Bruiser's better looking brother?

I guess it was inevitable that once the Bruiser re-release had soaked up all of the frenzy surrounding the comeback of this classic chassis, then the reintroduction of it's less famous brother would attract much less of a fanfare. And that is a bit of a shame, since this is yet another awesome re-release from Mr Tamiya.

And although the Bruiser is rightly the truly iconic kit, it's arguably the case that the Mountaineer.....or Mountain Rider, as we are now to call it....is the better looking of the two. The rear bed-cab of the Bruiser is not to everyone's taste, but the good news is that this part has now been moulded seperately and can therefore be removed to suit individual tastes.

It seems that Tamiya know already that this one will not go down with the same storm as the Bruiser and have therefore made it on a limited edition number. A wise choice, in my opinion, and one that might ironically make this the more desireable kit in the future.