Blackie 510 Report post Posted October 12, 2022 Looking at possibly collecting some old Tamiya, Kyosho, Team Associated, Team Losi which I could never afford as a child. If anyone has or knows of any please let me know. PM is best. Jon/mods, please remove if not allowed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted October 14, 2022 Are you looking for shelf queens, runners, and/or NIB versions? Not yet, but possibly in the next 12 months or so I might be looking at thinning out my vintage Tamiya collection. Mostly buggies - Egress, Top Force Evo, Dyna-Storm, Avante etc but also some TA-02 Porsches and M-01 Rover Minis. Most I have NIB and shelf queen versions of. I do have a re-re (2011) Avante, built with unpainted shell, never run, that I probably don't need, if that appealed you might be able to temp me to part with it. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackie 510 Report post Posted October 14, 2022 Now that's (part of) a beautiful collection Dave. That's exactly the kind of thing I'm hoping to slowly amass myself. I would be keen on the avante of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) Let me have a think about what I might want for the Avante and put some pics together and I'll send you a PM. More... most of them gen vintage, not re-re's. Edited October 14, 2022 by M3AN 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil McCauley 399 Report post Posted October 14, 2022 @M3AN you don't happen to have any Tamiya Mini 4WD cars tucked away? Keen to re-live my Modelair childhood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted October 14, 2022 No sorry @Neil McCauley no Mini 4WD's but I do have some mini mini 4WD's! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbmiester 932 Report post Posted October 15, 2022 I had a few Tamiya's that I sold a few years back, A Frog a Boomerang and a Bigwig. Loved them, lots of fun. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackie 510 Report post Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 2:43 PM, Herbmiester said: I had a few Tamiya's that I sold a few years back, A Frog a Boomerang and a Bigwig. Loved them, lots of fun. I had a Boomerang as my first buggy. We got it on a trip to Singapore when i was College adged. Always wanted a Bigwig! The dual shock setup looked much better than the mono and I liked the flat dished wheels better too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 461 Report post Posted October 16, 2022 Really wanting to buy a re-re Hotshot or Boomerang. A friend of mine had the original Hotshot when we were kids, it was a spaceship in comparison to the overpriced underpowered toys I had. Closest I got was a mini Boomerang which I assembled and promptly raced down the driveway across the road and under the neighbours reversing Lexus. 😁 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackie 510 Report post Posted November 17, 2022 Bought this ugly duckling. Struggling to find much info online - it's a modified Hoptron Eagle. The original body has been replaced with 3D printed parts to turn it into a "frame buggy". I'm interested to see what it is supposed to look like. Quality feels on-par with Tamiya Hotshot era cars, which is nice, because when I bought it I thought it might not be hobby grade (aka a toy), but it sees to be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GorGasm 563 Report post Posted November 18, 2022 Nice. Oof the nostalgias generated from this thread. I'd love to get a new old TA03 kit. I had one as a teenager and it was super cool with the front mounted engine. Love/hate relationship with these things though as I would always kill the brushes in the motors and never be able to get them to go well again, or have the money to sort it out. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
