Tamiya Rough Rider re-release?

[jimmy]

So, how did I miss the announcement that my favorite car in the whole world is being re-released? The Tamiya Rough Rider!

How cool is that? Can't wait for it and I'll definitely be racing it (with a slow motor!) - who's up for some controlled class rough rider racing?

[Matisse]

dude, so far out of the loop, must have been a busy week eh!

check out the enormous threads about it on TC, some sweet pics.

[DCM]

Originally Posted by Matisse

dude, so far out of the loop, must have been a busy week eh!

check out the enormous threads about it on TC, some sweet pics.

you got a link?

[Mabuchi_Johnson_Lee]

http://tamiyablog.com/

[Radish]

Uh Oh, I think I wet myself! Any idea when this is going to be available, cost etc. I've been hoping they'd do a re-make of this for ages. I hope they haven't changed too much about it. The shocks and front uprights are a good upgrade as the originals were pretty hopeless!

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by Radish

Uh Oh, I think I wet myself! Any idea when this is going to be available, cost etc. I've been hoping they'd do a re-make of this for ages. I hope they haven't changed too much about it. The shocks and front uprights are a good upgrade as the originals were pretty hopeless!

OMG, I am almost in tears (of joy) here. This is deeply embarrassing to admit. I too (like 100's of other Tamiya anoraks) have been wondering how long it'd take. Surely if they are doing this a Scorcher can't be out of the question, then a Ranger, then maybe a Hilux. OK, getting carried away here but I have to have one, sod the credit crunch.

On t'other hand this will surely p**s off the people who make silly money out of these things, and those who actually paid it.

I'm definately up for some controlled class racing. Stock set up and a black can Sport Tuned as a suggestion.

[Matisse]

Originally Posted by DCM

you got a link?

two LONG threads here, mostly eveyone saying how great it is that its being release but some good pics, links to vids and info on the new Tamyia Li-Fe batts amongst it all.

It's not limited ed, which is nice, still has the sealed radio box and they've tweaked the specs to improve the ride.

threads are;
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/inde...opic=50313&hl=
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/inde...opic=50430&hl=

also lots of pics of the tamiya stand at the show on Tamiyablog.com

mat

[blitzboy]

i just had a flashback to when i was 13 years old and have lost the plot completely buggy champ for me and ill be up for some racing too with this bad boy

[Southwell]

Thats awesome, whos gonna be the first to put brushless in it and disintegrate the gearbox in 5 seconds flat?

[DCM]

Originally Posted by jimmy

So, how did I miss the announcement that my favorite car in the whole world is being re-released? The Tamiya Rough Rider!

How cool is that? Can't wait for it and I'll definitely be racing it (with a slow motor!) - who's up for some controlled class rough rider racing?

ah, that will be the amazing Hobby Co. marketing team working well then.

[jimmy]

Just been reading some of the stuff on tamiyaclub and it's quite a funny read, lots of argument over a toy car!
With the seperate drive adaptors, unlike the original, I wonder if that mean's you'll be able to add a hex and put other types of wheel on for racing? not sure I'd reallly like to get in a 1st corner fight at a National with one tho, it'd disintigrate!

[Rich D]

Im gonna get two of these babies, one for the loft and one for a runner - Worksop `09 Rough Rider 13.5 brushless class anyone ?

[bish]

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! i've been waiting for this one!

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by Rich D

Im gonna get two of these babies, one for the loft and one for a runner - Worksop `09 Rough Rider 13.5 brushless class anyone ?

I think even a 13.5 BL would be too much for one of these bad boys, they are more top heavy than a fat bird in a pie shop. Remember they were designed in the day when scale meant more than centre of gravity (funny how we're coming back round to that innit).

Jimmy, you're spot on, the TC forums are hilarious, there are some seriously unhappy people there who've probably mortgaged their house and spent the "college fund" buying SRB's in the expectation they would act like a pension fund. Oh deary me. Some excellent counter-arguments too. I can only imagine that now Tamiya have proved that metal is not "off-limits" there are some serious jittery peeps out there looking at their original Hiluxs and chewing their finger nails wonder if they are next.

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by Spoolio

Jimmy, you're spot on, the TC forums are hilarious, there are some seriously unhappy people there who've probably mortgaged their house and spent the "college fund" buying SRB's in the expectation they would act like a pension fund. Oh deary me. Some excellent counter-arguments too.

If you actually read through it properly there's no one complaining about the value of their collections falling because of this rerelease, only all those idiots saying that "collectors must be crying". They must know a whole different bunch of collectors than all the big ones I know. Not one collector I know is in it for the money, they are all intelligent enough to kn ow that r/c kits aren't going to make you anything, never mind a fortune. Most of them pay a lot of NIBs, quite often with the intention to build it at some time, never with the intention to sell it. We all know the way to make money is the chop shops, buying cars and splitting it to sell the parts individually, and I'm glad it will put all those out of business. As for the price of the old cars and parts, not a lot will change there as virtually all the rerelease parts are different to the originals.

There's only one person unhappy, and that's because it kills the hunt for parts to restore them. I lost interest in SRBs myself when it became obvious that if you picked up a wreck you could restore it in a week or two of ebay searching, while my first one took 9 months to find all the parts I needed to get it running again. Taking the Sand Scorcher out for a bash used to always be done with a little care, if you broke it you used to wonder how long until you could get it fixed, recently you could get the parts faster than for a modern buggy which takes the edge off running it carefully. It's why my Predator XT is worth more to me, because of the time invested in it, it took me 3 years to get that together.

The other person doing most of the moaning has no interest in vintage stuff, Dready is a scale fan and just wants new hard bodies and scale chassis.

You should see the rubbish I've had to deal with in private amongst the members.



The rerelease doesn't interest me at all, probably because it's a lot more expensive than the original SRBs I already have, when you consider the Sand Scorcher that I wrecked at the beach last weekend cost me all of £40 including the repro body. I always find stumbling across one going cheap at a car boot sale more interesting than just ordering it from a shop. Best bargain was a battered Rough Rider, Sand Scorcher, and a Ranger body, all for £30!

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

If you actually read through it properly there's no one complaining about the value of their collections falling because of this rerelease, only all those idiots saying that "collectors must be crying". They must know a whole different bunch of collectors than all the big ones I know. Not one collector I know is in it for the money, they are all intelligent enough to kn ow that r/c kits aren't going to make you anything, never mind a fortune. Most of them pay a lot of NIBs, quite often with the intention to build it at some time, never with the intention to sell it. We all know the way to make money is the chop shops, buying cars and splitting it to sell the parts individually, and I'm glad it will put all those out of business. As for the price of the old cars and parts, not a lot will change there as virtually all the rerelease parts are different to the originals.

There's only one person unhappy, and that's because it kills the hunt for parts to restore them. I lost interest in SRBs myself when it became obvious that if you picked up a wreck you could restore it in a week or two of ebay searching, while my first one took 9 months to find all the parts I needed to get it running again. Taking the Sand Scorcher out for a bash used to always be done with a little care, if you broke it you used to wonder how long until you could get it fixed, recently you could get the parts faster than for a modern buggy which takes the edge off running it carefully. It's why my Predator XT is worth more to me, because of the time invested in it, it took me 3 years to get that together.

The other person doing most of the moaning has no interest in vintage stuff, Dready is a scale fan and just wants new hard bodies and scale chassis.

You should see the rubbish I've had to deal with in private amongst the members.



The rerelease doesn't interest me at all, probably because it's a lot more expensive than the original SRBs I already have, when you consider the Sand Scorcher that I wrecked at the beach last weekend cost me all of £40 including the repro body. I always find stumbling across one going cheap at a car boot sale more interesting than just ordering it from a shop. Best bargain was a battered Rough Rider, Sand Scorcher, and a Ranger body, all for £30!

I did read it terry, all 16 pages! I was kind of generalising so apologies, the one that stuck in my mind was the post by acorn who seems really upset and his argument - as I saw it so apologies if I read it wrong - was that he'd spent shedloads of money on stuff that was now in his eyes worthless. I disagree with that and agree with all the posters who tried to bolster him by saying that his stuff is stilll original so is effectively the more "pure" version etc etc. Anyways, thats a TC forum thing and I wouldn't want to drag it onto this site . I'm just made up that I will finally get a chance to buy one without any worn out bits, build it and run it without that nagging worry that I'd have to search the 'bay for the inevitable part I'd need to fix it when (not if) it breaks.

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by jimmy

With the seperate drive adaptors, unlike the original, I wonder if that mean's you'll be able to add a hex and put other types of wheel on for racing?

It has been reported that the adaptors fit over a hex drive, although it's not been confirmed by anyone else. If not Tamiya already make hex drive adapters for the Frog to fit modern buggy wheels on the longer old axles.

[ian h]

Available for pre-order now @ www.modelsport.co.uk
Just placed my order!!!!!!!!!

[Mash Potato]

Originally Posted by ian h

Available for pre-order now @ www.modelsport.co.uk
Just placed my order!!!!!!!!!

Oh cool, any idea on price, as it's TBA on their site?

[Phil Channon]

The real question is when and where can you get a
hump pack lipo from?

Lipo and a 380 (540 is your brave) ...... I wonder how that would go????