Tamiya at 2016 Nuremburg Toy Fair

[Exotics_Builder]

Got this ELetter from Tamiya USA today:

The 2016 Nuremburg Toy Fair will be taking place from January 27-Febraury 1, 2016.
Tamiya's massive booth in Hall 7A will be displaying many new product announcements. While we are not able to disclose exact product details, here is a sneak peek.
• New 1/14 Semi-truck
• New M-Chassis kit
• New version of a popular on-road chassis kit
• New R/C Hop-Up Option parts for the M-05, TB-04 and EVO 6
• New French Model Tank
• New Championship winning motorcycle replica
• New Italian track only sports car in 1/24 scale
• New Mini 4WD products
• New paints
Make sure to follow our Blog post on January 27 for the complete listing of NEW items!
One item really attracted my interest, the underlined one above. Could it be the FXX-K?

Anyway, the blog link is:

http://blog.tamiyausa.com

[lovegt40]

surely fxx-k

[BVC500]

Originally Posted by lovegt40

surely fxx-k

Hope so! Would be cool if they did the Aston Martin Vulcan and McLaren P1 GTR to accompany it. Wishful thinking, I know.

[star21]

Another Yamaha MotoGP bike and an FXX-K? Shut up amd take my $$ already Tamiya!

Aoshima and Fujimi where you at?? Let's see you guys make use of that Mclaren licensing with a P1 GTR (or even just a P1).

[lovegt40]

I would deeply prefer a 488 gte, or also just that ultra famous and beautiful 458gt2 from afcorse that I had to build by myself...

[Dexter Models]

As expected, Tamiya annonce 1/24 Ferrari FXX-K and 1/12 Honda RC213V 14' Source : Tamiya Blog

[star21]

Definitely looks very tempting...

[Dexter Models]

Big pictures of Tamiya news -> Tamiya Nuremburg

[lezdep]

Was there any time frame for FXX-K release announced ?

[Dexter Models]

Around late March / early April

[BVC500]

Originally Posted by Dexter Models

Around late March / early April

Yeah, Hobbyeasy indicates early April

[BVC500]

I wonder why HLJ or Hobbysearch haven't begun pre-ordering of the FXX K??

[Exotics_Builder]

Originally Posted by BVC500

Yeah, Hobbyeasy indicates early April

Originally Posted by BVC500

I wonder why HLJ or Hobbysearch hasn't begun pre-ordering of the FXX K??

The feedback I got from them both is that they don't have any "official" timing from Tamiya, so have not posted reserved orders. I find that interesting given other sites have something (who knows accuracy).

[Veyron]

Originally Posted by BVC500

I wonder why HLJ or Hobbysearch haven't begun pre-ordering of the FXX K??

HLJ seems to be slacking in everything lately, not getting things in as quick and not keeping as much in stock. Becoming a second rate distributor.

[star21]

Originally Posted by Veyron

HLJ seems to be slacking in everything lately, not getting things in as quick and not keeping as much in stock. Becoming a second rate distributor.

Although, I'd agree with you that it's highly annoying HLJ and others do this it no doubt saves them money in the long run not having as much excess inventory. It some what makes sense with pre-orders the item may be a hit or a flop. I don't understand, however, the proven consistent selling items being of stock (besides OOS from the manufacturer).

I liken HLJ's change to Amazon's recent inconsistency in shipping. Sometimes they take almost 2 weeks to ship out something listed IN STOCK and sold/shipped by Amazon.