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My first rapido buy… honestly I wasn’t sure what to expect, I’d seen people saying good and bad about them got this boxcar, pulled it out the box and just… yeah. Printing sharp as anything, lil grab irons so fine I thought they’d snap if I touched em, and it rolled so smooth I ended up just shoving it back n forth for like 5 mins felt like I got more than my moneys worth on the flip side.
I once grabbed a diesel from some smaller overseas brand. Photos online made it look perfect. when it showed up tho? nope. handrails all bendy, motor loud like an old coffee grinder, wouldn’t even crawl at low speed without stuttering.
So now it just sits in the yard as scenery.
Looks ok from far away at least.