stupid question: what is a Robbe truck?

[Espeefan]

Robbe is a popular European RC manufacturer. They never were to popular in North America.

The model you found on E-Bay is old school. I saw that one listed earlier in the week. It's not the first one I've seen pictures of, and I don't know all the details on these Robbe kits, but from what I gather, they were one of the early scale RC big rigs, before even Tamiya came out with their's. Robbe supplied the chassis and RC components, while Monogram supplied the 1/16 scale bodies from their own line of kits. I'm not sure if it was a joint effort, but I think it was sold as a package, so one could build a scale RC big rig.

The pictures I have seen of the Robbe chassis present a pretty basic, almost crude design. Pretty much a solid chunk of c-channel for the chassis, one driven axle, one dummy tag axle, a single speed transmission, and very minimal suspension. In my humble opinion, it's definitely not worth the starting bid.

Those Monogram 1/16 scale kits are pretty nice, but are listed pretty high these days too. That's if they are sealed in the box, as a Monogram kit alone (not as a Robbe RC kit). A body alone, with the Robbe chassis, is not a complete Monogram kit, hence probably not worth as much.

I think Robbe also offered their RC chassis with the Monogram Peterbilt cab.