Rumors of Future Releases

[keilau]

Found this on Amazon.

Amazon.com: HOOBEN 1/16 Opel Blitz WWII German 3T Medium-Duty Truck RC Model RTR No. S6809R : Arts, Crafts & Sewing

How did you find it?? Hooben Store is NOT currently offering this truck for sale.

You can still find the listing at twin-house.de for €408. No information on inventory. It sounds like an older high end all metal truck design. It lost it appeal because there are so many 1/16 scale military truck on the market for well under USD$100. Not a good candidate for future release.

[761st]

kellau I was surfing Amazon and stumbled upon it. Doesn't the Hooben line have a poor rating in general?

[tank_me]

kellau I was surfing Amazon and stumbled upon it. Doesn't the Hooben line have a poor rating in general?

Yes. Bad. Bad response to questions. Bad customer service. Bad for getting part replacements. Bad for taking money and delivering years later or never. David has had a different experience than most, but I'd say he's part of the 1% that has had good experiences with Hooben.

[DavidN]

Yes. Bad. Bad response to questions. Bad customer service. Bad for getting part replacements. Bad for taking money and delivering years later or never. David has had a different experience than most, but I'd say he's part of the 1% that has had good experiences with Hooben.

Yeah! I happened to have a good rep who took care of my many orders (including parts replacement) accordingly.

[keilau]

kellau I was surfing Amazon and stumbled upon it. Doesn't the Hooben line have a poor rating in general?

Hooben is one of the small RC manufacturers in China. They cater to the higher end market (aka expensive), but the after sales support is dependent on the local distributor and very poor in US. Their distributor in EU is twin-horse.de. One of our forum members referred them to me. They (twin-horse.de) are good, but shipping from Europe is expensive. I got an Hooben nylon track for the Heng Long 3958-1 IDF Merkava IV from them once because no other option was available in 2023.

https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-cars-tanks-trucks-and-more/rc-tanks/392572-heng-long-3958-1-idf-merkava-iv-basic-version-to-metal-upgrade#post393349

[DavidN]

Hooben is one of the small RC manufacturers in China. They cater to the higher end market (aka expensive), but the after sales support is dependent on the local distributor and very poor in US. Their distributor in EU is twin-horse.de. One of our forum members referred them to me. They (twin-horse.de) are good, but shipping from Europe is expensive. I got an Hooben nylon track for the Heng Long 3958-1 IDF Merkava IV from them once because no other option was available in 2023.

https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-cars-tanks-trucks-and-more/rc-tanks/392572-heng-long-3958-1-idf-merkava-iv-basic-version-to-metal-upgrade#post393349

You are correct! It was the rep from Twin-horse who worked with me thru all of my Hooben orders. She even gave me a small banner to display her company at our event.

[SoCalBobS]

I was surfing for Coolbank and saw this on his posting at the HEC China show. Anybody able to i.d.?

[tank_me]

Might be a Chinese Type 100 Light Tank. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news...re-accelerates

[SoCalBobS]

Might be a Chinese Type 100 Light Tank. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news...re-accelerates

Sure looks close!