Re Re Supershot

[angel wings]

Why has Tamiya not Re Re the Supershot, what a car, such an improvement over the hotshot that was re re.

Yes the drive train is still abit slack but who cares, just look at it.

Tamiya must release this baby, is it because the re re will cost to much or are there other reasons, I really want one ( yes another kit I want haha) I cant find anywhere that is selling the vintage Supershot, not even the old faithful ebay. Its just sad that it wasn't released after the Hotshot

http://classictamiyarc.com/tamcars23.html

Could you imagine a re re Supershot with available hop ups like the df02 and df03 have ...

[Swarm]

Dunno Angel it is a nice set of wheels thou ....seems they hold back all the good ole cars .

I found one on ebay $380.00 singapore dollars dunno what that is in pounds sterling

Stuart

[Mad Ax]

I'd be very tempted if they re-re'd it. Probably wouldn't take that much work, provided they can still cheaply make the shock towers for the 4-shock suspension.

The HotShot is a really great build and even tho it's not too hot as an off-road racer I still recommend one as a building experience and just to look at. They rock

[ukzz4iroc]

I hope they don't. Re-re completely ruined the Hotshot 1 market. the Supershot is speacial but was still effected by tumbling HS pricing. I want Tamiya to now focus on new classics.

[WillyChang]

wouldn't be hard for T to make the shocktowers etc... but the Technipower motor is no longer made by Mabuchi

[angel wings]

wouldn't be hard for T to make the shocktowers etc... but the Technipower motor is no longer made by Mabuchi

Yeah but you'd find if they did re re it, it would come with a standard silver can

[HunterZero]

Yeah but you'd find if they did re re it, it would come with a standard silver can

They re-red the Hot Shot, it would be easy to re-re the Super Shot. All it needs is the gold wheels, pinspikes, body parts, the underguard, full bearings, HP 4-shock upgrade and a tuned motor.

Huge Super Shot fan here! I already have two, but I'd get another if it was re-re'd. I am not really into collecting the old cars NIB, but the Super Shot is one car I'd love to have an original NIB.

If they did re-re it, I hope they don't just include a silvercan 540. I hope it would come with a GT tuned or at least a sport tuned or dirt tuned.

- James

[Wandy]

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.

[Origineelreclamebord]

It's not even that unlikely that they will re-re it... The wheels seem just like gold plated versions of the Hotshot wheels, and the Technipower motor would be replaced by a standard 540 motor... Quite simple

And if they don't, You can get yourself a re-re hotshot and get yourself some Supershot shock towers and fitting shocks Or make them. I just looked into the manual, they are quite simple...

Still then probably it will not be a Super Shot completely, but at least it has the independent suspension that the Super Shot has.

[WillyChang]

i wish they'd just re-re the Hotshot hopups like the HS Suspension set

[markbt73]

i wish they'd just re-re the Hotshot hopups like the HS Suspension set

That would be cool. And the Supershot body with the long nose to go with it. You can keep the gold wheels; I never liked them.

[weeman18]

Why has Tamiya not Re Re the Supershot, what a car, such an improvement over the hotshot that was re re.

Yes the drive train is still abit slack but who cares, just look at it.

Tamiya must release this baby, is it because the re re will cost to much or are there other reasons, I really want one ( yes another kit I want haha) I cant find anywhere that is selling the vintage Supershot, not even the old faithful ebay. Its just sad that it wasn't released after the Hotshot

http://classictamiyarc.com/tamcars23.html

Could you imagine a re re Supershot with available hop ups like the df02 and df03 have ...

I totally agree, the super shot is a smashing looking buggy, really mean looking in my opinion. I love the box art colour scheme too. I've been toying with the idea of getting the re re hotshot, but cash is a bit tight at the moment . Ive also heard through the grape vine that there is talk of a dyna storm based 2wd buggy in the pipe line, so im faced with the dilemma, do I keep the few pennies that I have and wait the the ds buggy or splurge out on the hot shot. aaarrrggghh. I do know this though, if they did release the super shot again I'd buy it in a shot(no pun intended).

[Origineelreclamebord]

I totally agree, the super shot is a smashing looking buggy, really mean looking in my opinion. I love the box art colour scheme too. I've been toying with the idea of getting the re re hotshot, but cash is a bit tight at the moment . Ive also heard through the grape vine that there is talk of a dyna storm based 2wd buggy in the pipe line, so im faced with the dilemma, do I keep the few pennies that I have and wait the the ds buggy or splurge out on the hot shot. aaarrrggghh. I do know this though, if they did release the super shot again I'd buy it in a shot(no pun intended).

Where did you hear that about a 2wd DS like buggy coming!!? That would be great!

Anyway, to get back on topic, it would cost you only a few hours and dollars to make these shock towers yourself. And don't take alu, it's fragile for bending, just take regular steel. It might be heavier, but will survive the bends for the front towers way better. The most difficult thing would probably be if you make them yourself is to find the right dimensions. You can also decide to first buy shocks and make fitting shock towers for the shocks instead of going for the real Supershot shock tower dimensions

And for extending the nose you can use a spare piece of lexan. You will have a line on the front where the two pieces will meet each other, but if you do it well you can use that line in a paint scheme.

[vtecboost]

I would love a re-re Super Hot Shot, but by the same It would hurt the HS market for sure. If anything it would help the broken & replacement parts side of the market.

[WillyChang]

no need to DIY them, the front towers can be found in a bubblepack'd CVA shock option pack.

It's a bit harder to make the bottom joint but not impossible.

rear shock towers are a bit harder, its got some fancy bracketing at the gearbox to mount the "T" FRP plate.

Hardest would be the bottom mounts on the rear arms, they're pretty unique.

Can't be too hard to repro the shell, its pretty small. Decals are a current WiP

[weeman18]

Where did you hear that about a 2wd DS like buggy coming!!? That would be great!

Anyway, to get back on topic, it would cost you only a few hours and dollars to make these shock towers yourself. And don't take alu, it's fragile for bending, just take regular steel. It might be heavier, but will survive the bends for the front towers way better. The most difficult thing would probably be if you make them yourself is to find the right dimensions. You can also decide to first buy shocks and make fitting shock towers for the shocks instead of going for the real Supershot shock tower dimensions

And for extending the nose you can use a spare piece of lexan. You will have a line on the front where the two pieces will meet each other, but if you do it well you can use that line in a paint scheme.

About the Dyna Storm question. Its a rumour I've heard on this site a few times now. Im not sure if its true or not, or if its just been mention to get our pulses racing. I remember someone saying that they think it will be released towards the end of this year. I hope there are members out there who are reading this, that can shed some light on this subject. Until then I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

[Hibernaculum]

I hope they don't. Re-re completely ruined the Hotshot 1 market. the Supershot is speacial but was still effected by tumbling HS pricing. I want Tamiya to now focus on new classics.

Agree. While it would be nice to see some parts re-released to bring prices down (should we really be paying $120 for gold-plated plastic wheels? ), Tamiya really need to stop trading on past glories and move on.

But I don't see them creating a new classic buggy either. Even if Tamiya produced a good looking retro-style buggy, it's chassis would most likely be modern, perfect and boring, rather than the old over-engineered style where chassis and drivetrain were both flawed and fascinating (and quite often, incorporating metal). This is totally understandable, because technology and customer expectations have moved on. It's just unfortunate for fans of the old ways.

Buggy design is at it's lowest point ever, IMO. Every new buggy I've seen just looks like another weird bit of aerodynamic, japanimation junk to me. Sorry, that's my opinion

The era when the Baja buggy culture of the USA collided with Japanese toy ingenuity, is over. But we are lucky it ever happened in the first place, and that it produced so much R/C gold from Tamiya, AYK, Marui, Kyosho, Nikko, Mugen and the rest. The good news though is that you have to be very lucky to own all the cars that the old era produced, so there is plenty to keep you amused for years to come if you have the patience to save your pennies and hunt for parts.

cheers,

H.

[MAD RACER]

I too wanted a Super Shot so bad..........

I ended up buying a RE realase Hot Shot to try to satisfy my hunger. I than found on e bay a Hp suspension set from the Uk . My plan was to build the Hot Shot to be

almost a Super Shot as I had a new underguard and now the Hp suspension. Still not the same but when I was racing at local race meet I was talking to a racer who

raced a Super Shot and still had it in storage, I managed to purchased it fot $100 or 50 pounds. It came with a Technipower motor and instructions as well. I bought a

Super Shot Decal set

of the Tamiya club for 50 pounds and went to work on a re build which I have posted in the vintage posts.

Since I started the re build i have seen 3 Super Shots on e bay and have gone for a fair bit. Last one was a good looking Super Shot that was fully restored that went

for only $170 Aus on e bay here in Australia. It even had a re built Technipower as well. I don't understand why so cheap. Jr-Rc has a Hp suspension set for purchase

but is more than I paid. I now own both and can understand the hype of both.

In my opinion Tamiya will never re realase the Higher performance version of that buggy as it will cost to much to include the goodies and the market would never be

as big as the original that made it sought after. A good example is the Top Force and now Evo. Than again the Manta Ray was the basic Top Force but Tamiya was still

producing it as the Blazing Star/ Dirt Trasher.... :

[HunterZero]

Honestly, I can't see why people are saying that re-releasing the Super Shot would be too expensive, given that the Hot Shot has been re-released.

The Super Shot didn't have as many hop-ups over the Hot Shot as people think. The reason why the original Super Shot was so expensive is because full ball bearings were included in the kit, and ball bearings were prohibitively expensive when this kit was originally released. Ball bearings are cheap these days. And I am sure that Tamiya have improved their chrome plating techniques since the 80's and could produce gold plated wheels that don't chip as easily.

The dampers are plastic rather than aluminium of the Hot Shot. The shock towers aren't anything elaborate, a couple of pressed alu parts with alu spacers, and a cut piece of FRP. The underguard is a single piece of plastic. The Super Shot doesn't even have the front stabilizer.

The fact that the Technipower is no longer available is no obstacle - as I said, they could just include a GT tuned.

The only reason I can see that they wouldn't re-release it, is because it's too similar to the Hot Shot, and too soon after its re-release... Remember, Tamiya released the Fire Dragon down the line, after re-releasing the Thundershot. So never say never!

Tamiya will re-release cars based on their judgement on whether or not doing so would make them money. It wouldn't surprise me if Tamiya did re-release the Super Shot, but if they do, they won't do it so soon after releasing the Hot Shot. Maybe in 2009...

- James