My inner 10 year old is happy! (Tamiya re-release content)

[Don1]

Finally managed to get round to purchasing something I was denied as a child.

But instead of a Grasshopper, I went for this.

[Rude-boy]

I'm waiting for the Boomarang re-release (that I am hoping for, I don't know if it will happen) to replace the one that I stupidly swapped with a kid at school for a different car ( Oli! )

In the meantime I am enjoying a return to my youth with one of these bad boys:-



Now I have a bit of a bug back for them and trying not to spend far too much on one of the Avante kit's that they have rere'd. It's hard to resist a the minute and so am trying to force myself to hold out until they rere the Boomerang. Add to that that Scalextric have finally go a wireless digital setup coming out this year at about £500 and I'm rather conflicted to say the least. Even had to bail from the Group buy due to pressure on toy funds!

[Mercury00]

The Frog, Hotshot and Sand Scorcher are my holy trinity of RC cars

[c7xlg]

I had a boomerang when they were originally released. Id buy a re-release like s shot if they launched one.

Does anyone know if might be on their 'road map? '

[Frimley111R]

Lived and breathed these in my young days. Do you guys find you actually use them much though?

[Don1]

It's arrived! Now to find some time to build the sucker...

[backwoodsman]

Rude-boy said:

I'm waiting for the Boomarang re-release

That happened 6 years ago.

[c7xlg]

so need to wait for the boomerang re-re-release then!

[Don1]

Why wait?

[ehasler]

Cool!

I've been looking at getting another one of these to relive my youth, but still can't make up my mind which one to go for... The Frog was one I really wanted as a kid, but there are so many others that look good too.

[.:ian:.]

I`ve been having impure thoughts about Sand Scorchers, Buggy Champs, and after DoubleSixs pic in the r/c thread, an Avante :-o

Best part of £300 each though...

[ehasler]

The Avante is very nice! Must. Resist.

[Anthony Micallef]

I have the Hornet and the Wild One. Im waiting for the Big Wig to be released as I always wanted one of those too.

[ehasler]

I had the Big Wig when I was a kid - it's somewhere in my parents' garage now I think. I really should dig it out and see what state it's in.

[Stu G]

i had a Tamiya Fox as my first R/C car back in the 80s and was looking at some of the Tamiya re-releases recently. I really fancy getting my hands on a Fast Attack Vehicle, I always wanted one when they first came out.

[ehasler]

Stu G said:

I really fancy getting my hands on a Fast Attack Vehicle, I always wanted one when they first came out.

That was my first Tamiya! I can't remember how old I was when I got it, but Santa bought it at a model shop in Loughton (Venture models I think - long gone now though) and they built it for me too. I remember switching it on on Christmas morning, and fiddling with the throttle trim on the controller - then wondering what that burning smell was as the speed controller started to overheat

I really need to dig them out and get them running again. Lots of happy memories.

[BarbaricAvatar]

Don't need a re-release. Still got mine.



Though it's a pity my dad was a cheapskate as he'd originally promised me the Terra Scorcher i wanted. Has this been re-released by any chance?

[hman]

Hot shot. Boomerang and terra scorcher were all based on the boomerang chassis I though?

My boomerang had an rs500 in texaco colours and an ac cobra shell - it was amazingintly good, until I got a Schumacher cat xls - holy fk it blew everything away!!!

[BarbaricAvatar]

hman said:

Hot shot. Boomerang and terra scorcher were all based on the boomerang chassis I though?

Boomerang, Thunder Dragon, Thunder Shot and Super Sabre shared chassis with Terra Scorcher; though the latter had independant front suspension unlike the others.
(At least going by the pictures in my 1989 Tamiya Guide Book )

[TobyLaRohne]

It was all about these 2 when I was a boy!


Grasshopper 2 was my first car...




Then I got this! I changed the sticker on the wing to say "evil soD" and over time I upgraded it to have metal bearings, better battery, a bigger engine and an electric speed controller, I then upgraded to a nitro Kyosho Scooby WRC car and the manta ray was faster! I still have it in my parents loft but it now has a desert truck hilux body and wheels.