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So as I mentioned in my Mojave video, I ran into Greg from RC Driver Online at Bethel BMX. First off, he is a super solid dude ? He's forgotten more about RC that I know! He's been in the hobby for so long, mainly as a racer. He pretty much knows everyone that's anyone in the industry. It was very cool to talk to him ?
Anyway, we got to talking about the Kraton 8S and I asked him about his review. He told me that he had one of TWO Kraton 8S's in the country at that time. One was out in California and the other was in the Chicago office (I believe that's what he said). They sent him the one from the Chicago office. He tells me that it was real "cloak and dagger" stuff. He said the NDA was like 9 pages long. They didn't want ANYONE seeing this truck ?
So he gets his and he sets out to Bethel BMX to film for his review. He gets there and there is my black Ford F-150 sitting in the parking area ? He only had a limited amount of time with the truck and he's a busy guy. Long story short, he had to sit in his car until I left so he could run the K8S ? I thought that was hysterical, especially how invested into Arrma I am. He was cursing me they day!
Another thing I asked him is if it was awkward giving a product a bad review since he gets them all for free. He told me he doesn't give bad reviews because he simply won't review the truck. He said he can tell just by looking at it if it's going to work or not. He said the number of RC's he sends back untested is staggering. There is a lot of crap out there boys and girls ?
Anyway, that is my brush with an RC celebrity. He may not be as well known by us as Rich or Eric but his channel has over 92,000 subscribers. That's not Talbot numbers but it's a lot in my book ???
Anyway, we got to talking about the Kraton 8S and I asked him about his review. He told me that he had one of TWO Kraton 8S's in the country at that time. One was out in California and the other was in the Chicago office (I believe that's what he said). They sent him the one from the Chicago office. He tells me that it was real "cloak and dagger" stuff. He said the NDA was like 9 pages long. They didn't want ANYONE seeing this truck ?
So he gets his and he sets out to Bethel BMX to film for his review. He gets there and there is my black Ford F-150 sitting in the parking area ? He only had a limited amount of time with the truck and he's a busy guy. Long story short, he had to sit in his car until I left so he could run the K8S ? I thought that was hysterical, especially how invested into Arrma I am. He was cursing me they day!
Another thing I asked him is if it was awkward giving a product a bad review since he gets them all for free. He told me he doesn't give bad reviews because he simply won't review the truck. He said he can tell just by looking at it if it's going to work or not. He said the number of RC's he sends back untested is staggering. There is a lot of crap out there boys and girls ?
Anyway, that is my brush with an RC celebrity. He may not be as well known by us as Rich or Eric but his channel has over 92,000 subscribers. That's not Talbot numbers but it's a lot in my book ???
