Vintage Holiday Buggy clone buggy

[mongoose1983]

Years ago I bought the black body that comes with this interesting clone. Then I found out it isn't really a Tamiya variation. I wonder how many of you have seen or owned this vehicle. Seemingly the only easy signs to identify is the absence of the driver and the black color.

The tires and wheels look just like the real thing but they're one-piece and the front ones does not allow bearings of any sort. The transmission and bathtub are different. I just come across one of these on eBay and was curious. Here's some photos:

Watch out, the seller is offering it as a Tamiya.

Anybody ever owned one of these?

[kontemax]

I've seen another one on the club years ago!

Max

[Shodog]

I have a NIB that I found at a garage sale.

[Hibernaculum]

What's the brand on the box, Shodog? The transmitter looks familiar to me, as from other early Japanese ready-to-run models. But itself could be a clone of a brand like Shinsei or Epoch, as I suspect this model was not from a proper brand - more a fly-by-night Korean or Chinese company.

[GregM]

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Yuck, people should really clean their things BEFORE putting them up for sale.

[Shodog]

Here is my NIB. It's made by a company named Extratoy

[NWarty]

Control distance, 100 FEETS? Amazing

[markbt73]

Control distance, 100 FEETS? Amazing

How many metrics is that?

[NWarty]

Only a fathom and bushel of centiinches

[Hibernaculum]

Thanks for the pics. Never heard of Extratoy, but certainly a Taiwanese or Korean copycat brand. And I've seen way worse in the past. This one seems like a reasonable effort on the toy, if not the spelling It even had Digital Proportional.

It says a lot when the cheap Taiwanese clones of other cars, made in the 1980s, are actually now better than most cheap Chinese stuff sold at retail today by brands like "Fastlane" and "New Bright".

"New Bright" in particular, will amaze with their flimsiness. Just pick up one of their boxed cars at Toys R Us one day, and feel how little they weigh - maybe half the weight of a solid Nikko buggy of the 80s. They are made from ultra cheap, rubbery, flexible plastic. With plasticky wheels (not rubber). And they often run on tiny slot car motors due to the reduced weight.

[Saito2]

Interesting how Tamiya would, decades later, copy the red variation's color scheme for its own re-made Holiday Buggy.