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Old 03-02-2008, 09:40 AM
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well, as some of you may know, i purchased a barricade xmods kit yesterday, and i couldnt help but noticing that barricade had spare parts! did anyone else recently buy a barricade and/or bumblebee and it came with spare parts? heres some pics, i have never seen this before.







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and when i started driving it, well, the whole entire motor cradle and rear end gave way, it was really weird, so i had to use the replacement motor cradle.
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Old 03-02-2008, 09:58 AM
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That is weird. I didn't know they now come with replacement parts. O well. My first barricade was broken and returned it for another one and it was fine. I think rs doesn't want to pay for a broken and returned one ($30-50) and they just put some replacement parts for $5.
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:14 AM
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i was just wondering, becuz both my brothers got transformers xmods for christmas, and i dont recall them having replacement parts in them, so i was just wondering if anyone else had these parts in theirs.
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:27 AM
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My barricade didnt have replacement parts.

But I did buy one of the first ones.
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The reason they have replacement knuckles and cradles now is because the front knuckles sometimes broke very easy. When they said they "break under alot of pressure" they meant the motor cradle. My brothers first barricade broke when I drove my propulse over the rear and the cradle snapped right off. Now with all the complaints and returns, they are including replacement parts.
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:37 AM
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It is also cheaper to include replacement parts instead of exchanging a car for another
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:47 AM
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well, i just thought it was weird, thats all.
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:55 AM
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I know what you mean when you think it is weird. I think it is weird too. I am just telling you why rs might have done it.
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My dad got a Barricade the same time I got my Bumblebee in August. Neither of them came with replacement parts and both rand and now run fine. Except the wheel thingy where the dogbone goes in that is attached to the knuckle(what is that called? I forgot.) That tore off because the wheel is stuck to it. But other than that, it works fine.
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awww thats ***, i wish mine came with replacement parts. I got barricade maybe a month ago and all four of my knuckles broke after 4 days.
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Old 03-02-2008, 11:15 AM
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xmodracer1 do you mean the axel stub? Well that stinks. I think they have come with replacements in the last coupple of weeks.
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I bought a barricade just 3 weeks ago... I didn't get any replacements...
But I did notice my motor cradle started to give away:




I'm just waiting for it to break so I can get mad at RadioShack and get a replacement part.
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i have both cars and it didnt come with spare parts
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Whats funny is, instead of including replacements, they probably could have taken the time to actually build stronger parts..but thats different...kinda like the expect it to break...says something about their confidence in the R/C..lol.
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what i find really funny is i got both of these when they first came out and have not had a single problem with any of them no breaking of anything i find this very weird and now a of a sudden yours are breaking like crazy, thats weird.
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I got barricade for christmas but as soon as I opened it, it had a broken knuckle.
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well, with the recall, they probably reopened the boxes and added the extra cradle and knuckles so they wouldn't get as many returns...which leads me to wonder? if they're shelling out spare parts for them like this, i wonder if they may come out with a new evo line? i wish they'd just do themselves a favor and come out with an improved version of a gen1 chassis with better quality parts and better electronics.
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I didn't get any parts with my Bumblebee.. other than the chrome rotor imitation thingies. I've already had a knuckle break, but I got some GPM that will be on the way shortly.. might as well replace it once and do it right.
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Heck they still haven't figured out that their crappy plastic parts don't break under pressure, they just break everywhere!!

That doesn't surprise me, ch05, my motor cradle stripped where the top screw goes
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When I first got my Barricade, the part where the front end (where the front differental goes) the place where the top screw goes to snapped in half...
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