MRP -- What happened to them?
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Gone like so any others.
If you could get an old issue of RCBM, you could look through it and see how many have gone away over the years. Some sell their molds to someone else or some just close up shop. MRP was one of the first companies to make Monster Trucks, they had one that would float on water it was so light!
If you could get an old issue of RCBM, you could look through it and see how many have gone away over the years. Some sell their molds to someone else or some just close up shop. MRP was one of the first companies to make Monster Trucks, they had one that would float on water it was so light!
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Does anyone have any idea of where you can get any of their old boats? Mainly the Bud Dry Catamaran. I have been looking for one for years on ebay.... ? Could there possibly be one sitting at some hobby shop somewhere, or were they all sent back to MRP?
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Seeing how they've been out of business for a few years, I don't know if any Hobby Shops would still have them on their shelves or put away. One of my area Hobby Shops had the one that you're looking for and the mono hull that they made so someone locally may yet have one. The decals were a pain to apply, the one that they had the decals were pretty badly wrinkled on the boat.
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RE: MRP -- What happened to them?
I believe that they wer bought up by MRC - they do an F1 cat that looks suspiciously like the MRP one. Bud would only allow the Bud decal set to be marketed in the USA so where they were sold in Other countries different decal sets were used. I know that Lesro Models of Christchurch Dorsey UK have one such set of Decals ( well a couple of hundred actually)
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In order for a model boating company to get the okay to use the Bud decals or its name, the model company had to make a "donation" for each boat sold to a charity of Budweiser's choice.
Miller Brewing started charging also to use their name on the Dumas boat kits also. Autographics got into a little trouble by not getting Miller's go-ahead to use their logo's on decal sheets. They got pulled off the market real fast!
Miller Brewing started charging also to use their name on the Dumas boat kits also. Autographics got into a little trouble by not getting Miller's go-ahead to use their logo's on decal sheets. They got pulled off the market real fast!
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RE: MRP -- What happened to them?
I used to own MRP. I sold it to a company who did not continue the line. I have a few parts left and would be happy to look for you.
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RE: MRP -- What happened to them?
I hope you don't mind me asking but is this one of your boats from MRP I think it is but I am not sure. can you tell me anything about it?
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RE: MRP What happened to them?
For MRP enthusiast.
The MRP Archive. A collection of the know boat types and models.
http://www.codemonkeycrew.com/MRPArc...6/Default.aspx
The MRP Archive. A collection of the know boat types and models.
http://www.codemonkeycrew.com/MRPArc...6/Default.aspx
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I know its an old thread but does anyone know what prop to use on the bud dry electric catamaran? Cant find any information anywhere on it, picked one up, with the box, not completed but has no prop....
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MRP is owned by Thunder Tiger who is owner i belive by associated . I own a Hobby Shop and I have a MRP Ripper ST new on the shelf . And as far as i know the products are still available
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This brings back some good memories had the sebold bud tunnel the GentryEagle the Skater and the Fountian great boats back in the day but have to admit puttking the deck on the skater was a pita think my mother still regrets telling me about the store she found lol
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This thread started 15 years ago and was last updated 5 years ago. Which MRP boat did you own? In the 1990s I ran a Bud Lite OPC and a canard. Fun boats for the time but not very exciting today. I knew the owner, nice guy but he made some poor business decisions.
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I still have the white blue and pink skater. It looks just like the blood dry except that it had two outboards hanging off the back and I still have the mercury outboards. I even still have two of the wizard motors the number two MR two. I still have two of them, my mercury outboards are in perfect condition. I also own the fountain 42 that got converted to 540s that got converted to 550s then he got converted to a 775 then it’s running then it was running nitro destroy the thing so many modifications as it stands has a .32 in it And I painted my fountain all black except for the top it’s white and back in the 80s those heartbeat graphics that you run the side of a car really fancy it’s one of those. It comes all the way down from the purple, my catamaran, no matter what I did to the thing the back of the transom was poorly designed, so it would never get on plane I had to add , thin sheets of plastic to the bottom to give the last of the two steps in the hall clean surface that was sharp so the water would release. I remember MRP I took all of those models with me when I went to work for Hobbico….. another company that went under can you believe it from 98 to 2001 I worked for great Plains Tower hobbies research and development or would I like to better call rip off and duplicate. What a great time to be in radio control if you bought a boat in those years and still if you’ve purchased a miss Rio Rio wildcat SS stinger goes models the trailer all my designs. Here’s a good one for everyone. There’s every anyone remember Graupner out of Germany? Wonderful models absolutely wonderful.
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