NIB released Dec 1998

Purchased March 2020 from Yahoo Japan auction site. It arrived in the UK a few days ago and I've just opened it up today. All looks to be complete and in A1 condition, including the box - great! This is the third one of these kits I've owned over the years, and despite there being many additional hop up parts available on top of what's already in the kit, rather than seek those out as I've done before, I'll keep things simple this time and just add a set of the 53325 Aluminum knuckle arms, as luckily I have a couple of packs of these. If I can find a period-correct 53263 Dyna-Run Super Touring Motor in like new condition, I'll add that as well (edit Oct 2020 - found one, as pictured).

The TA03 comes from my favourite era of Tamiya kits (i.e. TA01&2/TG10 MkI/TGX period). I just really like the look and complexity of these kits and the hop up parts, the boxart from this era, and generally the way everything was engineered back then. Comments welcome as ever! Edit Jan 2023: found an interesting magazine review of this kit from when it was released - see last image and I've added a web link to the original article in one of the comments.