FWLBP 24 Posted April 18, 2021 My 5 yr old son loves running his hornet and clashing against my worlds RC10. My dad often watches us, and I suspect longs to run with us. I was thinking of getting him a wild one for father's day, as i think they have decent performance, but more importantly really nice detailing that I know he would enjoy building and looking at while on the shelf. I'm looking around and it seems I can't find any kits. I'm guessing its discontinued? Any chance another run of them will be made by tamiya? If no expectations that anymore will be on market, I might have to bite the bullet and get him a Kyosho Scorpion instead, as I think those have a similar look he'd like (old school sand rail). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18803 Posted April 18, 2021 eBay has the original one NIB for $599 and $650 (+shipping) from a seller in Japan. I'd buy it, but not into buggies right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FWLBP 24 Posted April 18, 2021 $600 is a tad steep for a 2wd retro buggy methinks... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tamiya3speed 461 Posted April 18, 2021 I tried to track down a NIB for a while with no luck at a reasonable price. Hopefully they will do another run as I would really like one at some point, but not at the crazy prices of the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamiyabigstuff 830 Posted April 18, 2021 I have a vintage Wild One which I would part with - will try and find it and post up some pics later. Also have about 95% of the re-re parts to build a new one - think it is just missing the wheels & tyres ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norco Kid 61 Posted April 18, 2021 10 hours ago, tamiya3speed said: I tried to track down a NIB for a while with no luck at a reasonable price. Hopefully they will do another run as I would really like one at some point, but not at the crazy prices of the moment. Really hoping for another run as well.. I had one on backorder at Tower and it got discontinued before they could fill it ☹️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tamiya3speed 461 Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Norco Kid said: Really hoping for another run as well.. I had one on backorder at Tower and it got discontinued before they could fill it ☹️ So did I! If I remember correctly it got pushed back twice before Tower marking as discontinued. Quite the bummer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A-Baum 352 Posted April 18, 2021 5 hours ago, tamiya3speed said: So did I! If I remember correctly it got pushed back twice before Tower marking as discontinued. Quite the bummer. Same here. Really had my hopes up with Tower. I got super lucky though and found someone on a tamiya FB group selling a NIB WO with a couple extra goodies for $400 shipped. Jumped on that immediately. Super super lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mirrorman 248 Posted April 21, 2021 Where are you located FWLBP? I have unbuilt RE-RE I'd part with .. but I'm in Australia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FWLBP 24 Posted April 30, 2021 Thanks for the offer Mirroman, very kind of you. I'm in Indiana, USA. I am thinking of switching gears and getting him a holiday buggy instead. I think he might like the styling of that, and it appears to have a semi-modern chassis that would perform ok. It looks like it is in stock on tamiyausa.com site, which is a blessing considering how poor inventory has been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6130 Posted April 30, 2021 Here you go! https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/98467-vintage-wild-one/ Go and grab it. This may be your last chance. Price is a steal too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raman36 1647 Posted May 12, 2021 Tamiya needs have some new batches of FAV and Wildone. They’re great. Scorpion is a good option. Priced reasonably and has good performance 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadInventor 3884 Posted May 13, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 1:08 AM, FWLBP said: My 5 yr old son loves running his hornet and clashing against my worlds RC10. My dad often watches us, and I suspect longs to run with us. I was thinking of getting him a wild one for father's day, as i think they have decent performance, but more importantly really nice detailing that I know he would enjoy building and looking at while on the shelf. I'm looking around and it seems I can't find any kits. I'm guessing its discontinued? Any chance another run of them will be made by tamiya? If no expectations that anymore will be on market, I might have to bite the bullet and get him a Kyosho Scorpion instead, as I think those have a similar look he'd like (old school sand rail). Why not look at the Kyosho Ultima ? Then he'd have a chance of keeping up with, or beating the RC10 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrowka 493 Posted May 13, 2021 FWIW, there is a Wild One kit for auction on US EBay right now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tamiya-1-10-RC-Wild-One-Off-Road-Car-Kit-58525-with-Tamiya-ESC-New-in-Open-Box-/203449800112?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 No association with the seller. Personally, I like the idea of an Ultima re re, but I already have one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites