Tamiya has teamed up with the engineers behind the Child Bugatti half-size Kind 35 to create a totally driveable model of its legendary Wild One R/C package.

The unique 1985 Wild One was a Baja-style buggy and is broadly thought-about one of many key items in Tamiya’s first 100 kits. The “First 100” as followers name it, covers the interval from 1976 when Tamiya launched its very first R/C set, by means of to 1991, and originals now command huge bucks.

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However which of these different 99 kits in that First 100 listing would you prefer to see dropped at life subsequent? With the assistance of information from fan site R/C Scrapyard we’ve provide you with 10 Tamiya R/C legends that will help you determine.

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Porsche 934 Turbo RSR
Launched December 1976

The 1/twelfth scale 934 was Tamiya’s first R/C and might be the Holy Grail for R/C Tamiya collectors. On the time of writing an entire un-built Seventies package was being marketed on eBay for $3690 (£2660).

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Sand Scorcher
Launched December 1979

The Sand Scorcher was a 1/tenth scale Baja-style Beetle based mostly on Tamiya’s earlier Tough Rider buggy, however topped with the blue and white Volkswagen physique. Tamiya truly commissioned a life-sized Scorcher based mostly on an actual Beetle again in 2010.

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The Frog
Launched December 1983

The Frog was the third Tamiya package constructed round its new ORV (off-road car) plastic space-frame chassis, moderately than a standard tub chassis. And in contrast to many R/C kits of the time it had a differential on the rear to enhance turning. However why wasn’t it inexperienced?

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Vanessa’s Lunchbox
Launched June 1987

One of the eye-catching of Tamiya’s Nineteen Eighties kits, Lunchbox was a Dodge van physique constructed on a monster truck chassis.

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The Grasshopper
Launched Might 1984

One other 1/tenth scale buggy, however this one was a less complicated, barely slower package designed to seize the marketplace for R/C newcomers.

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Hornet
Launched October 1984

One of many well-known of all Nineteen Eighties Tamiya R/C automobiles, the Hornet was a sooner, extra severe different to the Grasshopper that got here with spiked rubber tires to assist dig into the filth.

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Clod Buster
Launched September 1987

Clod Buster was Tamiya’s first correct monster truck and featured twin motors, all-wheel drive, and even rear-wheel steering.

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Scorching shot
Launched April 1985

Tamiya’s first all-wheel drive buggy had a large traction benefit over rear-wheel drive kits, however on the expense of a giant turning circle that damage agility. This authentic package is on eBay for $699.

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Monster Beetle
Launched December 1986

You wouldn’t know with out peering beneath that classic VW Bug shell, however the Monster Beetle was constructed across the similar ORV chassis as The Frog, in keeping with RC Scrapyard.

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Midnight Pumpkin
Launched December 1987

Pumpkin was one other monster truck, this time topped with the physique of a ’53 Ford pickup. It was such a well-liked package it has been re-released twice because it was initially launched in 1987.

Did we miss your favourite R/C Tamiya? Tell us within the feedback which one you’d deliver to life.