BB01 BBX RC : speculation/rumours/hope

[matisse 1704]

So….what do we think it is then?

new off road buggy? Truck? Beach Buggy?

[Tamiyastef 2943]

Ooh! A new beach buggy would be epic. Sand rail looks combined with modern day handling, I'm hooked already  Padla track tires, wide for the rear and small in front fitted on new rims, mmm. One can dream right?

[matisse 1704]

3 minutes ago, Tamiyastef said:

Ooh! A new beach buggy would be epic. Sand rail looks combined with modern day handling, I'm hooked already  Padla track tires, wide for the rear and small in front fitted on new rims, mmm. One can dream right?

What led me that way was the listing of plated wheels as part of the parts listing, seems appropriate.

[toyolien 6266]

Yes yes yes. A modern take on something like the Rough Rider or Wild One, but using modern fibre-reinforced plastics with a full LED light kit option. That would be epic. I know other companies do something similar (like Team Associated), but although the plastics are great they usually end up whacking on a tribal designed Tupperware tub as a body. NO ONE does 'scale' like Tamiya.

[JYCM3 241]

I tried to google BBX buggy and the images pulls up was BoomerBuggy X 😂 

looks like a minion on wheels lol.

Anyway, can’t wait to see what it is.

[Honza 1232]

10 hours ago, matisse said:

 Beach Buggy?

Beach buggy! I was wondering why would Tamiya make another buggy chassis. Now it makes sense 😀

I looked through few manuals to see, which chassis could be converted to a buggy, if it had A-parts, C-parts and D-parts replaced - and it lines up with TC-01. A bit weird, but with a beach buggy body, it would make sense.

[Busdriver 6565]

6 hours ago, JYCM3 said:

I tried to google BBX buggy and the images pulls up was BoomerBuggy X 😂 

looks like a minion on wheels lol.

Anyway, can’t wait to see what it is.

Remember this is Tamiya we’re talking about hear, anything is possible including this!!

[BuggyDad 6444]

14 hours ago, Tamiyastef said:

Ooh! A new beach buggy would be epic. Sand rail looks combined with modern day handling, I'm hooked already  Padla track tires, wide for the rear and small in front fitted on new rims, mmm. One can dream right?

EPIC INDEED! I presume this is all idle speculation but I would be so in for one of those.

13 hours ago, toyolien said:

Yes yes yes. A modern take on something like the Rough Rider or Wild One, but using modern fibre-reinforced plastics with a full LED light kit option. That would be epic. I know other companies do something similar (like Team Associated), but although the plastics are great they usually end up whacking on a tribal designed Tupperware tub as a body. NO ONE does 'scale' like Tamiya.

And this. So this! Those two are iconic Tamiya for me - I'd buy into the personality of that kind of thing in a heartbeat but I'm not that interested in rereleased old geometries, materials etc. Wild One is perhaps the model that evokes Tamiya nostalgia for me more than anything and yet I still didn't buy one. 

It would be an interesting challenge to design such a thing though; arguably some of the performance downsides are also key parts of the scale design?

[TWINSET 1795]

It's a Blitzer Beetle Xtreme - basically a TRF Blitzer with lexan shell, tons of heavy blue, costs 3 times what a normal BB would and doesn't include an ESC, motor, wheels, tires, tyres, or a driver figure although, weirdly, will contain the driver sprue from the Buggy Champ.

It'll be an already-discontinued limited edition available only to employees of Tamiya Guatemala and will ship on a plain box each illustrated with a hand-drawn sketch of the kit by Jun Watanabe.

 

Probably

[Ministrone 1679]

Could be a Tamiya kit with Ball Bearings. 

[Bwaaatch 630]

11 minutes ago, Ministrone said:

Could be a Tamiya kit with Ball Bearings. 

You’re living a fantasy, mate! See previous posts for far more realistic scenarios.

[Frog Jumper 4050]

Belt drive buggy.  A modern Durga.  That’s my guess…

[matisse 1704]

3 hours ago, Frog Jumper said:

Belt drive buggy.  A modern Durga.  That’s my guess…

Yes please 

[ImALlama 1562]

17 hours ago, JYCM3 said:

I tried to google BBX buggy and the images pulls up was BoomerBuggy X 😂 

looks like a minion on wheels lol.

Anyway, can’t wait to see what it is.

11 hours ago, Busdriver said:

Remember this is Tamiya we’re talking about hear, anything is possible including this!!

Don’t know why this made me laugh so much, but if they did actually make this thing I’m buying one 

[BuggyDad 6444]

So soon after the TD4/2 would they normally release another new buggy chassis? 

12 minutes ago, ImALlama said:

Don’t know why this made me laugh so much, but if they did actually make this thing I’m buying one 

It has a bit of a Tamiya look about it. Stick that on a touring chassis, extra weight down low and the world's thinnest lexan shell. Corner like it's on rails. 

[Tamiyastef 2943]

On tamiyabase website the BB-01has type of model: Buggy...

[TurnipJF 10578]

I reckon that they will be ultra-simple chassis along the lines of the RC Boys models of old, but capable of taking standard bodies. The main chassis will probably be shared between the different versions, with different bulkheads and suspension components used to change wheelbase and track width so that it can be built as a touring car, mini or buggy. 

[toyolien 6266]

I wondered whether the 'BB' could stand for Blockhead Buggy? Rather than Jun putting a spin on a Tamiya classic, he's created his own verion of an 80's style beach buggy.

I can but dream....

[Kol__ 3911]

What's this all about then lads? Do we have a link to a Tamiya press release or something? How has this info come about?

Edit: is it this?..

https://tamiyablog.com/2022/12/future-tamiya-rc-released-that-will-be-probably-presented-at-nuremberg-toy-fair-2023/

Says on Tamiya base that it's a buggy with a polycarbonate shell🤔

[BuggyGuy 1144]

Bits listed:

22068 BB-01 Dogbone Shafts (2 Pcs.)
22069 BB-01 Aluminum Front Uprights
22070 BB-01 Aluminum Servo Stays
22071 BB-01 Aluminum Slipper Clutch Set
51711 BB-01 A-Parts (Front Bumper Stay) (2 Pcs.)
51712 BB-01 C-Parts (Front Uprights) (2 Pcs.)
51713 BB-01 D-Parts (Suspension Arms) (2 Pcs.)
51714 48 Pitch Spur Gear (86T)
51715 Buggy Wheels (Plated) (4 Pcs.)
51716 Buggy Front Tires (2 Pcs.)
51717 Buggy Rear Tires (2 Pcs.)
 

The key one for me is the clutch.

Edit - with the rumoured return of a TRF race team, maybe the TD4 wasn't a good enough base for a TRF buggy... ( https://kentech.wordpress.com/2022/11/28/trf-race-team-comeback/ ) 

[ThunderDragonCy 8706]

Hmmmm. I am getting interested now..... 

[matisse 1704]

35 minutes ago, ThunderDragonCy said:

Hmmmm. I am getting interested now..... 

Same….the slipper caught my eye when it was first released.

The plated wheels still scream hobby buggy or beach buggy, but still, im very interested 

[BelknapCrater 181]

6 hours ago, BuggyGuy said:

Bits listed:

22068 BB-01 Dogbone Shafts (2 Pcs.)
22069 BB-01 Aluminum Front Uprights
22070 BB-01 Aluminum Servo Stays
22071 BB-01 Aluminum Slipper Clutch Set
51711 BB-01 A-Parts (Front Bumper Stay) (2 Pcs.)
51712 BB-01 C-Parts (Front Uprights) (2 Pcs.)
51713 BB-01 D-Parts (Suspension Arms) (2 Pcs.)
51714 48 Pitch Spur Gear (86T)
51715 Buggy Wheels (Plated) (4 Pcs.)
51716 Buggy Front Tires (2 Pcs.)
51717 Buggy Rear Tires (2 Pcs.)
 

Where are these being listed? My web searches are turning up nil.

[Nicadraus 6675]

BB - Better Buggy, Big Buggy or Best Buggy? 

[Big Jon 703]

On 12/22/2022 at 9:34 AM, Frog Jumper said:

Belt drive buggy.  A modern Durga.  That’s my guess…

Please, please be a “modern enough” belt-drive wheeler with a pretty body…