Future Re-re's?

[94eg!]

A top force EVO re-re would get even my money. I just don't really see that happening though. Tamiya has yet to re-re a hopped-up version of any model that was available in a series (hotshot, top-force, thundershot, etc). Still got my fingers crossed though...

I hope the Avante MkII puts a re-re Avante or Egress out of commission completely. I would be pretty ******* if I spent all that time and money building up mine from parts, only to have them all readily available again a few years later. Perhaps a re-re Avante 2001 would be the best for everybody. Having all the plastic trees available again would be great for those of us with runners of this series. Plus I think the Avante 2001 makes the best "runner" out of them all. I might have said the Vanquish if it wasn't for that ridiculously difficult tub chassis & battery compartment...

[terry.sc]

A top force EVO re-re would get even my money. I just don't really see that happening though. Tamiya has yet to re-re a hopped-up version of any model that was available in a series (hotshot, top-force, thundershot, etc). Still got my fingers crossed though...

The Top Force is a hopped up Manta Ray.

I hope the Avante MkII puts a re-re Avante or Egress out of commission completely. I would be pretty ******* if I spent all that time and money building up mine from parts, only to have them all readily available again a few years later. Perhaps a re-re Avante 2001 would be the best for everybody. Having all the plastic trees available again would be great for those of us with runners of this series. Plus I think the Avante 2001 makes the best "runner" out of them all. I might have said the Vanquish if it wasn't for that ridiculously difficult tub chassis & battery compartment...

I spent around 150-200 restoring a Hotshot 5 years ago. Am I disappointed that I spent all that money when I could have hung on until Tamiya released the kit? No. The pleasure was in the chase, hunting down the parts and putting it all together. Another advantage with it is that it is an original one, there are lots of differences between it and the rerelease. It might not be worth as much but that is irrelevant as like most serious collectors I don't expect to sell any of my cars.

[Black Hole Sun]

I don't think Tamiya would re-release the metal kits : too expensive I guess.

Another reason is that Tamiya did the first models including many metal parts back in the begining of 80's. But afterwards, all models where mostly plastic. Their know-how is about plastic, not metal. Re-releasing a full plastic scorcher/rover may not be much appreciate so my guess is those models will never be maketed again.

My guess (and my hope!) is Tamiya will re-release the Monster Beetle soon. They would be inspired in providing both lexan and abs bodies as they did for the re-re Brat.

Or whatever kit they best sold back in the 80's and they can produce for a reasonable price.

But I hope for the MB.

Did I mention I want a re-re MB ?

[kiwiscanfly]

Considering the stunning market values of the Sand Scorcher, it baffles me as to why that one hasn't been released, considering such niche re releases as the torsion bar equipped military buggy whose name is currently escaping me. Surely market value is an indicator of demand that isn't lost on Tamiya.

[Tamiya King]

It would be awesome if they made a modern SRB. Looks like the SRB of the days, but plastic! That would be cool!

Kinda like the F350 release.

[HunterZero]

It would be awesome if they made a modern SRB. Looks like the SRB of the days, but plastic! That would be cool!

Kinda like the F350 release.

Didn't they already do that (in a smaller scale) with the Tamtech Gear Buggy Champ?

I am still not sold on the whole 'too expensive to release a metal kit' angle... Metal parts in Tamiya kits consist mainly of...

* Pressed parts (usually aluminium)

* Cast parts (alloy/pot metal)

* CNC machined parts

Tamiya still use large quantities of CNC machined parts in their kits, so cost of production of those can't be too bad (although the cheaper kits do have a distinct absence of CNC parts). I can't imagine pressed metal parts being that hard/expensive to produce either, you just need the custom pressing/cutting part.

That leaves metal castings. The SRBs are mainly metal castings, as opposed to the XR-311 and Frog which mainly used pressed metal parts. It could be that Tamiya long ago stepped away from metal casting in favour of using plastic castings for the benefits of reduced weight and greater strength and are probably reluctant to go back to producing larger metal castings.

- James

[nigeninja]

I think it will be,as per coffee pot cars Boomerang and Astute

[Kowalski]

If they do rerelease the Astute, they will be making a few more pairs of those rear Hybrid spike tyres, that because they also are the kit rear tyres for the Egress have been going for over 40 a pair on eBay.

Elliott.

[94eg!]

My best guess for the next re-re would be the Fox. I think it would be different enough from the other cars to be special, without getting carried away in new parts. Tamiya is already remaking the oval block tires with the hot-shot re-re, the yellow dampers with the manta-ray re-re, and the rest of the car is simple plastic parts. I'm sure it will carry the usual updated dog-bone drive-shafts hopefully hidden behind rubber boots for that vintage look...

The only thing that makes a Fox re-re questionable is the gold wheels. Of course Tamiya did start up with the gold plating on the Tamtech version... :fingerscrossed:

[Wireless]

Tamtech Gear Astute and Tamtech Gear Sand Scorcher. That's my guess.

[thorsteenster]

I'd like to see a Wild One re-re.

[HunterZero]

My best guess for the next re-re would be the Fox. I think it would be different enough from the other cars to be special, without getting carried away in new parts.

The Fox shares next to nil parts with any other car, other than the CVA short shocks. All the major chassis/suspension parts are unique to The Fox. That said, it's a plastic car, so would be easy to re-release, and would probably cost about the same as the re-re Frog.

Tamiya is already remaking the oval block tires with the hot-shot re-re, the yellow dampers with the manta-ray re-re, and the rest of the car is simple plastic parts.

The 2WD oval block rear tires are different to the 4WD Hot Shot oval block rears. They are the same size, but the sidewalls have different markings.

I'm sure it will carry the usual updated dog-bone drive-shafts hopefully hidden behind rubber boots for that vintage look...

That would be the obvious improvement, and the inclusion of the front stabilizer would be nice.

The only thing that makes a Fox re-re questionable is the gold wheels. Of course Tamiya did start up with the gold plating on the Tamtech version... :fingerscrossed:

I don't think Tamiya would have any problems with the gold plated wheels for that reason, and they include metal plated parts in their other scale kits. Pretty sure that Tamiya could produce the Fox kit as a reissue with little trouble.

- James