Tamiya Wild One is Back!!!

[Anthony Micallef]

I had one of these when they came out in 1985 and have been waiting for ages for it to be re-released. Well the wait is over as its coming back in August

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-wild-one-off-ro...

[Elroy Blue]

The Sand Scorcher was always my dream machine. I used look on th etop shelves of the model shop and dream of having one. Never did manage it

[rsv gone!]

I still have a Rough Rider in my parents' loft.

[paulshears]

I had a Falcon, I hope that gets re-released

My brothers battered old Mini (M-01 chassis?) is in one of my kitchen cupboards, I'll have to get it out

[falkster]

paulshears said:

I had a Falcon, I hope that gets re-released

My brothers battered old Mini (M-01 chassis?) is in one of my kitchen cupboards, I'll have to get it out

I had a falcon too, for the most basic Tamiya it was really quick with only a few hop ups.

I think Tamiya are cashing in on us 30 something's loving nostalgia and hoping we'd still want to relive our youth.

[DrTre]

I had a Falcon too, I think the record length of time the driveshafts stayed in was about 40mins total run time. Waste of space.

The Ultima that replaced it? Marv.

[falkster]

DrTre said:

I had a Falcon too, I think the record length of time the driveshafts stayed in was about 40mins total run time. Waste of space.

The Ultima that replaced it? Marv.

I used to lower the ride height to make the drive shaft angle more flat - how sad is it I remember that?

You had an Ultima as in Kyosho? I had an Optima Mid before going CAT

[paulshears]

RARE 1982 TAMIYA BLAZING BLAZER KIT 58029 NEW IN BOX!!

Current bid: £1,070.00



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-1982-TAMIYA-BLAZING...

[Dusty964]

I love old Tamiya stuff.

I went from grasshopper to monster beetle to sonic fighter after the beetle destroyed its gearbox almost weekly.
My brother had a falcon, and never once had an issue with it (with the exception of burning his fingers on the cermaic heat sink).

I now have my beloved Lunchbox sat on a shelf, and am thinking about a Porsche 934.......

[Pvapour]

aaaah... a trip down memory lane...

I competed as a youngster in the 1/10th electric off road the Grasshopper was my first car, it didn't see me win much funnily enough its solid rear axle was not very off road friendly!

my second car, the 'Frog' saw better results, always quick in a straight line but still woefull round corners, its weight balance was awfull, Team associated dominated the 2wd class but I move on to 4wd pretty quick.

Yokomo Dogfighter dominated this class mainly, though some good results came from the Tamiya HotShot when heavily modified to get rid of its horrendous bump steer.

I tried with the 'Latest' 4 wheel steer effort from Kyosho, the 'Progress' proved very unreliable but got results when going, Dogfighter was next for me which I loved but my best results were with the Optima at Iford in Dorset, Fastest Lap of the day & won the top 'A' final, the best i ever did, pretty much left after this.

i seem to remember a band of my mates & regulars that were dedicated to a real weird left field make, Hobbo or something similar, anyone? all belt driven from memory & they were always snapping them, quiet though & made a lovely singing sound as they went round.

Daryl from Lesro Models (lovely guy) was hilariously quicker than everyone up the straight, it was always interesting to see what turn of speed the latest Trinity had to offer, everyone used to stop to watch him practice in the morning to see how much of a chance they had (good driver in a real car to)

25 years since I raced now Daryl took us all over the UK for the races, getting there & back in his fast cars were always a big part of the fun there's a race track near us where we walk our dog now, always brings back fond memories

[petemurphy]

awesome i still have mine somewhere the rear axle broke on a tricky reverse vertical jump! love it!

[troc]

I used to run a heavily modified Hornet with a Porsche bodyshell.

Kinda tempted by a Hotshot as I always wanted one as a kid but couldn't afford it

[Composite Guru]

Wow, i had one of those for xmas when it first came out.

Might have to get another!!!

[Pvapour]

falkster said:

DrTre said:

I had a Falcon too, I think the record length of time the driveshafts stayed in was about 40mins total run time. Waste of space.

The Ultima that replaced it? Marv.

I used to lower the ride height to make the drive shaft angle more flat - how sad is it I remember that?

You had an Ultima as in Kyosho? I had an Optima Mid before going CAT

were'nt they hexagonal drive shafts? I seem to remember one of the first mods the racers did was convert to pin drive, more reliable & less friction, though the front to rear centre drive shaft stayed as hexagonal and was incredibly efficient as a way of getting power to the front wheels, hotshots never suffered the same battery duration problems for 3 minute heats as other cars, the Dogfighters chain drive was woefully inefficient and battery sapping, belt conversions seemed to strike a happy medium. which the aforementioned Hobbos (think) pioneered but the Schumacher Cat really made the most of.

[Anthony Micallef]

Composite Guru said:

Wow, i had one of those for xmas when it first came out.

Might have to get another!!!

I had one for my birthday Going to get another one now its being re-released!

[Top pup]

Pvapour said:

i seem to remember a band of my mates & regulars that were dedicated to a real weird left field make, Hobbo or something similar, anyone? all belt driven from memory & they were always snapping them, quiet though & made a lovely singing sound as they went round.

Hirobo I would think, they did a midship belt drive car called the alien.

[MikeDov]

Ahhh, you guys are taking me back now! The Hirobo Zerda was one of the first four wheel drive belt driven cars about, I think Hirobo were better known for rc helicopters at the time! If you google for the Zerda you'll see that it had no bodyshell, just a roll cage, not good when racing in the average British summer! I remember using lots of tape to waterproof it! In fact I've still got what's left of mine at home, I had a failed attempt at turning it into mid motor drive!
Thinking about it I've still got an (unused) original Yoko Dogfighter at home as well, I wonder what that's worth?!?! Not as much at a Tamia I bet!
I might have a PB Maxima as well, I think I need to have a look and get some pictures when I get chance

[anonymous-user]

Question for you guys: Are these re-releases of 80's and 90's RC cars any better or different from the originals either mechanically or electrically?

I suspect a lot of people on here are similar to myself, born in 1980, grew up with classic Tamiya's and now in a position where time and finances allow us to indulge in 'buying our childhood back' in the form of RC cars and a heap of other stuff!

But, before I buy something, I am wondering if anything has changed or improved over the years with regards to the electronics or the mechanics of these things, or have they literally just restarted production of the same models as they did in 1985 or whatever?

I had one of these:



then



then this 1/5th scale beast by Kyosho!





But they were a bit 'flawed' in their own ways...

I biggest thing I remember about the Tamiya cars from childhood was that the big rechargeable battery stick you put in them literally lasted for 5-10 minutes of 'action' before calling an end to any enjoyment you were having and once it was done, it took forever to charge up again.

Also, they had a bit that stuck out the top like a metal radiator that used to get hot enough to burn yourself on... what was that?

Lastly, both the Manta Ray and the Tundershot met their untimely deaths by clipping solid objects at high speed and exploding into a hundred plastic suspension components on one side or another. It was a sad day!

I still have them both somewhere though in their original 'Beatties Model Shop' carrying cases!

Also, the huge Futuba remotes for all of the above seemed to take about 10 AA batteries and also consume them frequently, and if you didn't have spare chips that were different colours, you couldn't race each other.

Lastly, the big Kyosho was totally flawed from the start... It used a standard pack of 4 AA batteries in the car to control throttle, steering and radio... But the servo's in this thing were absolutely massive and despite it being petrol and could in theory run all day, the fun was over every 15 minutes as it destroyed a set of AA's in the car causing you to loose control of the thing!

Then the plastic gearbox decided to eat itself... then the front suspension exploded in a similar way to the Tamiya's!

I rebuilt the front suspension, fitted a new gearbox, fitted a sports exhaust from Kyosho and then decided to modify it myself by removing the 4 x AA pack and replacing it with a sealed lead acid 12 volt rechargeable battery out of a burglar alarm which would allow it to run for about 3 hours between charges which was ace. Why Kyosho didn't fit something like this in the first place is beyond me!

Edited by NinjaPower on Wednesday 13th June 18:17

[k-ink]

Tamiya are re-releasing every single back model. It has been amusing seeing the collectors values of originals reduce from the frankly ridiculous (some multiple thousands each!) back in line with reality. Some people have clearly lost an incredible amount of money. If you want to collect old model cars pretty much any brand is prefereble to Tamiya.

[DoubleSix]

NinjaPower said:

Question for you guys: Are these re-releases of 80's and 90's RC cars any better or different from the originals either mechanically or electrically?

I suspect a lot of people on here are similar to myself, born in 1980, grew up with classic Tamiya's and now in a position where time and finances allow us to indulge in 'buying our childhood back' in the form of RC cars and a heap of other stuff!

But, before I buy something, I am wondering if anything has changed or improved over the years with regards to the electronics or the mechanics of these things, or have they literally just restarted production of the same models as they did in 1985 or whatever?


But they were a bit 'flawed' in their own ways...

I biggest thing I remember about the Tamiya cars from childhood was that the big rechargeable battery stick you put in them literally lasted for 5-10 minutes of 'action' before calling an end to any enjoyment you were having and once it was done, it took forever to charge up again.

Also, they had a bit that stuck out the top like a metal radiator that used to get hot enough to burn yourself on... what was that?

Lastly, both the Manta Ray and the Tundershot met their untimely deaths by clipping solid objects at high speed and exploding into a hundred plastic suspension components on one side or another. It was a sad day!

I still have them both somewhere though in their original 'Beatties Model Shop' carrying cases!

Also, the huge Futuba remotes for all of the above seemed to take about 10 AA batteries and also consume them frequently, and if you didn't have spare chips that were different colours, you couldn't race each other.

Lastly, the big Kyosho was totally flawed from the start... It used a standard pack of 4 AA batteries in the car to control throttle, steering and radio... But the servo's in this thing were absolutely massive and despite it being petrol and could in theory run all day, the fun was over every 15 minutes as it destroyed a set of AA's in the car causing you to loose control of the thing!

Then the plastic gearbox decided to eat itself... then the front suspension exploded in a similar way to the Tamiya's!

I rebuilt the front suspension, fitted a new gearbox, fitted a sports exhaust from Kyosho and then decided to modify it myself by removing the 4 x AA pack and replacing it with a sealed lead acid 12 volt rechargeable battery out of a burglar alarm which would allow it to run for about 3 hours between charges which was ace. Why Kyosho didn't fit something like this in the first place is beyond me!

Edited by NinjaPower on Wednesday 13th June 18:17

Good points about the flaws, and stuff I was thinking too....

That battery time was a killer. On the face of it they look like they will share all the frustrations of the originals.

My brother had a Grasshopper which I coveted like Golem. I remember the day he finally got interested in girls and stuff and handed it down to me. I reversed it into a kerb and the exposed gear box exploded into a thousand little pieces. I was not a happy lad...

Mate had a Boomerang which I recall was bloody awesome, can't see it on that site though.