Anyone ever play with the old tamiya toys? I just ordered the frog today.
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| Author: | PilotJunkie_87 [ Mon Jan 08, 2018 12:27 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Tamiya frog | ||
Anyone ever play with the old tamiya toys? I just ordered the frog today.
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| Author: | Randman [ Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Pretty cool! About 10 years ago, the company I work for used to make and package the aerosol Tamia model paints. I still have 20 or 30 cans from the production runs. Rand |
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| Author: | bullnerd [ Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Yup, had the lancia Rally, Same chassis. Tons of fun with that thing and put it through hell! LOL! I made skis for the front and put big paddle tires in the back so I could drive it in the snow. |
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| Author: | go oddy [ Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Had a friend in school, asked me to come over to run RCs. I had a radio shack Porsche maybe did 5mph, he pulled out the frog (or maybe it was a grasshoppper) certainly looks the same... my jaw hit the ground. Saved all summer to grab a Blackfoot. Oh to be a kid again. |
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| Author: | liduno [ Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Back in the 80's I think I had almost every tamiya truck or buggy made. The Subaru Brat and the Blackfoot were my favorites. For some reason I never had the Porsche. I think I enjoyed building them as much as driving them. |
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| Author: | stix [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Now that's a name I havnt heard in a long time...a long time...I had the 2wd Ultima and 4wd Optima then graduated on to the RC10, I think that was the name, Team Accociated?? Those were the good ol days for sure. |
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| Author: | bullnerd [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
I still have an RC10T from the 80s that my wife, then GF bought me. |
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| Author: | FloridaEdd [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:23 am ] | ||
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Got a team associate RC10 gold tub on the shelf. I too had the standard radio shack cars but could not afford the good ones. Fast forward and I went nuts for about 10 years. 1/24th to 1/4 scale cars /trucks/airplanes/helicopters and boats. Cars with antilock 4 wheel disc brakes that will run about 85mph and 5' boats with 5hp engines but my favorite is my Tamiya Bruiser 1/10th scale crawler. I think only the frame is now original. I ended up selling 4 of my best cars to buy my Dakart
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| Author: | liduno [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
That thing was a beast, loved the transmission setup. |
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| Author: | stix [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Antilock brakes?? Sure have come a long way since I used to run the RC's back in the mid 80's. I had a few gas powered cars but they always broke easily. |
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| Author: | DMoneyAllstar [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
My buddy had "The Frog" (green/white) and it was the coolest r/c ever back in the day. We were all jealous. He had another one called "The Hare" or "Brown Hare" or "Wild Hare" that was more of a bug/beatle style. This back in the mid/late 1980's. |
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| Author: | Duneit [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
By reading all the posts on these cars you can sure tell the average persons age! 
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| Author: | go oddy [ Tue Jan 09, 2018 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
Duneit wrote: By reading all the posts on these cars you can sure tell the average persons age! Old Is as old does.... and I do geritol
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| Author: | PilotJunkie_87 [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
My kit is suppose to come in on the 26th of this month once I get it I will great a project thread of the assembly |
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| Author: | stix [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
PilotJunkie_87 wrote: My kit is suppose to come in on the 26th of this month once I get it I will great a project thread of the assembly This should jingle around some old memories, cool! |
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| Author: | liduno [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
I remember having to get ''Thorpe'' differentials and axles, for all the Frog style trucks and buggies. Best upgrade ever for that style transmission. |
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| Author: | stix [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
How about upgrading from the slow response speed controllers to solid state. I had to throw three months of newspapers to pay for that upgrade! |
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| Author: | liduno [ Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tamiya frog |
stix wrote: How about upgrading from the slow response speed controllers to solid state. I had to throw three months of newspapers to pay for that upgrade! Don't forget the trinity gold motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? ))..lolI really hate that automatic internal combustion quote thingy. |
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