Are these rare?

XR6 Martin · 10-17-2002, 01:47 AM

A managed to pick these up for pretty cheap today...
All 3 come with an engine so it can be motorised, and a 1/24 Honda Scooter.
Copyright date on them is 1981

XR6 Martin · 10-17-2002, 01:48 AM

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XR6 Martin · 10-17-2002, 01:50 AM

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Purpura Delujo · 10-17-2002, 02:07 AM

They look rare, a Tamiya motorized car? Its the first i've seen besides RCs....Did they come with just a bomby little motor?

tonioseven · 10-17-2002, 02:31 AM

The Skyline and the Leopard might be rare, but the Soarer isn't hard to find at all. It's just an older Tamiya kit. It's still a good purchase in my opinion though.

I have one on my loooooooooong to-do list.

flyonthewall · 10-17-2002, 07:46 AM

I remeber them being reissued about 4 years ago and they are still available on Hobby Search

Leopard

Soarer

Skyline's not on there though.

erix7 · 10-17-2002, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by XR6 Martin
A managed to pick these up for pretty cheap today...
All 3 come with an engine so it can be motorised, and a 1/24 Honda Scooter.
Copyright date on them is 1981

Nope, these kits aren't rare, just old (about 18 yrs I think), hence the electric motor.
They're in Tamiya's re-issue program. One of the kits came with a Yamaha Beluga scooter IIRC.
You can probably find 'm all at http://www.hobbyhq.com.au/

HTH,
-- Eric.

Ragnarok043 · 10-17-2002, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by Lowriders4Life
They look rare, a Tamiya motorized car? Its the first i've seen besides RCs....Did they come with just a bomby little motor?

i think the Tamiya Jazz model is motorized as well, you can also change the templates to make it either go in a figure 8, a slalom, and a blank one for you to customize.

XR6 Martin · 10-18-2002, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by erix7

Nope, these kits aren't rare, just old (about 18 yrs I think), hence the electric motor.
They're in Tamiya's re-issue program. One of the kits came with a Yamaha Beluga scooter IIRC.
You can probably find 'm all at http://www.hobbyhq.com.au/

HTH,
-- Eric.

Thanks guys!

That site above is actually where I bought them from, I got all 3 for less than what one full price Tamiya kit costs.

Cheap Tamiya Kits are few and far between, so I didnt have any second thoughts in buying them, regardless of what they were or how old! :flash:

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