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RiggenHO
Model Racing The Newsletter |
Race,
Collect, Restore! |
Volume 2 Issue 4 Winter 2007 |
This issue looks
at:
--- RiggenHO Production details (our first sell outs)...
---The 'Lil Red Wagon and some Black Magic
---A very rare "brass wars" collection addition
---A
preview of upcoming projects
---A very rare vintage Riggen collection addition
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your support!
RiggenHO.com History, Products
and News
A RiggenHO Milestone...
When we first started
RiggenHO, our primary mission was to provide painted and trimmed reproduction
Lexan bodies based upon pulls from the original Riggen Industries resin molds
we had acquired in a large collection purchase. We quickly learned from customer
feedback that there was interest and demand for the brass chassis as well
as various reproduction parts...hence the catalogue of various products offerred
by RiggenHO quickly grew. We are proud to announce a significant milestone
has been reached; the sell out of our first body style...by far our most popular
seller.
The
#001 Porsche 917 body style is sold out and will be permanently retired by
RiggenHO...
We know that repops are pretty easy to make nowadays but for your collector
interest here are the facts:
--- 200 clear bodies were pulled from 10 different original Riggen Industries
molds...each body style was painted in 4 color combinations. All of the bodies
that were pulled were painted..this means there were NO clear reproduction
bodies (if you bought one somewhere..it is not authorized by RiggenHO!).
We
had approximately 5% shrinkage in available inventory from imperfections,
mistakes and less than acceptable paint jobs....This means that there were
approximately 190 Porsche 917's (body #001) available for sale.... and they
are now gone....
Also, please note that we are sold out of the #005 Por 917 (early version) in RED....we still have stock in this style in green, yellow and blue.
I
wish I could say that all of our body styles were as successful. Two body
styles we had repopped did not do very well at all. They are the #007 Ferrari
612 and the #008 McLaren M8. These bodies are now available (UNTRIMMED ONLY)
at the clearance price of $7.48 each or 4 for $20.00. These body styles were
also made from the same vintage Riggen Industry molds but for whatever reason
they fail to capture the imagination of our customer as the Hot Rods and the
Porsche's have...time to make room...
I can understand why the Ferrari does not sell that well...the engine stack
detail did not reproduce very well and the body is basically painted with
1 color...but the McLaren M8 is very sharp and deserves a closer look. Give
this body a try and if you are not happy with it..I'll take it back!
I
have a limited supply of the #010 Little Red Wagon back in stock...1st
come first served....
------More details here...Lil Red Wagon
...
Check
out the new: BLACK MAGIC MOTOR. Too hot??
Read about it:Black Magic
The HO Brass Wars...more history
An amazing find. Aurora pays homage to the scratchbuilders by making modified chassis to accomodate TCP hop up parts!!!
Find out more about this VERY RARE ITEM!
UPCOMING PROJECTS: Drop Arm
Limited Edition-
Ou next
Limited Edition...now underway...
Twelve chassis will be built and only 10 for
sale so if you want one of these for your collection, please
let me know asap and GET ON THE
LIST...
Find out more about it on the Drop Arm preview
page...
Yep. that's right...a hard body!!!
