Tamiya!

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:57 am

ibjamn wrote:Getting back on topic......

Maybe it's my frustration at this minute, but these are 60 mm long. Do you know that that's the length of a standard zip? Maybe we all can have offroad bits

I'm thinking about how good a F350 off of a ZZMT would look on one of those designed to look like tamiya 4wd with the wide wheels and tires. For that matter, a Herbie Zip.

I thought these were so cool, I never even considered the modifications that could be done.

civicsr2cool · Post by **civicsr2cool** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:39 am

im holding out for the hot shots

release date is set to the 31st.

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:50 am

I'm just trying to decide where to order all 3 and a couple of the normal Qsteer.

civicsr2cool · Post by **civicsr2cool** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:03 am

frizzen wrote:I'm just trying to decide where to order all 3 and a couple of the normal Qsteer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-FROG-HORNET-GR ... dZViewItem

leftcoastminis · Post by **leftcoastminis** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:55 pm

I want one of these
http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS71649
Sweet!!

z-beam · Post by **z-beam** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:48 am

i got a grasshoppr sent to me from osaka.

drove nicely, the suspension is great and could really get over a lot of obsticles.
the clearance on them is awesome for a stock micro car and the motor is pretty beefy.
pity the rechargable battery in it died in less than a week

it never got air. it was considerably underpowered for its size and weight. knowing how much punch the micro helicopters have in thier tiny lipos the micro buggies could have been godly but instead they are kinda failiures.

mine could have just been a dud and i will probably buy another to make sure im not all wrong. they sure do have a lot of potential or modding (lipos as mentioned, a propo board and steering) but then again the costof those mods could buy a micro-t easy.

good thing the motor is compatible with q-steers, whack that blue ended beast in with some bit high speed gears (just the middle one not the axle) and youve got a seriously fast q-steer.

if you have a track to race on give the q-steers a go. ive had one out of 9 be a dud out of the box (bad steering) and the one and only buggy was a stinker.

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:38 am

Could you throw some pics up? I really want to see (or be told) what the steering mechanics look like. I thought they were magnetic, but in those TomyTakara pics, I can't really tell.
I also wanted to see a Zip body next to , or on that chassis to see the wheelbase and how far out the wheels protrude from under the body.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:22 pm

Yeah or if you just want to sell it cheap

I have batteries coming out of my ass! And I think we all know how painful that can be.

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:46 pm

That 3-wheeler looked sweet!!
Anybody else thinking Reliant Robin or Reliant Regal Supervan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Robin
Then build up an old Mini in Yellow with a Black hood... Anybody know what theme I've got here?

Buggies are single cell correct?
Qsteer, buggys, and Bits all use the same motors and gears don't they?

sidewinder, Lube. Lots of it.

z-beam · Post by **z-beam** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:22 am

ibjamn wrote:Could you throw some pics up? I really want to see (or be told) what the steering mechanics look like. I thought they were magnetic, but in those TomyTakara pics, I can't really tell.
I also wanted to see a Zip body next to , or on that chassis to see the wheelbase and how far out the wheels protrude from under the body.

sorry dont have any zip zaps to my name, im a bruce like betty.

i took off the lid and compared it with a bcg gloria body and while it looked kinda mean the wheel arches dont meet up at all. i did paint a black and red zip zap supra once and it was bigger than a bcg but i dunno if it will fit.

steering mechanics are magnetic indeed.

as it was a gift from japan, even tho its dead i wont be selling it. sorry sidewinda.

i need to not be lazy and take pics. but i feel oh so lazy right now.

EDIT:

theres a pic with the lid off over at ausmicro now.

http://www.ausmicro.com/forum/showthrea ... 518&page=4

PIC:its shitty cos i drink to much coffee and dont have a tripod handy.sorry.

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:15 am

Hobby Link Japan

... but according to that, they discontinued the Hornet ?!?!? and "order stop" means they have too many preorders ?

TKT77267 Takara Tomy TS-01 Mighty Frog Backordered 1,800
TKT77268 Takara Tomy TS-02 The Grasshopper Backordered 1,800
TKT77269 Takara Tomy Q Steer TS03 Hornet Discontinued 1,800
TKT78075 Takara Tomy TS-04 Tamiya Buggy Hot Shot Order Stop 1,800
TKT78076 Takara Tomy TS-05 Tamiya Buggy Avante Order Stop 1,800
TKT78943 Takara Tomy TS-06 Tamiya Buggy Boomerang Order Stop 1,800
TKT79793 Takara Tomy TS07 Tamiya RC Buggy FOX June Release 1,800

k0ld · Post by **k0ld** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:39 am

Anyone tried this on their buggys? I know there's one lipoed on Youtube.

So far so good, it hasn't exploded on me yet