a.w.k. 665 Posted October 20, 2019 What's the attraction of those brown boxes? Sometimes I stand in front of the shelf and just look at them..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted October 20, 2019 Nostalgia 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Busdriver 6209 Posted October 20, 2019 Sorry but IMHO just build them 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guggles 79 Posted October 20, 2019 So plain and basic but much better than amazon packages  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juls1 1661 Posted October 20, 2019 Argh... so many decals to cut out.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted October 20, 2019 Love that Bullhead's box. It is HUGE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saito2 6686 Posted October 21, 2019 Yeah, its definitely nostalgia for me. It reminds me very much of perusing some of the better hobby shops that used to be in my area. The one smallish shop I visited frequently was so packed with stock, it didn't seem so small after all. The owner keep all the those brown-box Tamiya bodies at the back of one of the isles. Occasionally, you'd see the old, full-color body box like the XR311 pictured which was a treat (just like the old tire boxes), but the brown-boxes were most prevalent. All those actual replacement parts always made Tamiyas less toy-like in my eyes back then. These were no toy store cars that just became instant junk when they were broken. These had spares just like real cars. I wish Tamiya still made complete body sets like the good old days (re-re SRBs excepted). Â 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkmunki 846 Posted October 21, 2019 I have a collection of both the brown box kits and the earlier 'artwork' kits, and i've often wondered why Tamiya stopped doing the art boxes. I suspect it was for cost reasons, but maybe it was a marketing thing. The odd thing though, is that while most of the early hard shell kits were in the artwork boxes, the lexan shells were not, they were supplied in bags which could be hung from racking, the Audi Quattro and the racing master onroad series for example. Im sure there is a logical explanation for it... J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mongoose1983 3335 Posted October 21, 2019 One of our old friends @mcovalsk used to make good custom sets of the "brown boxes": https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=97902&id=6228 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truck Norris 2237 Posted October 21, 2019 They haven't stopped doing the brown boxes with artwork, but they are Japan (and maybe HK, Taiwan) only now: Not sure why, maybe to do with shipping volumes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beefmuffin 1156 Posted October 21, 2019 I love the body set boxes! IMO it imparts due value to what's inside. These days with modern or re-re bodies and decals it's all no fuss, plain plastic bags. It's like how the old kits had nice inserts and artwork etc. The new kits are just plain boxes inside. The old style seems much more worth-while. If you're going to go full in the other direction why even have box art on kits at all? Just sell them in all mixed up in a big plastic bag, lol. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Problemchild 2149 Posted October 21, 2019 I have box envy i can’t even compete  JJ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites