My 1st tamiya was a grasshopper I got from my parents in 1985 (I think) for Christmas. My brother got one too. The following year we went racing at the Queens hall in Derby, followed by some old skool off road muddy field racing over the summer. I then bought myself a kyosho pegasus that I attempted to build myself (very badly) and then my interest fizzled as I found other distractions (females, mostly).
Back in about 2010, I was reminiscing about the grasshopper days whilst at work and wondered whatever happened to tamiya and grasshoppers. Lo and behold, found the scene alive and well. Back when I was racing the grasshopper, my eye was always drawn to these bright red fire-breathing 4wd wonders, the hotshot. Had a quick Google, seen they had been re released and...here I am, 15 odd years later with quite a few more cars. But no grasshopper 🤔