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[cmac]

Originally Posted by George16

Hey Mike, my wife cooked some chicken adobo too. I didn't know until she started serving the dishes :). WE were just in Mindanao (General Santos City) last September for a three week vacation. it was fun especially eating lechon. Do you speak Tagalog?

No unfortunately both my wife and I are like your kids. We both grew up in families where only one parent spoke Tagalog so we both did not learn. My uncle did teach me some of the bad words My Father-in-law is going back to Mindanao next week. My wife and I want to bring our kids to the Philippines when they are a little older so they can remember it (two boys 1 year old and 4 years old ).

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey guys. My wife is fillopino as well and can not speak one word of tagalog. She was born and raised in San Frnacisco. We both cook filopino dishes though and it is always a great meal. My wife traveled to the PI once when she was in her teenage years. When the locals found out that she could not speak the local language they told her to go home, because she was not really filopino. She never went back. Never been there myself.

Looks like maybe we have seen the end of the UE forum. Its been nearly a month already and Robin is no longer responding to email traffic of any kind now. I am checking the site less & less as time passes. What a shame. If anyone else notices any movement on UE please stop in here and let us know. Life goes on.

[cmac]

Does anyone know if the online store is still running? Has anyone bought anything from UE in the last few weeks?

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by cmac

Does anyone know if the online store is still running? Has anyone bought anything from UE in the last few weeks?

YES I actually have an order on its way here now from the UE store. His lag time may be a bit longer these days, but he told me that he was still shipping store items out as usual. I placed a $200 order wondering the same thing, and it did take more than a week for him to get around to packing it up and shipping it out, but it did get shipped. I would just place the order and give it a week or two. If you see no action in the tracking section, then shoot him an email to request status. Sometimes it takes a little nudge for him to get moving on orders, but they are still going out. Good luck.

[JERRY2KONE]

Here is the latest update straight from the horses mouth 07/Jan/2012. I sent Robin an email asking if there was anything at all that we could do to help him get things back up and running again on the forum. Here is the response that I received this morning.

There’s nothing u can do. Machine has a problem, I don’t know how to fix it and the person who does is dealing with his dad’s stroke right now.

Sorry, but I don’t feel right about pushing him right now.

Regards,

Robin

What we have to assume from this response is that the forum is no longer an important entity to his buisness, and keeping it up is not a top priority on his list of things to do. His server must be failing and he is trying to get it fixed using friendship and not cash to get it repaired. With little to no sales driving his business anymore, and given the fact that he just closed up his shop and moved everything to a new location I doubt that he is operating the machine shop at all now. So his income level is pretty much zero except for the occasional UE store sale as he depletes his inventory. Unless he is sitting on a new found oil well or a pot of gold at his new location one would have to assume that the future for UE is fading fast. Its sad, but one would have to believe that we are seeing the end of UE as we know it. am glad that I have managed to aquire what I have up to now, and will try to purchase items from what he has left sitting on the shelves before the store disapears all together.

[George16]

Very sad indeed. However, pretty much everyone is here now so it's okay to me. The BST gets the most traffic and without that, RCmonster, RCtech or Ebay are the only way to deal with parts.

Hmmm, makes me want to sell all my UE stuff since I don't drive them anymore anyway. I'm busy rebuilding all my Lego stuff that's been sitting in 4-5 rubbermaid tubs. Just got done rebuilding my Star Wars Starship destroyer.

[cmac]

Originally Posted by George16

Hmmm, makes me want to sell all my UE stuff since I don't drive them.

George, do you have a pair of ultra light diff cases? if so would you want to sell them?

[George16]

No extra cases Mike. They're all mounted on the trucks. I have to dig in into my parts bin one of these days.

[cmac]

Thanks for checking George. I just had to check. I am putting together another Emaxx and I have the one set that is on the truck, but I'm looking for a back up set. Thanks again.
Mike.

[texazbadboy]

Its pretty sad to hear such news.Makes me rethink it i actually want to run my JT Hybred after i get it completed.I too was trying to keep an eye out for some ultra light cases myself.Now with that kinda news prices are really going to go thru the roof.
By the way any word on Kenny(dapparothead)?

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by texazbadboy

Its pretty sad to hear such news.Makes me rethink it i actually want to run my JT Hybred after i get it completed.I too was trying to keep an eye out for some ultra light cases myself.Now with that kinda news prices are really going to go thru the roof.
By the way any word on Kenny(dapparothead)?

They are still for sale in the ue store. Not alone, only with gears. $260 for 6 spiders and $300 for 8 spiders.

I recommend the FLM bulkhead/differential combo

[texazbadboy]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

They are still for sale in the ue store. Not alone, only with gears. $260 for 6 spiders and $300 for 8 spiders.

I recommend the FLM bulkhead/differential combo

I was looking to go the ultra-lights with the hyper 8's in them.some where i read how someone used this combo together.I have HR bulks if i remember correctly that i'm going to use on my JT chassis.

[JERRY2KONE]

I dropped another note to Robin hoping to hear some good news, and also to let him know that some of us would not mind helping him out if he needs it. Below is my note to him and his response, which I just received.


I hear you. Looking for someone who can do Linux/vBulletin/osCommerce



Robin I know you have always had trust issues with a lot of the forum members for one reason or another, but there are quite a few of us who want to see things get back to normal if this is at all possible. A fair number of us have collected over on the RCM forum (including Kenny, Joe, Mike, Chris, and even some of the old members who have been inactive for some time now) so we can keep in touch and also keep up on the latest news regarding your forum and the store. People have been posting on there asking if the UE store is still filling orders, because they want to make purchases. We have assured them that you are, but that there have been some business setbacks slowing things down somewhat.



A few of your members who are also IT geeks have also posted that if you require some IT assistance that they would be happy to help if you let them. We would even be willing to take up a collection to help with repair costs or replacement of equipment if that is all that is needed. The UE forum has been a staple in our R/C lives for quit a few of us, and not having it has not been easy. Being involved with building UE SuperMaxx trucks has alway been somewhat of an addiction, and communicating on the UE forum is a big part of that. Please know that if there is anythng at all that your forum members can do to help that we are not only able, but willing to lend a hand. Please know that we are only trying to help and not get into your business Sir.



Very Respectfully, Jerry Hill US Navy(retired), US Embassy, Prague Czech Republic, Europe.

[maxx919]

Wanted to post some pics of my predator truck that I'm turning into a running truck. Got some goodies in the other day. I just need another servo and some small misc things and everything else I have and I'll be good to go for break in!

[George16]

Looks good Chris!!!