David236
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I would like to see the Wild One I wanted real bad when I was a kid. I just bought 2 of the Hornets and I really enjoyed building the kits. In fact I had them out in the backyard today and we had a blast with them. I was really pleased with how they ran the run times were excellant. The electronic speed control worked better than I had anticipated and I'm still confused how the Hornet was running for 20-25 minutes with the same packs that last only 7-10 minutes on my more modern vehicles.

Re-releases who doesn't care?
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I think the rereleases will be a major positive in the long run. initially vintage values will drop but the rereleases will spark interest in the Vintage cars amonsgt the R/C enthusiasts who have long forgotten them. I'm seeing guys buying the Hornet kits who would have never bought a Tamiya kit before. So interest in Tamiya in general is growing because of this and that will help revive interest in the older vintage Tamiya kits as well. Success for Tamiya as a company is also a benefit to the collector as well. The newer Tamiya Kits just don't have that same appeal as the older kits so maybe going backwards will only help them in going forward and hopefully they can regain the popularity they enjoyed in the 80's.