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I've always been into cars for as long as I can remember. At home, I always had Matchbox cars out on a playmat, lorries, construction vehicles and so on. I used to collect 1:24 and 1:18 model cars, have a few Bburago-sized models in storage now that were on a shelf when I was a kid. Most computer games I played were car based games like Test Drive, Lotus Turbo Challenge and Chase HQ. Now have a huge collection of Hotwheels cars amongst others, loads of games consoles, and seeing the Big Foot @Wooders28 posted pics of above brings back good memories of my own one and my brothers Black Gold one he had as a kid! Tamiya RC cars were a no brainer for me, ever since seeing the promo videos in Beatties. I have a very mechanical mindset, I love knowing how things work, I like to tinker and modify, so a Tamiya RC car lets me do all of those things. I have mostly on-road cars and a few buggies, a couple of tanks (Heng Long ones), a few toy-grade helicopters that I've managed to get going a couple of times, but never ran a boat or anything like that. Now I'm a massive VW fan, work for a main dealer as a parts advisor, and currently have 2 VW's, a 2003 Lupo GTI and a 2019 Up! GTI, but I part-own another Lupo with my dad, and drive his 2023 Audi A3 quite a lot too. I am literally surrounded by VW's and Audi's and in my element!

I found this Nikko Dictator 7 whilst on holiday. I found it in a collectables shop in Torquay, and I paid £45 for it! I've never seen another one, not that I've looked all that hard tbh! I know they did other models of the Dictator line, this one is semi-hobby grade and looks like it can be upgraded. It has an exploded parts diagram sheet with it. This one is a twin-motor version and in really good condition:

Friday - long day at work, it stocktake! YAY! So that's my day and evening at work! OH WHAT JOY! Saturday - In to work for an hour or so (hopefully) to do the 'variants', which is basically where they don't believe what we have counted, so we check it's been counted correctly. I'm hoping my son can switch his shift so we can go out somewhere once he's finished work, but I don't know yet. Sunday - Toy Fair at Kempton Race Course, never been to this one before, but hopefully lots of Hotwheel's and other goodies! Hope y'all have a great weekend whatever you're doing!

I have messaged you about the Delta, thank you!

Friday - Usual slog of work, home for a pizza, then walking 2 dogs with my friend. Work has been a total pain of late, we have a VW Audit on Monday so everything has to be as close to perfect as possible. We'll probably still fail though! Saturday - Work early am until 1pm. Drive down to pick up my son and drop some stuff I've accumulated from work at the container, then no idea whet we're doing. Maybe go Hotwheels shopping somewhere! Sunday - Brands Hatch for the Go Japan! festival. Drifting, time attack, Honda Cup, JDM cars! Even for a total VW nut like me, this is going to be heaven! What's not to like about JDM cars with silly BHP! Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Friday - Work at the moment, home, pizza for dinner with my son, walk my friend's dogs, then bed, as I have an early start! Saturday - Heading to Bicester to Radwood, an 80's and 90's car show with Hotwheels Unleashed UK tour there, so hoping to see some cool cars, and probably spend too much money! Sunday - Brands Hatch to the Porsche Festival, watch some racing, dream about owning a Porsche one-day, then home for a roast! Yum! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend whatever you're doing!

OMG! At a total loss for words. I don't post on here very much these days, but you've been an inspiration to all of us on here. We've never met and not interacted that much really, but I feel like we all know you so well. Much love out to you and your family.

I'm not a 'vinyl pusher' but do appreciate vintage audio gear. I was recently given a lovely Pioneer PL-514 turn table, so if I ever get to set it up correctly, it may get me into vinyl! Sony Walkman's are my weakness, I love them! I have 100+of those, mostly Sony, but some Aiwa, Toshiba, Panasonic and 'clonemen' walkmans, along with around 40+ Cd Walkmans and a few Minidisc players too. I also collect Boomboxes, think I'm up to around 40ish of those, and I also collect some vintage HI-FI equipment, so have a quite a bit of that too. I used to buy loads of cd singles in my college days, around 600+ at a rough guess somewhere.

Don't get me started on the money pit that is Hotwheels! I have 7 64-84 litre Really useful boxes full of Hotwheels. My son is part of the Mattel creations website, so gets me all of the Redline Club and Elite 64 cars. I've got quite a few Matchbox too, it's surprising how hard some are to find and how much they go for.

I love that Saab, similar to the Robbe UR Quattro in some ways.

If, like me, you are a hoarder, you buy things with the intent to move it on, but end up keeping it 'just in case'. I have told myself over and over that I need to thin out a lot of the things I collect, but always seem to end up buying more and run out of room to put it, or never find the time to fix/enjoy/mess about with said item. I need to retrain my brain to learn how to let go of things, I don't need to own more than one of everything!

Has anyone seen this yet? Tamiya Wild One returns as road-legal electric buggy | Autocar

You get the same thing on LEGO forums, people sounding off about non-LEGO stuff. I have some fake LEGO, it's not as good as the real thing for sure, but it's fit for purpose. I'd buy one of these Bruisers if I had the money to spend on it, it's far more attainable than the real thing and unless you looked real close, who would ever know?

I am a hoarder. I haven't run an RC car for a long time due to where all my collection is stored. But I love the mechanical side of the hobby, the tinkering, making bits to modify something, thinking outside the box. Now I'm not saying I'm any good at what I do, but I give it a shot, learn along the way, and most of all, enjoy what I'm doing. I used to run some of my cars, but had my 'go-to' ones I used the most, some probably haven't ever been used in my ownership! RC isn't my only hobby, I also have tons of LEGO, games consoles, old hi-fi gear, walkmans, boomboxes, hotwheels, GUNPLA amongst other stuff! So long as you enjoy what you're doing, spend too much(!), then it doesn't really matter what type of hobbyist you are....

Nice long weekend coming up! Only today and tomorrow in work, then 2 weeks off! Friday - hoping to go to a car show in Aldershot called Wheels Day. Right mix of cars, everything from military, yanks, hot-rods, Japanese and everything in between. Looking forward to that! Saturday - Nothing really planned other than a hair cut and probably a trip to Croydon to look round the 'shops'. Probably buy more Hotwheels (like I need any more!) or some Gunpla (another rabbit hole I've dived into!) Sunday - Easter Sunday, so probably not much. Monday - Holiday! Heading to Dawlish with the family for a week. We missed our holiday last year as my mum was rushed into hospital with a ruptured gall bladder, but she's all good now! Really hoping the weather holds out for the week. We're back the following Monday, so I've booked that week off too. Going to see Paramore and Bloc Party at the O2 with my son on the Thursday, so that's gonna be EPIC!!! Hope you all have a great Easter!

Friyay! Work, shopping at Asda then dog walking, pizza for dinner! Yum! Saturday - It's toy fair day! Sandown Racecourse, I've been saving some cash to spend here, no idea what I'll find, Hotwheels a definite, maybe LEGO or something Tamiya if there is any there. After the toy fair, no idea! Maybe pop into Kingston shops? Probably back home as I'll be skint by then! Sunday - No plans, hopefully bit of a lay-in, pick my son up, go out somewhere, but still skint as I don't get paid until Monday! Anyway, whatever y'all doing, I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

The speed controller looks like a Bymco one they did on the magazine years ago.

This one isn't going anywhere! Quite literally at the moment too! I bought this when I was 16 from the local hobby shop, Reigate Toys & Models. Sadly it no longer exists, but back in the day, probably the best toy shop in the area. They had the toy shop on one side of the road, and the model shop opposite, and myself and my brother were frequent visitors to both! The owner used to do a 'savings club', where he would reserve a kit for you, and you could pop in and pay in instalments until it was paid. He would even build it if you desired, but I had no interest in that, I wanted to build mine! I believe it was £200 with the radio gear, a battery and a charger, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it! My mate got a Super Hornet at the same time, but I had no interest in buggies back then, I wanted a rally car! Over the years, she got trashed. The shell took the brunt of it first, then I managed to wear the spur gear and it wouldn't move! A few years later, I managed to find a replacement in Harrods of all places, and that ignited the spark that led to the collection I have now. The chassis has worn a few other shells over the years, a couple of Escort Cossies, amongst a few others shoe-horned on, but now she's proudly wearing the correct Lancia Delta Integrale shell, thanks to Rallyebaz on here. I still have the box with all of the offcuts from the original shell, the interior cockpit lives on in spirit, if not 100% complete, I think I even have the empty spray can I used to paint the original shell!

Mk2 Golf definitely on my shopping list!

Came back to work yesterday after a lovely 11 days off, using up my holiday. Friday - work, but a LONG day! It's Stock Take day! YAY! So start work at 8am and probably finish around 9.30 - 10pm. Only bonus is the company pay for dinner, so will be having a kebab! Saturday - Work until 1pm, in early to do the 'variants' from the stock take, basically as they don't believe what we've just counted, or we're either really up on stock, or missing a shed load! After work, go and pick my son up, probably go out shopping somewhere if we get time! We still need to put the Christmas Tree up, so that may get done as well! Sunday - Xmas shopping somewhere, nothing planned really and no idea where to go! Most of the towns around me are pretty rubbish these days. Whatever you're doing, I hope you have a great weekend!

First time I went there was when I was about 15 or 16, cycled from Woodhatch with a group of mates, so that's nearly 30 years ago (**** I'm old!) and they didn't have anything RC then, I guess if they did, I didn't spot it. I used to get all my RC stuff from Reigate Toys & Models in Woodhatch, handy for me then as that's where my nan lived. My first ever Tamiya came from there, he used to do a savings plan and he'd put whatever kit you wanted aside until you had enough saved with him. Was a sad day when they closed down.

Roxley Models doesn't do anything Tamiya as far as I know, it's more Corgi die cast, trains and bus models, still a nice little shop though. Dorking model shop doesn't do RC either, always been static only, although I've not actually been in there for many years, I do go past every now and then. I used to go to Mick Charles Models in Ewell, but they have closed down due to retirement. There is a great model shop in Worthing called Sussex Model Centre if ever you're down that way, though they are closed on a Sunday. It's sad that most of this hobby is now online, but the high street is slowly dying in general, you just don't get the choice you used to get anymore.

Thank you! The vintage hi-fi is another rabbit hole I dive into! I have quite a few of the Sony FH/MHC mini hi-fi's, these 2 are ones I hide at work for the time being. The Technics is my 'daily' hi-fi, was a freebie as well which always makes it sweeter!

I haven't actually run it yet!

Looks great!