stealthstylz
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Tamiya Hotshot IIstealthstylz
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Aug 21, 2009 23:37:33 GMT
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Dug my old RC car out of the loft. Still minty fresh!!  Are they worth anything yet? Matt |
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Aug 21, 2009 23:42:50 GMT
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Don't think so. Could be wrong though.
Also that photo is from the future.
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stealthstylz
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Tamiya Hotshot IIstealthstylz
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Aug 21, 2009 23:54:00 GMT
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I thought something funny happened when I was on the M1 earlier. I thought the blue lights were a police car pulling me for being nearly 20mph over the limit but I got home and my daughter was 3!!!
Matt
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can RC cars go 88mph.
I see the wires not connected. do the join onto the flux capacitor?
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Tamiya Hotshot IItourettesteddy
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Aug 22, 2009 21:09:46 GMT
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If its an original Hotshot 1 or 2 its worth something it looks in very good condition, did you ever use it ?  Tamiya have reissued the Hotshot among many other classic models that they made in the 80's i think you can get the reissues for 80 quid ish for most of them. If you had the box too then it would be worth more  |
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stealthstylz
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Tamiya Hotshot IIstealthstylz
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Aug 22, 2009 21:40:16 GMT
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I think I only used it 3 times. Moved onto go karts pretty quick lol.
Matt
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Aug 22, 2009 21:45:12 GMT
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I wish i could say my RC was as clean and mine is only a year old! pmsl
Nice car!
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Tamiya Hotshot IIretrowagen1234
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check ebay... the price of these are shooting up!! if its tidy then its worth a fair bit... problem being the hotshot isnt a desireable one... frogs, hornet, things like that.. are worth the real money, and then you get into sill teritory with the 70's stuff that can fetch upwards of 300quid... i used to collect these things and still have quite a few stashed away... even dug my old blackfoot out the other day and blasted it round the garden untill the 15 year old battery exploded haha
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Tamiya Hotshot IItourettesteddy
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Aug 23, 2009 10:50:38 GMT
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I dunno the Hotshot and Hotshot 2 were the only competetive race cars Tamiya had around till they brought out the Avante (4x4) and the Astute (2wd) a year or two later. I can remember these being a force to be reckoned with back in the day when i used to race. They went like stink fitted with a Technigold motor some ball races and a decent digital speed controller  |
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Aug 24, 2009 13:42:28 GMT
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sold mine a couple of years ago... car didn't look as good nick as yours but it had a load of spares and the original box I think I got about £90 for it on ebay with no radio gear or batteries.  |
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Nathan
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Tamiya Hotshot IINathan
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Aug 24, 2009 15:48:25 GMT
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IMO that was the best acoms controller, it did not used ot eat batteries like the newer LED layout versions.
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Tamiya Hotshot IIColonelk
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Aug 24, 2009 20:10:13 GMT
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Hmmmmm might have to dig my old one of the loft, not as old as that though!
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Tamiya Hotshot IIretrowagen1234
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Aug 24, 2009 20:31:09 GMT
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yeah they are quite good, just don't have the appeal of the earlier stuff to collectors.... i realy miss my old avante.. that had a novac esc and a realy low wind motor in it... all dyno'd  |
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Aug 24, 2009 20:37:28 GMT
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These are really old, I remember them alongside Hornet and Vanessa's Lunchbox! You can still buy them in the shops!
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Last Edit: Aug 24, 2009 20:37:42 GMT by DavidB
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Tamiya Hotshot IIretrowagen1234
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Aug 24, 2009 20:46:25 GMT
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These are really old, I remember them alongside Hornet and Vanessa's Lunchbox! You can still buy them in the shops! its not 'still buy them' its you can buy them again, they are remaking them but different in places... its not as old as the hornet or lunchbox tho... only a few years appart tho |
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Tamiya Hotshot IItourettesteddy
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Aug 24, 2009 20:49:17 GMT
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I had an Avante and the Astute as i used to race when i was a teenager but once the Schumacher Cat 2wd and Procat 4x4 came out the Tamiya's just couldn't compete anymore as Tamiya didn't make the hop up parts that Schumacher did for their cars, plus they were more advanced. But Cats and Procats were good but i went onto a Losi with every carbon/graphite add on you could get ;D I was never a Acoms fan though i always opted for Sanwa radio gear for some reason  |
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Tamiya Hotshot IIretrowagen1234
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Aug 25, 2009 10:06:04 GMT
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I had an Avante and the Astute as I used to race when I was a teenager but once the Schumacher Cat 2wd and Procat 4x4 came out the Tamiya's just couldn't compete anymore as Tamiya didn't make the hop up parts that Schumacher did for their cars, plus they were more advanced. But Cats and Procats were good but I went onto a Losi with every carbon/graphite add on you could get ;D I was never a Acoms fan though I always opted for Sanwa radio gear for some reason i still use (sad eh) my old futaba (remember the creamy white coloured ones?) for my yokomo lol... its the radio i bought with my avante.... strange tho that like you say , schumacher was in the lead but is now pretty curse word... even up to a couple of years ago they were the dogs... now tamiya seem to be quite a good bet |
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Aug 28, 2009 18:07:46 GMT
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I had a Hornet back in '85 and I remember the two Tamiyas that were the ones to get were the Hotshot and the Bigwig. And the Porsche 959.
Kyosho did better out-the-box kits which were a bit tougher and I upgraded to a 4wd Optima which flew.
I did a bit of racing with my mate with Mardave Ministocks on home made chassis up at Crystal Palace and got a Grasshopper second hand for a bit of a laugh. Fitted my 17-turn double wet magnet motor and esc to it and it lasted about an hour before the gearbox was stripped out ;D
Happy days.
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Tamiya Hotshot IIretrowagen1234
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Aug 28, 2009 18:32:38 GMT
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never managed to kill that chassis yet... (same as blackfoot and subaru) ive had my yokomo setup running in my old frog and the blackfoot thats now for sale... both of which went like fook |
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Tamiya Hotshot IItourettesteddy
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Aug 29, 2009 16:55:18 GMT
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Just been into the local model shop in Guildford ..Antics and what did i spot in there?? Tamiya have remanufactured the original Rough Rider limited edition mind you £275 And The classic racer the Boomerang £159 those prices are the kit only no radio but they do come with electronic speed control in the boxes. I'd love a Roughrider but i'm skint  Someone buy my VFR thats for sale  |
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