How can Castle possibly supply enough MMM's to traxxas for the new brushless erevo? - RC-Monster Forums

Unsullied_Spy · 10.18.2008, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dagger Thrasher

Yup, a lot of people need to lighten up here...or Patrick ain't gonna stick around and, like has been said, Mike's gonna get sick of this too.

Castle have a considerably higher turnover per year than Traxxas, and are a lot bigger and more capable than some people think, it seems. The only reason why there haven't been all that many MMMs floating about is because they've had to keep stopping production to fix issues.
I'm pretty sure Castle and Traxxas wouldn't have made this deal if Castle couldn't meet demand; Patrick knows what his company can and can't do.

Sooo, I'm up for talking about something else. Who here likes fish cakes?

+1. Sure there have been problems with the MMM, but they keep the production low enough to not screw people but high enough to figure out the problems that are bound to exist in a new product. The MM wasn't perfect when it first came out now look at it, people pushing roughly double the rated voltage through them with just a cheap fan and a BEC and about $0.50 worth of other parts (Zener diode and some caps). Hopefully a year or two from now this will all be 100% behind people, Castle will come through for us like they have with EVERY other product they have made.

plettenbergs · 10.18.2008, 07:39 AM

if traxxas can get a large ship full of them why cant we get ours back that we already paid for?....what about the little guy?....the bata testers?

Unsullied_Spy · 10.18.2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by plettenbergs

if traxxas can get a large ship full of them why cant we get ours back that we already paid for?....what about the little guy?....the bata testers?

Has Traxxas really gotten a full ship of them? Last I heard the V2s have been out of production for a while and the V3s are only getting a small initial production run to make sure they got all the bugs out, then they will fix whatever else needs fixed and produce more. Hopefully they send a dozen or two to BrianG to tinker with, if there's a problem he can probably find it and fix it!

Happywing · 10.18.2008, 07:49 AM

I think a wait-and-see approach is needed here. I would think that anyone with a MMM in the shop will get them first...before the BL ERevo's ship with them. If the opposite happens, I'd say that would be a huge snub in the face of the loyal beta-testers. I just don't think CC would go that route. They will do what's right.