix is only £269 at the moment http://www.modelsport.co.uk/vaterra-1-10-halix-4wd-monster-truck-rtr/rc-car-products/379608 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, stretch said: Even the halix is only £269 at the moment http://www.modelsport.co.uk/vaterra-1-10-halix-4wd-monster-truck-rtr/rc-car-products/379608 Does anyone know if they fixed the driveshaft issues? Mip bits add massive cost. Otherwise looks awesome. Edited August 7, 2016 by Twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mond Posted August 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Guns said: LMAO! Scaremongering 101 at its finest ladies an gentlemen! What a monumental idiot you are! This time last year the Pound was 1.55 USD, today it's 1.31 and trending down. Q1 UK growth was 0.4% and Q2 is expected to be negative, if Q3 is negative, we have a recession. I guess I'm an idiot for actually educating myself rather than sticking my head in the sand. Perhaps discuss rather than just immediately resort to insults? Edited August 7, 2016 by mond 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twist Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, mond said: This time last year the Pound was 1.55 USD, today it's 1.31 and trending down. Q1 UK growth was 0.4% and Q2 is expected to be negative, if Q3 is negative, we have a recession. I guess I'm an idiot for actually educating myself rather than sticking my head in the sand. I expect prices to go up eventually... but not by 13% in what was 4 days. That's why I said in that case it was probably a promo. The pound is definitely slipping but that's mostly due to uncertainty and retailers will use excuses to push prices. Same things happening with camera gear, their increases are shocking though. Edited August 7, 2016 by Twist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mond Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I don't know, but I assume the person who invested in the stock wants to protect themselves from future fluctuations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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