Wild Horse
1/18th scale. It is 4wd and has sounds. It has a starter sound, idling and engine sound that changes according to the running speed. When you stop it has an exhaust brake sound and it also has a reverse buzzer sound. It has a horn button on the controller and get this, a warning signal every 30 seconds if you forget to turn the truck off after a certain time of no usage. Do not know date of manufacture, but it is very Tamiya MFU.
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Hibernaculum
Nice collection of Nikkos and others there. I have a large collection of these too, some NIB.
I noticed this 'Wild Horse' model. I can give you a bit of history about it.
Tandy/Radio Shack sold these cars in Australia in 1989. They had the Wild Horse, and Wild Pony (a smaller version). The former retailed for AU$199. The latter for AU$119. I think they were manufactured by Nikko in either 1989 or perhaps 1988.
I have both, but I can tell you - down here the Wild Horse was much bigger than the one in your showroom. The one in your showroom looks just like the Wild Pony, but renamed as the Horse.
Also, the original Wild Horse and Wild Pony did not have any sound effects - they were purely R/C trucks. So my guess is this one is a later version.
Nikko were notorious for rebranding their cars differently right around the world - making it very hard to trace the exact history of things.
The real Wild Horse is HUGE - easily the size of a Monster Beetle etc. It's takes a 7.2v battery pack and 2 x 9volt batteries.
The Wild Pony, meanwhile, is like an exact miniature in every way - smaller, and body sits lower on the chassis. It takes 8 x AA, and 2 x 9volt.
Hope this was useful
Rayman011
Yes the info helps. Thankyou very much.
Jeffescortlxturbo
Yeah, the wild horse here in the USA uses a Nikko Thor chassis. But I have seen both versions on ebay in the US. Either way I wish I still had my pony. Nice collection man!
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