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I wonder if Tamiya have ever done customer research as to a re-re SRB in Japan? I would think even over there would be a clamour for a Sand Scorcher?

Re-releases. Everyday I come on here hoping to see a thread in caps screaming that the FAV/Wild One/Boomerang/Avante/Sand Scorcher has been re-re'd. That Scorcher re-re wind up thread by Netsmith still lives long in the memory! A good thing about this club is that it got me interested in a lot of the modern Tamiyas, some of which are on my wish list...but mainly it's the 1980s stuff that I'm really passionate about.

They wont re-release it. It came with Technipower motor & fragile gold wheels. Neither of which Tamiya will make again. It wasn't even an improvement on the Hotshot. Yeah it had independent suspension but in reality it made little difference on the track. It was basically a Hotshot with all of the hop-ups of the time fitted to it. Which made it expensive. The whole point of the re-releases is the cheapness of them. Issuing a watered-down Supershot just to satisfy the re-re market would be missing the point. The only other car from the Hotshot chassis family that you might see re-released will be the Boomerang. Infact apart from the Boomerang I can only see 3 other possible re-releases from the vintage era coming along. Fast Attack Vehicle, Wild One and Astute. Maybe the Monster Beetle. However I think if it was going to happen it would have done by now.

Nah, no disrespect to Kamtec but that looks more like a Vauxhall Chevette than a Corrado! It would have to be Tamiya quality for me to consider it.

Here is a video of it being driven by the guy I bought it off....quite a nice sound but pretty impractical for everyday driving which is why I am gonna change the exhaust very soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLoICGOc2tw I would love tamiya to do a Mk2 Golf or Corrado.

Here's one of mine...had it for a year now. VW Corrado VR6. It's rather fast.........and thirsty. Not good when it's 1.40 a litre. I collect Old Skool VWs in the same way I collect Tamiyas! Got a Jetta GTi and a Golf GTi which I will post piccies of soon. Please excuse the space shuttle solid rocket booster at the back. It's coming off and being replaced by something more subtle when I get round to it. My excuse is that it was on the car when I bought it last year. Sounds nice mind!

Hotshot Mk 1 bumper and skid plate, ie 'C' parts. Waited for 4 years to see them come up on ebay but it will never happen. That's because Tamiya simply never issued them as spares since they quickly redesigned them shortly after the car was released.

SOLD.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270212323309 Very reluctant sale. It is, of course, the kit with all of the bells and whistles included as standard. ONLY available in Japan, but here for you to buy in the UK right now.

There is not a single solitary thing that Tamiya would not re-release so long as there was a strong demand for it in the Japanese market.

Thanks. I think I will just buy a ballrace kit for it to be on the safe side though.

Finally, I am getting round to building my full option Hauler....but from the looks of things the kit does not come supplied with ballraces? I've barely looked at the kit components...lazy I know...and had a brief look at the manual and have seen "metal bearings" shown, but these dont seem to be ball bearings. Do I need to buy a ballrace kit?

This auction ended earlier today.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=002 Dont think I've ever seen a new built Scorcher or Bruiser go for that amount of money, so with the release of modern day 3-speeds is the Avante now the ultimate Tamiya to have? Or is it just silly season? This Egress http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=002 was nearly as pricey!

1) I really, really want a Mounty High Lift for Xmas, and no doubt about it my girlfriend would get me one without hestitation, but the problem is I have other things that I really need more...so justifying asking for the Mounty is gonna be a struggle. 2) I have always been spoilt at Christmas, especially as a child, but 1985 still remains one of my favourite, if not the most favourite af all Santa times. It was the year I got my Hotshot after discovering Tamiya in the summer of that year. I swear I counted down the days for six months to Christmas Day. The Hotshot package was not at all cheap back in the day...180 for the full deal from Beatties..and my parents were anything but rich but after much pleading they agreed to buy me it. To this day the Hotshot remains my favourite Tamiya and even if I once more depart from the hobby there will be no way I will part with the Hotshot that I have now. (I sold my original car to help fund my 1986 Chrimbo present...a Bigwig! ).

It's not Tamiya as such that we are addicted to, it's Tamiyaclub. Let's face it, if there was no online club where we could share models, builds, opinions and experiences about Tamiya would we do the ridiculous things we do? I doubt it. Fact is that most of us got bored of the hobby after a period of time when we got into it the first time around because, lets face it, just buying a kit then building it and running it has only a limited and finite appeal. This club allows us to indulge in our passions and aspirations, but most of all brings us together as part of a community with a shared interest in a way that was not possible before the advent of the internet. Long may it continue! My little contribution: You know your an addict when you buy a kit, then sell it to raise funds...only to regret the sale so you buy the exact same kit back a few months later for more than you paid for it the first time around!

Too right I do!....but it will have to wait for that time in the...ahem...near future when I win the lottery.

I know I shouldn't laugh but the commentator prattling on just before the crash gives that clip some comedy value.

Here is the link to the guy who built the Airbus model.. http://www.michel-concorde.com/index2.html Apparantly the video I posted was it's test flight. Just look at the attention to detail on the fully finished model. Thats what you call truly scale modelling!

Actually I just did a bit of searching...apparantly the Airbus is worth 25,000!!!! Slightly out of my price range.

Out of interest, how much do we reckon that Concorde would cost to buy?

R/C real-life scale JET planes! http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/...6_RC_airbus.wmv http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/...RC_concorde.wmv Can you imagine Tamiya, with their ability to produce super realistic models, producing a Concorde or Airbus like these two with working miniature gas turbine jet engines? I think I'd beg, steal and borrow to own that Concorde. The noise as it flys by just blows me away! Please Mr Tamiya...get into R/C jet planes. I will pay whatever you ask!

Yep that's a Mid alright. Fitted with long wheelbase chassis. The 'conversion' seems to be the big wheels and nasty looking fitment plates bodged onto the chassis.

Could not agree more. Infact Tamiya should have a look at that modified Frog on the other thread and realise what they should be producing.

That Frog is just absolutely stunning. That to me is the route Tamiya should be going down. Re-release the oldies with modern technology yet keeping them looking almost identical to the originals. Realism allied with 21st century technology.

So these things are the latest example of the occasional madness that occurs in our hobby. JR-RC sold his for 240. For a bodyset. Ludicrous. And yes I do know that it's all about supply and demand and that people are entitled to spend their money on whatever they wish but it does not make it any less ludicrous.