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Another eBay impulse buy ... I'm not a big fan of Manga inspired plastic whizzy buggies, so I blame edou for this one

I'm not expecting to get it until next week, so I only have the seller's dodgy photos to go by - but it does look promising

And it was cheap

Finally!
I spy a nice motor too...

Very nice!
good gift about the technigold

Manta Ray finally arrived after 2 weeks of delays & broken promises ...

It said "fantastic clean condition" in the listing ... really?


Another one to sit in a box for a while until I'm less pissed off about it

I understand you'd rather be oblivious about this one for a while...
But I'd really like to see some pics and know what's wrong with it exactly!
Must be my DF-01 fetish...

Edou wrote:

I understand you'd rather be oblivious about this one for a while...
But I'd really like to see some pics and know what's wrong with it exactly!
Must be my DF-01 fetish...

Everything is dirty - not just a bit of dust but the sort of soil/sand/grass/oil/grease where you need to wash your hands after going within 50cm of it;

Body/wing/decals all have some damage;

Tyres are dry & two are so cracked I doubt they're repairable, wheels are all badly kerbed;

Underside/bumper are all heavily worn, sides of chassis have heavy "peppering";

Most of the metal bits are oxidised or rusted - especially the driveshafts & springs;

Everything is heavily worn & floppy.



I've started dismantling & cleaning it as I'd rather have yet another car in bits and clean than leave it semi- whole & dirty ... I'm a bit more positive about it now, all the above "faults" seem to be from use & age rather than misuse and bodged repairs.

The motor looks very rough (some of the soldering is criminally bad) & dirty, but it sounded sweet enough when I span it up ...


I probably should stop whining as I paid little more than a fair price for a rough Technigold for the whole lot - In that light I thought it was only fair to give the seller +ve feedback on eBay

I'm glad you've found the positive in this you bought a Technigold that came with a free MantaR ay and control

Nice Futaba Tx too

I'm always amazed that people don't give stuff even a superficial clean before listing on ebay. You might be able to make yourself feel a bit better by dunking the whole thing in a kitchen sink of soapy water and scrubbing with the washing up brush. Don't let the wife see you though!

I suspect the alloy gears will look somewhat like the two below then :

Edou wrote:

I suspect the alloy gears will look somewhat like the two below then :...

They're not virginal by any means, but still have a bit of squareness about them