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Hello everyone, I am a new member of TC.

I would like to know (In your opinion) what Tamiya chassis has more users, parts and hop-ups. TT02 Maybe?

Thank you very much, I hope to learn a lot here.

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Hi there and welcome.

Tamiya chassis with more users? I would say the Grasshopper chassis might be the most used, but that is just my guess -no solid stats.

Have a good Tuesday! :)

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I'm thinking TT01. Cheap to get into the hobby and lots of option parts.

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Does 'popular' mean one that people like the best or the best selling since initial release?

If the former, I really like the TA-01/TA-02 and dervatives as its always an enjoyable build and needs minimal hop ups, tends to already have oil dampers included and the bodies that are ocasionaly rereleased on it I feel nostalgic about.

If the latter - TT01? They are still turning out new kits every year on it.

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Agree with @mongoose1983 - most built / users to date is likely the Grasshopper or Hornet 

Most hop ups / spares will be the TT01 / TT02 for the reasons above 

And at the current run rate those letter chassis will probably overtake the old ones re most users in a couple of years 

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Most popular...probably CW01, Hoppers and SRB variants. Blackfoots, Hornets and Lunchboxes have to account for 50% of Tamiya sales. Then maybe TT02. 

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Ha, shows how out of touch I am with the modern stuff... I'm thinking Grasshopper/Hornet of Blackfoot/Monster Beetle, and then the TT01 gets mentioned, and I think, "Oh right, those exist..."

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4 hours ago, markbt73 said:

Ha, shows how out of touch I am with the modern stuff... I'm thinking Grasshopper/Hornet of Blackfoot/Monster Beetle, and then the TT01 gets mentioned, and I think, "Oh right, those exist..."

Actually, I don't believe I've ever seen a TT01. And for sure I can't distinguish a TT01 from a car of another maker! :ph34r:

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Most of the new stuff seems to be around the TT-02 chassis 

buggy

drift

saloon 

How close is the TT-01 to the TT-02

JJ

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4 hours ago, Problemchild said:

Most of the new stuff seems to be around the TT-02 chassis 

buggy

drift

saloon 

How close is the TT-01 to the TT-02

JJ

Similar but very few parts directly swap over. Diff cases split vertically on TT01 and horizontally on the TT02.

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If you want to talk most sold kits of all time, I'd be surprised if the TA01/2 DF01 chassis arrangement wasn't the highest sold. 

That being said they have released a huge number of bodys on both TT01 and TT02, including Xpert Builts.

Juls

 

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19 hours ago, Bromley said:

Most popular...probably CW01, Hoppers and SRB variants. Blackfoots, Hornets and Lunchboxes have to account for 50% of Tamiya sales. Then maybe TT02. 

On this forum maybe. Outside of this forum I wouldn't be surprised to find that TT01/TT02 see 20-50x the popularity that they do here and eclipse the sales of everything previously mentioned combined, for one reason only; the bodys that they are bundled with. A huge chunk of Tamiyas market must come from people who just want say a Subaru WRX RC car, don't know what a Lunchbox or Grasshopper is, and probably never find out either.

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