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clones
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:34 am
by mau_infrance
hey guys i just got my firts bit char-g, and i was wondering how you know the difference between a clone and the real thing? sory if this is already posted but i cant seem to find the thread...
tnx
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:37 am
by Finks
Did it come in a box labled Micro Sizer or Bit Char-G? If not there is a good fuckin chance it's a clone.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:39 am
by mau_infrance
actually its a super.... and yes it did come in a box labled super bit char-g.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:40 am
by Finks
Well then congrats on a real Super Bit Char-g
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:37 pm
by sessiz
I don't think anyone makes clones of the superbitchar g yet, but just incase. Check to see if it says tomy on the box, if it does than re read fink's post above mine here.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:58 pm
by Bird
There's the Super Perfections, but they say Super Perfection on the box... no chance of mistaking them for a Tomy...
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:31 am
by 45tr0
While we are on teh topic of clones - Okay, i've seen some crappy ones before, but what i found today has sunk to an all time low!
I thought $3.95AU for a clone was phenomenally cheap and more than viable, until i got it out of the dome! I had ignored the horrendous casting job of the shell (looked like a cross between a skyline and a brick), even the tacky looking wheels.
But.
The thing is on a
F*cking.
LEAD!
Its not even R/C! It is attached to the controller by a frickin cable! Doesn't even have steering!
I'll take some pics tommorow, and share this craptacular find with the rest of you pimps.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:36 am
by stagg
45tr0 wrote:While we are on teh topic of clones - Okay, i've seen some crappy ones before, but what i found today has sunk to an all time low!
I thought $3.95AU for a clone was phenomenally cheap and more than viable, until i got it out of the dome! I had ignored the horrendous casting job of the shell (looked like a cross between a skyline and a brick), even the tacky looking wheels.
But.
The thing is on a
F*cking.
LEAD!
Its not even R/C! It is attached to the controller by a frickin cable! Doesn't even have steering!
I'll take some pics tommorow, and share this craptacular find with the rest of you pimps.
No RC? No Steering, thats no clone.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:43 am
by 45tr0
stagg wrote:
No RC? No Steering, thats no clone.
I'd still class it as a clone, 'cos without taking it out of the bullet, you really have no idea it isn't r/c! They use the same packaging/controller, styling for the body and wheels, the whole frickin deal!
Maybe if not a clone, then a really cheap facsimile.
Thankfully it was dirt cheap, but imagine if some sheister started flogging these off for any more than $5 a peice!
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:48 am
by sg219
They sell those here for $1 USD and they come with a 130 can under the hood.