Tamiya Rough Rider / Buggy Champ Re-Release

[jimmy]

To celebrate 30 years since the original Buggy Champ Rough Rider was released, Tamiya have done the unthinkable and re-released this amazing model car with only minor changes.

The original car was released in 1979 and this new version has all the same features like all-metal construction, scale suspension, sealed motor and electrics and a great hard plastic body shell. Some improvements have been made (like the dampers below) but on the whole the car has kept it's appearance - it's just a little better is all!

We've already discussed the car a little here since its announcement at the Shizuoka hobby show in Japan, but here's a few photos from Tamiya themselves to whet the appitite until the buggy is available to buy.

Unfortunately it does appear to be a limited re-release - but what those limits are isn't made clear.