Supershot question

[Beetlefan]

Hi all

 

I was wondering what amount I would have to spend for a good an real Tamiya supershot??

 

Beetlefan

[mobias]

Depends on the condition. I've been keeping my sights on a getting a Supershot for a while now too. One was going on the US Ebay for a couple of hundred dollars recently, it was in fairly good condition, a set of new tires and a clean and it would of looked great. I could have got it imported here to the UK in total for about £150 I reckon.

NIB tend to go for round about the £500 mark, give or take. Mint condition shelf queens probably go for £300 or so. As ever on ebay it depends on who else is bidding, you never know you could get a bargain.

[DJTheo]

I have never seen a built Super Shot going for $600, NIBs start there and can go up to almost $1K, used but in good shape usually $100-$200 and new built propably $300-$400.

Cheers

[HunterZero]

Theo's pretty close I think, although the price of NIB and new built ones can get alarmingly high. I saw one new built go for $1200, but no idea if the buyer actually paid that though. A decent complete runner will probably set you back about $200 tops.

Just make sure you get one that's complete and correctly built, or you're going to find yourself looking for another car for spares. Suspension arms (which are forever cracking), gearboxes, bumper... They're all getting rather hard to find. In fact, all parts for the Hot Shot chassis cars are getting harder to find. The trouble is they are a pretty complex car, so most used examples will have some missing/wrong bits, and quite often they're missing the Technipower motor.

Note the knuckles can be replaced with the ones from a TA-01, but to make it fit properly you need another pair of the longer dogbones from the rear.

- James

[WillyChang]

Note the knuckles can be replaced with the ones from a TA-01, but to make it fit properly you need another pair of the longer dogbones from the rear.

am suspecting there's 2 different ball screws too... one's got coarser thread?

[Wandy]

I have never seen a built Super Shot going for $600, NIBs start there and can go up to almost $1K, used but in good shape usually $100-$200 and new built propably $300-$400.

Cheers

Well one just went for £275 on ebay and it wasn't even mint!

[mobias]

There's currently a NIB one on Ebay for a rather large sum of money. If I could have any Tamiya to build this would be it...

xxx please no live auction links unless they are your own auctions xxx

 

[DJTheo]

Well one just went for £275 on ebay and it wasn't even mint!

Can you please send me the link, somehow can't find it.

Cheers 

[Tipsy]

I found it under completed auctions. Bit surpised at the price myself, especially when it still needed some parts to make it new built

Supershot 

[DJTheo]

That's impressive [H], but single auctions don't also usually tell the whole truth.

Cheers 

[tobyd]

My mint Supershot has just hit the trade room if you are interested. Will hit ebay this evening so hurry for a preview!