np....i understand....

Ue Update.
 

Ok fellas after reading your concerns over the last few weeks, Just to share some info with you guys I wrote an email to Robin last week sharing some of your/our thoughts and concerns with him and asking what the future is for UE as far as the SuperMaxx was concerned. He basically told me that "all of the gossip was a huge BS campaign and that I should pay no attention to it. He said he has no plans on selling UE or letting the SuperMaxx line die". Now I do not know him personally, but why would he lie to us? What would be the gain for his business? UE is his life.

So in saying that I have faith that with the great quality of his product line for us and the reputaion that he has set for himself with the unbeatable quality of his MAXX line of products, that we are all worried about nothing. This is just one of the querks that we have to deal with when our supplier happens to be a private company and does not look at things from a mass production kind of view because money does not grow on trees, because production is not free. He has his hands in many pots and has to share his time accordingly in order to keep all of his customers interested in what he is selling. He is not in this just for the money. He loves what he does plain and simple.

I am sure that he would love to have the unlimited resoucres that the huge commercial conglomerates and goverment agencies have, but he is just one little company trying to find the best way to survive that he knows how. I have 4 UE superMaxx's and I love the quality of each and everyone of them. I agree that breaking any of them would be a shame, and getting replacement parts would be very difficult at the moment, but that would be our own fault for not preparing for the inevitable (everything manmade breaks). Personally if I break something I would be very suprprized, but what the heck are you doing to your trucks that would make that happen. UE manufactures probably the best quality SuperMaxx gear on the market and it is pretty much indestructable unless you are smashing into concrete walls, or jumping your truck off of a two story building. So what are you so worried about?

Bottom line is that you have your hands on one of the best R/C products that has ever been made. Unless you are trying to leave these trucks to your grandkids then Enjoy it and have fun doing what we all love to do. Drive your ass off and make some memories with your investment. Take photos and remember the good times. None of us will be here forever you know. You could be crushed by a semi on your way to the track with your SuperMaxx in the back seat.

I love reading all of the hubub in the various forums learning exactly what the pulse of our R/C brothers is, and I hope we will be talking about the SuperMaxx for a long time to come. Truth be told I just ordered several pieces from UE this past week including the gen IV servo saver and a few other items and they have already been shipped. Robin is working on the restocking issues and we just have to be patient. Of course that is just one R/C junkies opinion. I have been very lucky finding some of my gear on EBay at a very good price. I bought a box full of UE stuff last year for $750 when I just got started into building my first SuperMaxx, and When I priced out everything in the box it had a retail value of about $2200.

If I were you guys I would be getting all of your friends together that have UE products and start writing to Robin directly expressing how much we appreciate what he has been doing for us, and that we desire to keep the SuperMaxx product line up and running. He needs to hear from all of us so he knows how much of a demand there really is out there. Well I hope this helps some, and lets put the pressure in the right place to resolve the issues at hand. I hope I have not stepped on anyones elses toes with this. Have a great day guys.

Well said.

Now that's a relief. Probably I should just keep it and forget about converting a truggy anytime soon.

Hallo,

new projects are just fine but what´s about the "old" stuff?

right now i am having a super duper supermaxx which i cannot drive the way i want because there will be no replacement parts!

i just bought the last stuff from gp-racing (the ue distributor in germany) because he is NOT getting new stuff from unlimited!

i am definetly _not_ going to buy new designed ue parts when the old design is no longer supported.

marc.

p.s.: yes the supermaxx stuff is nearly indestructable but in this summer i destroyed for example two supermaxx cvds (_not_ stock lenght, ext lenght) and i am not getting spare parts now! Don´t misunderstand me - i don´t want to blame ue for anything. I love UE parts, that are the best RC parts i have ever seen in my life. i started my rc business with supermaxx parts and i was so impressed the way the parts are made... i am just unbelievable sad if robin is going to quit.

point.

i just gave up and sold my SM. if i waited to run it when new parts started showing up in inventory, i'd most likely have arthritis and couldn't drive it anyhow.

jerry - i appreciate what you wrote, but robin has been saying that for years and still nothing.

More
 

Yes we all have different feelings about what is going on at UE, but from my point of view I have learned that there will always be roadblocks thrown in front of us, but we have to find a way around them. Giving up and selling our toys is not the answer. In the very last part of my blog I gave everyone the incentive to write to UE and express your feelings to them/Robin/Sam:rules:. If he gets enough of a response then that might be all it takes for him to see that there is a real reason to keep making the parts we need and supply us a little bit better:whip:. It is great that we all have these forums to vent on:whistle:, but he is the one that needs to hear what we are going through:yipi:. He is the only one who can get anything done with the UE issues for supplying us the parts we need.

With everyone running scared and selling their UE products over the last year I have managed to put together 4 Supermaxx's with UE parts purchased on EBay & other sites at huge discounts in most cases:party:. We R/C junkies have to band together and make UE realize that They have an obligation to their customers to support & supply us with replacement parts since we are the ones who have kept them in business up to now. Venting and complaining on a forum is great for stress relief, but it is not going to make that point to UE... Look at the situation here, this is a win win scinario on both sides. We get what we want & need, and he gets money:intello:. This is not rocket science but if we don't speak out to UE nothing will get to the people who matter the most. I am sure that Robin is not reading these blogs, but he does read his emails almost every day. So we bombard him with requests to get better support for UE parts of the SuperMaxx. How hard is that to do?

Sorry if I am pissing in anyones weaties here:gasp:, but I know you have all heard the saying "it is the squeeky wheel that gets the oil":mdr:. Well lets start squeeking. At this point what have we got to lose. He either responds with a reasonable answer or he closes up shop on us. What do you think he will do?

While we are on the subject why isn't someone out there making a complete set of "UltraMaxxed" gears yet:diablo:? The guy who was making them closed up shop quite a while ago. I know RC4WD has a mediocer copy of them, but they do not have the same capabilities as UE or FastLane for high quality machined parts. UE & FastLane would be a good place to start, or even Mike at RCmonster. There has to be someone out here that can make things happen for us. We litterally have thousands of people around the world who are involved in this hobby with EMAXX vehicles who need the support of one company or another. The only thing that produces success is demand, but only if the manufacturer knows that the demand exists. We have to speak up and make sure it gets to the right people. I know Mike has a reputation for getting us what we want and need. Maybe he is the man we should be talking with. Does anyone out there have a set uf ultramaxxed gears that they can send to Mike to use as a template? Just a thought.

I hope you guys are getting pissed about this and want to do something about it. Robin says UE is fine and recovering. So lets let him know that we are here waiting on him. Life is good. :lol:Have a great day gentelmen. I'm out.

Hi !

... yes, i have a set of gears still sitting in my spare parts box, i managed to get two sets of gears in the short time range they were produced by "ultramaxxed".

but i think there will be no real demand for the gears since the emaxx isn´t that state of the art anymore... and - to be really honest - with the unlimited idlers the ultramaxxed gears are nice to have but not really neccessary to build a bomb proof truck.

btw - are the ue idlers in stock anywhere? i think not...

But i will comment on what you said regarding the demand of ue products:

There _is_ demand of ue products and robin should know this. the german distributor, gp-racing.de has so many open orders that are months old and he gets no parts...

robin could get hundreds of dollars just from me - i would instantly order lightning chassis, 7.5er diffs, shox, all that.

even on his homepage he writes that he will only sell via his distributors... and the distributors don´t get parts.

i would instantly order parts for a few hundred dollars if i could.

marc.

p.s.:

same problem with gorillamaxx - you get no parts.

Yes There Are Problems.
 

I am not here to defend UE or Robin. I have merely been trying to get everyone who has an interest in the UE products to stand up and be heard. Neither you or I can do anything on our own, but if he gets hit from all sides by everyone who has spoken in these forums he has to take notice, and maybe he will come through. I have no idea what UE's problems are, but we have to fight together as a group of R/C diplomats and make him pay attention. And I just ordered two sets of steel idlers on Friday and they were mailed out yesterday. I should have them within a week. So the products are still comming, but slowly from what I can see.

I wrote an email to Mike (RCMONSTER) this morning to request his assistance in convincing FLM to make a set of gears like the ULTRAMAXX gears for production and sale. You may think that there is no need for them but I am one to say that there is a need. I run all metal gearing in my trucks, but I know they can be made better.

I have never heard so much negativity in all my life. Don't you get it. There is always strength in numbers. Besides what do you have to lose???? Obviously you are already having trouble getting the UE gear so why not fight for it. If all you have to contribute is negative energy then why are you even bothering talking on here about it? If you fall down, what do you do? That is right you get back up and keep pushing forward.

If you're on the UE forums, then you've seen this - check MM's response in the thread - reply #5 I believe -

http://www.unlimitedengineering.com/...407#post232407

MM almost makes it sounds like he's not finished with the RC scene, but I don't know what to think. I have enough spares for my 3 that I will continue to run, build and modify until I run short on spares. It would be nice to see him make a comeback, especially on parts that wear (Super6, cvds etc). But I wouldn't blame him if he remained a custom motorcycle parts inventor/supplier.

Also, the guy who posts as "bnighs" on UE forum (I've bought a lot of UE stuff from him, he is dependable and reliable - check UE BST trader info also) posted a few weeks back that he had finally "finished" the UltraMaxx E-Maxx gear sets and they were available. I believe he explained he was involved in getting them produced (latest generation) and IIRC said he had 30sets.

Ben works a weird schedule, so if you try and contact him, it may be a while before he gets replies. I think his job is in a diff state from where he lives and he is gone days at a time. He has always replied to pms I've sent him. I've seen no further mention so I have no clue if he still has any left - most of his dealings go on via pms.

Ben is the guy who made the OTB trans setups that were used for supermaxx.

by all means, fight the good fight dude. fight for this until you're purple in the face. but if you've been around the UE scene over the past, oh, at least 2-3 years, and you've tried contacting robin or sam with that very complaint, or if you've tried asking on the UE friggin forums about what the heck is going on, and get ZERO replies or answers, you'll quickly lose that steam.

combine that frustration with spending thousands and thousands and thousands - on one truck - one complete UE supermaxx masterpiece - when you don't have that much to spend on a single truck, but think it's worth it anyhow - and all of a sudden there are no replacement parts? when suddenly you have something that is not only rare, but very much sought after and worth a literal ton of money?

well, i didn't get mad anymore. i made my own point to robin in my own way. i became indifferent and sold the truck, and will put the money towards another great truck that i can actually build, enjoy, and get inexpensive replacement parts for.

got this from the UE forums:

i dunno, but maybe MM is cooking something up after all?

jordan

eric (0700) was being funny. he was referring to the harley tanks.

wow im stupid :lol: :oops:

sure wish he wasnt joking though :yes:

Feelings???
 

Wow!!!:gasp: I can see that there is a lot of frustration among us with UE. The thing is that we all feel it. We have all been effected in some way by the lack of effort shown by UE over the last two to three years:oh:. Maybe UE needs a gentle push in the right direction:whip:. Maybe they need some help that we are unaware of:angel:. I am a very proud American who has grown up to be undaunted and steadfast in my quest for a good life:mdr. 20 years in the US military teaches you that there is no victory in anything without sacrifice:neutral:, wheather it is time, money or even life. We don't know how to just give up. It is not in our blood. Some may see it as arigance, or even stupidity. To bad! The bottom line is that we don't turn tail and run from a fight that is worth fighting. It may not always turn out the way that we had hope, but at least we try to do our best:lol:.

UE did something that no one else was able to do at that time, and produced a line of Hop-ups that are by far the best on the market. You have to give them credit for that. Maybe he is burnt out on the R/C business and it is time to hang up the hat and call it a day. If he keeps getting pounded with negative comments and discontent then why should he continue to be there for us:diablo:? If we share our side on a more positive note, then maybe he will feel better about helping our community out and continue producing the products that we have come to love.

Regardless of what you may have experienced with UE, sometimes you have to take a step back and decide what is worth fighting for and what is not. That is the beauty of a free society, and even the "free will" that religion allows us to have. You can stand around and whine all day long and be disappointed if that is your wish, but if you expect anything positive to come out of your efforts then you might want to think about a different approach:wink:. Look if the R/C community steps up and tries to work things out with Robin, then maybe he will feel a little compassion and more of an obligation to work things out for us:rules:. If all we do is bitch and whine about what they are not doing, then what do you think their response is going to be:surprised:. Even if he does close up shop there are still alternatives that we as a superior creatures on this planet can do to overcome. If you want something bad enough you will find a way to get it. If not then crawl back under your rock and go to sleep. This is a choice that is up to each and every one of us. I love this sport and I am not giving up until I get what I want. How about you?

Just a piece of philosophy to think about. If you are not willing to help with a positive solution, then you are part of the problem. We come here to these forums to work out problems and help each other work out solutions to overcome set-backs. So what is your contribution to the UE situation? Come on guys think about it and lets start comming up with a resolution. What do you think? We all need to know how you feel. Life is a party so lets start living it up.

Just An Fyi
 

I just wanted to share with you guys on here what I posted on the UE site this morning:rules:. Now I am only one SuperMaxx enthusiest who loves what we do with these very expensive toys. We need these UE products and without them our trucks are just show trucks:oh:. I want to play without worry that I will ruin what I have built knowing that I cannot repair it. So if we show some solidarity and express that need to UE then just maybe UE will pay attention and cowboy up with the products that have become a staple in our sport. So if this really means anything at all to you, then take a minute out of your day and go to the UE site and post your feelings on the matter for Robin and Sam to read, so they know how we all feel:diablo:. Hopefully this will make them think about how their efforts or lack of is affecting all of us. Now I do not know what the reasons are for UE's lack of SuperMaxx product stocks are, but it is about time for all of the people who have invested their hard earned money into the success of this company and demand answers as to weather or not UE is going to support us or not:neutral:. If they are then when? If not then we can all stop hoping for a repreave and move on to a different agenda, but at leat we will know what the heck is going on. Here is the thread that I posted.

Hey Robin there is a lot of discussion going on between many of the UE SuperMaxx owners around the world on several sites including this one, and some of the guys are already running scared and selling their trucks because you refuse to share any info with us. All we want to know is weather or not your stocks will be refilled (when) so we can continue racing and bashing our trucks. If we break anything right now we are up a creek without any parts to get the trucks back no track. So is it too much to ask weather or not it is worth keeping our UE gear or not? We all love your products, but if you are not going to keep the stocks up then what is the point? Many of us have invested thousands of dollars purchasing your gear and now we are feeling abandoned. Your parts are definitely the best on the market, but we still break them and need replacement parts to keep our trucks running. So please make the effrot to either set our minds at ease or put us out of our misery with some kind of information about what is going on. We need to know something concrete so we can make a decision one way or the other. Thank you.

well looks like the UE thread you posted in got locked by robin. still wanna stand for what you believe in with that kind of support (or lack thereof)? that's a prime example of what i've been saying, and one of the reasons i got out of UE.

it's robin's sandbox, and he doesn't play well with others. imagine how he would feel if harley stopped making any and all replacement parts for that nice shiny V-Twin he has. i would be willing to bet - no, guarantee - that he'd be the biggest one throwing a fit.

Correctimundo.
 

Yes I saw his response, and that he locked the thread out just like they do in the communist countries when the conversation reflects poorly upon them. I sent him a personal email this morning furthering the discussion with him and asking him for some simple answers about supporting his previously sold products to all of us. I will post it as well as his response when he answers it. We consumers have rights to you know. If you provide a product to the public and then stop producing the repair parts for those products, there are avenues for customers to take action in order to get compensation for their losses. There are lagitimate rules that every American compnay has to follow, and repercussions for violations of these federal laws. That is what lawyers are for, and why people file class action suits.

Look I am just like the rest of you out here. A proud patriot of my nation who belives in supporting the people of our country in whatever way that I can. I would just like to see that anyone who may have purchased products from UE in the first place has access to replacement parts as they should have. He is still in business so there is no real reason for him not to continue producing the stock lines, but even more so he should stop playing games with the customers who helped him build UE by purchasing his products in the first place. That is childish, and just plain un-American. because that is where his money comes from (US). If he has lost interest in doing business with the RC community as a whole, then he should stand up like a man and share that decision with us.

You see I am not playing in his sandbox. He may be in control of what goes on within UE, but outside of that we the people are in control. I cannot believe that he is even treating his own customers in this fashion. What in the heck is wrong with this guy?

HI ROBIN.
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Ok now I am a little confused. I did not say anything about anyone hating UE. In fact what I said and all of us is saying, was that there are a ton of people even competitors of yours who have stated that you have the best MAXX products on the market. Everyone knows this and that is why we want to buy our stuff from UE. We know it is top notch and will hold up better than anything else on the open market. You produce a high quality product that we just can not get anywhere else. It is not only finely machined, but light weight and professionally polished. That is not a slam it is a compliment to you and your staff for the great job that you do at UE.

The problem is and has been that your site has been out of stock on a lot of things for quite a while now. We are not at all interested in your politics or secrets within UE. No one outside of UE cares about that stuff. All we want to know is what to expect from UE in the near future. Why is it such a stretch just to get a straight answer about when the products will be available to us? Put yourself in our shoes. If you had purchased a brand new Harley and you had broken an axle, and knew that the manufacturer was the only place that you can get the axle. But they were out of stock for 6 months, a year or longer, How would you feel? what would you do?

Believe me the last thing that I wish to do is insult you Robin, but you have a huge R/C fan base that wants to believe in you and know that you are here to support us for the long haul. We are all aware of your newest ventures with making the Harley tank and other stuff, and that is just great for UE. No one begrudges you for that. Who cares about the haters as you call them? It is the rest of us that are suffering for the shortages of parts. We are the ones who want to buy your RC products, because we believe in what you make.

All anyone wants to know is weather or not there is light at the end of the tunnel? There are some people who have been without parts for over a year since their trucks have broken down. Are you working on correcting the SuperMaxx product line stocks, or are you focused on ventures that are more important to your companies survival? We are not interested in your personal endeavors or what new products you may be working on. We would just like to know about the SuperMaxx line and it's future with UE. Nothing more nothing less.

If I have upset you in some way Robin, I apologize Sir, but this silent treatment game is ridiculous. Your customers are not just a bunch of snot nose kids with nothing better to do. We are all paying customers who just whant to buy your products. That is simple business math. So please stop playing with us and give us something that will help us understand what the status is. Thank you for your time. God Bless America.

JERRY2KONE US-NATO BRUSSELS BELGIUM.

I got in to this later than you guys, but was following the same path. You know slowly upgrading the OE plastic. Looking for better and stonger parts. Then finding UE and thinking...Nirvana! However, I have pulled back from th edge and have decided to leave what is left of Nirvana for others. I bash hard and don't want to spend thousands on rare out of production parts.

Understand!!!
 

Yea that is the point of our quest. In one respect you are smart not to get into the UE end, but on the other hand if UE stops production the parts will become extremely valuable in two ways. One is that you would have gear that very few people are privi to, and second is that there will be a high demand for what is left out there. The whole point of this is that UE has a huge fan base that wants to spend their hard earned money on their products, but if you treat your own customers like crap what are you doing to your business. If this ends badly with the SuperMaxx RC community then why would Harley want to trust doing business with him either? They are shooting themselves in the foot in a big way with this childish game towards the people who have invested a ton of money into their company.

Lets be real here. The SuperMaxx line has made them hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last few years, and can still make a huge chunk of bling if they just get on the ball. Everything is already set up for them to just crank out replacement parts. Your reputation is what people see in the business world. A scandle can ruin even the biggest of companies.This is financial suicide for UE.

Harley will not care about RC's, bottom line. Other than that, I agree replacements should be more available. Unfortunately, it's not our decision.

Ue Issues
 

My comment WAS NOT to the affect of weahter or not Harley would care about RC, it is to the affect that they will care about how a sub company which they and their consumers purchase product from treats its own customers. No company wants to get involved where there are integrity issues with customer service/support problems.

Just think about it this way. If you were in the shoes of a company who is supplying parts for an appliance that you made, and a customer asks you questions about replacement parts for that appliance, such as when can we expect them to be in stock. What kind of response would you be inclined to give? A simple SOON, or within 6 weeks, or even we are sorry that item is discontinued would not be an unreasonable response to expect from any supplier. This is a simple matter if mutual respect between a business owner and his customers. Am I wrong about this? Am I the only one out here that gets what is happening here? Are there matters here that are just not visible on the surface of this situation? I am baffled that in America today that people are putting up with this kind of crap and think that it is exceptable behavior. Come on you are a customer specialist. Is this ok with you?

I personally agree for some of it. But you also need to understand that Robin is not a "big business" corporate type either. He is a small business owner. Comparing an appliance company like Maytag, Kenmore, or what have you to UE is like comparing apples to oranges.

And you are right, I am a "Subject Matter Expert" in my customer service department. And we give 100% satisfaction. But we are also are a multi million dollar corporation.

And dude, I never said you were wrong. And you have the right to state your opinios here, this is what it is for. I also think no one is disagreeing? I did state "replacements should be available".

I agree with all that is being said, I just wish more parts were readily available is all, and for him not to play silly games with us is all......remember the famed Razorback...the one that never had more than a few made.....

Well, for me, the bottom line is the fact none of this is going to change Robin. The man is who he is. And he makes top notch stuff. I'm sure if you sent him a message with what you want, he would make it.

Good Thread
 

I am glad that I am not the only one who sees that there is a problem here. If someone does not speak out for us, then nothing will change. I have no regrets, and I am hopeful that the effort may change something for the good. Regardless weather you run a corperation or a Mom & Pop business if you don't treat your costomers with some level of respect then you will not succeed. Word of mouth will kill any chance for reaching out to anyone else. How can you sell anything if what you are doing on the surface is a secret? and you have nothing on your shelves to sell? Whatever the result I have to try something. I cannot sit around reading anymore threads about how disapointed our RC people are about UE low stocks. It is just not neccasary.

Check Stocks.
 

Hey has anyone noticed the stock levels on UE this week? I do think that some of the items are starting to show YES in stock that have been empty for a while. So maybe this is a sign that things are changing? Maybe in time there will be more items available as well, including items that you want or need? I have exchanged a few personal emails with UE on the matter, and of course with some resistance as expected. I do understand the existance of some level of security with plans for ones company, but on-line stocks should not have been one of them. We can only hope that things will get better because UE respects the needs and buying power of it's costomers. I am hopefull that this is a view of better things to come. Have a great day fellas, and good luck with your UE projects.

cool, thanks for the heads up.....kinda odd, now that we complained a little, and now stock parts are replinishing

I want racer x and vbs, I hope they come back, I will start buying in good faith, which cvds will I need for racer x and the 8 spider vbs?

I noticed the apparent stock change earlier and was getting ready to buy some things and now the site is down??. He's been hacked at least once, but hope that hasn't happened again. The last time MM was clever enough to figure out who did it and went after them.

Maybe they are making some changes to the site? I sure hope it comes back up, I'm right in the middle of shimming a set of 8 spyder diffs for the VBS I was lucky enough to score.

I watched thru the day (can't order from work PC, thanks to IT) and things changed more than once. First there was a lot of yes's started showing up with stuff like the chassis, vbs listed as no. Then later, stuff with the no for stock status was no longer shown, so I hope they are still making changes.

Fingers crossed.
 

Hello again everyone. Well I had not seen any of the problems on UE just yet. I don't know anything about that, but I hope the changes that I saw before hand were valid and that things are getting better. I do know that Robin seems to be a pretty savvy business man with good resorces and keen computer skills. I am sure that they will work out whatever the issues might be and get things back on track very soon. Plus there are plenty of people on the UE site that can help with this kind of problem. I am not sure of what the cause for the changes might be, but like I have said in previous threads it is up to us to let UE know if we are having problems acquring the products that we want or need. Sometimes this may take a group effort so we should keep things up to date and informed on sites like this one. We only have to make sure that we do it in a way that will maintain a chanel of respect and dignity. After talking with Robin a few times I know he does care about our RC needs, but like any business man he needs feedback from all of us to keep him focused. Think about it. We all need positive feedback from time to time in order to keep us moving in the right direction. So keep this in mind even if things do get better on UE we still need to let them know that we appreciated what they do for us. Face it UE produces the best MAXX gear on the planet and we need them to keep our trucks in the best shape possible. So lets all keep an eye on the situation and work together to keep our world in motion.

The UE site seems fine this morning, but the site was still offline when I went to bed at 11:00pm. Reading over there, the only thing that seems to have changed is they've made an effort to update the site to accurately reflect what they do have in stock. I don't think there is anything more to it than that, at least not right now.

I was able to order some stuff this am - at least it appears I ordered some stuff. The 8mm cvds (no drive cups) which were in stock yesterday now show to be out of stock, so there was either a run on them or there were a very few available. I don't see that as a sign that there has been a general re-stocking of parts as much as I wish otherwise.

possibly.
 

That is very possible as well. Of course when I saw that there had been some changes I bet a lot of people took advantage of the oppertunity and ordered items right away to beat the mad rush. I know that two to three days ago there had been a noticable upswing for items in stock. That seems to have changed a bit this morning. Still if we keep hitting UE with questions about the stocks they may get tired of reading the negative questioning and move forward to making more products just to shut us up. I know that both Robin and Sam read the emails on a daily basis to keep up on what is going on. All we can do is keep after them.

I lost most of my ue stuff for this reason. I went with stuff that I can get to replace.
Just so happens cheaper as well.

Freedom
 

Thats what American freedom is all about. Some people drive mustangs, some corvettes, and then even some who drive VW bugs. Everyone has their own choices about what products they wish to spend their hard earned money on. Some can even afford to try out many different models because our system allows for that kind of selfishness. So pick your poison and enjoy the ride no matter which model you drive. Having several companies providing us with "Hop-ups" is what makes playing with these toys so versitile in the first place. It all depends on what your interpritation of fun is. Don't be a hater, just have fun with whatever you can afford and are able to find out there.

If anyone could point me in the right direction for some titaium cvds, vbs and racer x parts I would appreciate it.

I placed an order last Fri very early in the am and was concerned when I did not get an email confirmation. I was afraid this recent change in the amount of stock was too good to be true, but this am I rec'd the email confirming my 8mm cvds, hinge pins and steel 51t spur and etc had been shipped!

Guess UE had some orders to deal with, I know I'm getting ready to do another one!

Seems So.
 

I to have placed two seperate orders with UE for SuperMaxx parts, and they were shipped within 24 hours of placing the orders. I do believe that this is a response to the inquiries that we have all made to UE within the last two weeks as to why the stocks have been so low for so long. UE just needed to know that we as a group are still out here and that we really needed them to step up so we could continue our ventures in building one of the most celebrated RC vehicles in the business. I know that I may have hit Robin in a way that did not make him too happy with me, but the points that were made were hard to argue. Business is business, and with the numbers of RC enthusiests that I have seen desperate for UE parts add up to a lot of money, not to mention a good number of dedicated customers who really like what UE has to offer in the way of quality SuperMaxx parts.

Bottom line is that we can only hope that this change in stock is an improvement that will continue to grow and that UE will get back to business as usual. In the last three years I have only just begun to experience what they have to offer with the Lightning SuperMaxx setup. So I still have much to learn, and look forward to doing so. Just make sure that we all let UE know how much we appreciate their support. Especially when you receive the toys you order from them, and you get to play with them for the first time. They need to know.

Well how about he makes a new suspension and bulkheads for the supermaxx that would make it a 100% truggy?

It'll cost an arm and a leg, I know.