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Indeed it will! What scale would you say it is? I know Willy's rides are usually 1/12, but this looks bigger.

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Indeed it will! What scale would you say it is? I know Willy's rides are usually 1/12, but this looks bigger.

It's using the body from the original. So it's 1/10.

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Good stuff! It might make its way into my fleet then. All my other cars are 1/10 scale, and I wouldn't want to make Willy feel inadequate about his size.

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Uh oh that's gone cost me, and I hope the tires will fit the original. So cool now I can create the full racing team.

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It's using the body from the original. So it's 1/10.

You are of course right. According to Tamiya, the Willy's Wheeler is 1/10 scale. But for fun, I just measured a Willy's Wheeler body and compared to the dimensions of the real City Turbo II "Bulldog":

length: 3420mm vs. 327mm => 1/10.5 scale

wheelbase: 2220mm vs. 190mm => 11.7 scale

Didn't measure height as the stance of the model makes this dimension irrelevant against the height of the real City anyway. Also, as I couldn't find the width of the real City Turbo Mugen (which the Willy's Wheeler really depicts), which is wider than the Turbo and Turbo II, I can't tell the "width scale", but I guess it a larger scale than 1/10, rather around 1/8-9.

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FOR SUCH A RE-RELEASE I WILL PAY ALL OF MY DOLLARS

... Sorry about breaking the caps rule; this is exciting stuff! Really looking forward to adding some wheels and tires if they become available, but would be happy for a kit... or two!

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Hobby shop orders at the ready, I am guessing this will be a small release and gone fast. I think I will put two in the loft for future builds :-)

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It's a 58*** kit number which usually means a regular release rather than a limited edition. But I guess the first few to hit the shops will disappear very fast. I hope they make the body set, wheels and tyres available as spares too.

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Been thinking of a wheeler for a while, was going to get a lunchbox, never thought I'd see this released .... Love the body it's just plain crazy! Think I've just added another to my list. Hope the wife dosent read this.

Chris

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I'm happy but I can't help wonder about the chassis choice. Obviously there's the WW2 connection but it will make the car about as top heavy as possible. For a car that isn't designed to wheelie that's very bad news for your bodyshell!

Saying that I'm thinking the VW camper shell on those wheels would be a much better match!

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...For a car that isn't designed to wheelie that's very bad news for your bodyshell!

And, to make it worse, they've put a wheelie bar on the back - The mad fools ;)

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I'm happy but I can't help wonder about the chassis choice. Obviously there's the WW2 connection but it will make the car about as top heavy as possible. For a car that isn't designed to wheelie that's very bad news for your bodyshell!

Given that a few excellent Willy's Wheeler conversions have been done to WR-02s, this may be Tamiya's official response.

Besides, would you have rather seen it on a DT-02? :P

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Oops, I stand corrected :) Didn't think it wheelied. That makes more sense then.

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Awesome news on the Willys wheeler even comes with the original advan wheels/tires.. I can finally get a spare set for the other WW with cracked tires.. :)

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Anybody noticed the discbrakes on the front wheels? That looks like Mr T did zero modifications to the original ones :)

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