Best box art??

[Kpowell911]

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WOW! That’s gorgeous 

[alvinlwh]

5 hours ago, OoALEJOoO said:

Great to see some egg planes on the bottom right corner!

These?

Fun little builds these egg planes. 

[Wooders28]

Surely The Hornet has to be up there!! 

 

Not sure if it's because it looks to be going fast, or that it's got a bit of the JPS vibe of the time?

[Alex97]

The mini cooper Monte Carlo 

[junkmunki]

I think the Tamiya Road Wizard has to be a contender. It also remains the only box to be orientated upright.

J

 

[Ferruz]

On 1/9/2025 at 1:59 PM, Frog Jumper said:

Plus one for this baby... Plenty of gorgeous art on the boxes, but in my opinion this is the very best. That stance, they just nailed it. It reminds me of a Grizzly bear about to attack

[DearHighRacingClub]

On 1/10/2025 at 2:01 AM, Saito2 said:

I could go on for days about my love and breakdowns of the various box arts but these are some of my favs.

It's not me stopping you

[Saito2]

32 minutes ago, DearHighRacingClub said:

It's not me stopping you

Spurring me on?

This text is from an earlier post I made years back but it fits...

The Fox. The stance of the car clearly emphasizes how the body designs mimics a Fox's head. Slender, tapering snout, wing for "ears" etc.

The Hornet. Aside form looking like one, the boxart depicts the buggy making an exaggerated, swift turn or change in direction. Hornets and bees generally move in quick darting motions like this in real life too.

The Falcon. Now this one can be subtle. Its no too different than the Bigwig for example. However the Falcon body design plus its boxart stance shows the buggy swooping in and down into the frame, much like its namesake, poised to strike.

The Boomerang. Another subtle one. The Boomer is pictured making a turn and coming back toward the viewer, much like the real thing perhaps.

The Hot Shot. Here's one where I question if the artist drove the vehicle. Looking at how the front suspension is acting when pitched hard into the depicted turn, while exaggerated for dynamics, isn't too far off the real buggy.

The Hot Shot 2. This might be completely in my mind but the buggy's, somewhat like the Boomerang, turning and coming back to the viewer. Perhaps this signifies the "return" of the Hot Shot name in a sense.

The Bulhead. Ever drive a Clod or Bullhead? they bounce and bound a lot (much like real 1980s monster trucks). I would have thought, for its massive size, the Bullhead would be shown crushing something or emphasizing its girth. Instead, the artist cleverly zigs instead of zags showing the huge truck leaping into the picture, which actually isn't far off from reality.

 

[urban warrior]

23 hours ago, kevinb120 said:

I'm a sucker for the cutaways.

I'm a technical drawer by profession and I am a sucker for exploded views, x-ray views, cutaways, schematics and ... the manuals ... where especially Tamiya is still benchmark in my opinion.

[moffman]

First I’m gonna say all the tamiya box arts are pieces of art in their own right bar none! All look super cool and it’s what make tamiya kits stand out we all remember back in the early years when we went to our perspective hobby shop it was the tamiya box art that drew us in but my favourite for no other reason other than it’s an actual comical car that looks equally as cool as the kit thats inside the box and I could actually see myself driving it! but like I say they’re all brilliant and the none tamiya box art has to go to the 40th anniversary team associated rc10s I think they’ve knocked them out the park

[wolfdogstinkus]

What's the prize?. Cause I definitely won.

[Tamiya Fan 1]

Two more classics!

 

[urban warrior]

The Bruiser was my first love (and my first RC too) and I feel quite sad about my original boxes been destroyed during several moves. To be honest in 1988 I had never thought that they would become so "precious".

[magnumb]

On 1/11/2025 at 1:14 PM, moffman said:

First I’m gonna say all the tamiya box arts are pieces of art in their own right bar none! All look super cool and it’s what make tamiya kits stand out we all remember back in the early years when we went to our perspective hobby shop it was the tamiya box art that drew us in but my favourite for no other reason other than it’s an actual comical car that looks equally as cool as the kit thats inside the box and I could actually see myself driving it! but like I say they’re all brilliant and the none tamiya box art has to go to the 40th anniversary team associated rc10s I think they’ve knocked them out the park

 

Purchased the 40th RC10 just for the box...i could throw the inner bits away:) 

[JimBear]

For the life of me, I couldn't find a better photo than this one (slightly adjusted) from TC member @ipkiss:

This one is for @Andreas W.

[Kol__]

42 minutes ago, JimBear said:

For the life of me, I couldn't find a better photo than this one (slightly adjusted) from TC member @ipkiss:

This one is for @Andreas W.

That is one eager farmer!!!

[Pizza Frog]

I like how Tamiya re-did the artwork for these 2 instead of using a sticker;

[kevinb120]

I remember when a hobby shop had ~10 of the Jun RTR hornets on the shelf ready to run on clearance discount, I think under $150 each(it was years ago and they were in the 'I don't even have to ask permission' price point).   Probably should of bought the stack...