RC

58511 1/10 NISSAN TITAN RACING

58519 1/10 TOYOTA BRUISER

58520 1/10 MINI JCW COUPE (M-05)

58521 1/12 NEW MAN PORSCHE 956 (RM-01)

58523 1/10 BUSH DEVIL II

46617 1/10 XBS CELICA GT4 1990

57829 1/10 XB MINI JCW COUPE (M-05)

57830 1/10 XB NISSAN TITAN RACING

Static

10009 1/18 SUBARU R-2SS

12046 LIMITED TEAM LOTUS TYPE 72D 1972

12047 LIMITED ENZO FERRARI

24322 BMW 635CSI JAGERMEISTER

32571 1/48 RUSSIAN HEAVY TANK JS-2 MODEL

Will be updated permanently, Tamiyablog will be also reporting live from the Nuremberg fair at its start, 01.02.2012

TAMIYA 2012 ?

As in the previous years

a) which products do you think Tamiya could release this year (static, RC, mini, anything else) and

b) which products would you personally like to be released (regardless of if their chances are realistic)?

Feel free to use the comments link at the end of this entry (comments are shown after being checked which can take some hours).

The team of tamiyablog.com thanks again for the continuously growing
reader base and support and wishes everyone a great 2012!

This is a project that has been in my head since the re-release of the Boomerang as I always liked the different coloured Mini 4WD Special versions of Tamiya classic buggies, Boomerang was my third Tamiya RC in my childhood and I like building the re-releases in alternative paintshemes which I wouldn’t dare on originals. Unfortunately this time I waited too long as Tamiya just released the first RC version of such a special, the Avante Black. Anyway, this is a 2008 re-release kit painted black and with blue plastic dampers to match the rest of blue parts (blue anodized dampers would perform better but not match so well), as well as a Black Motor Endurance with its black casing and blue endbell and quite rare vintage white tires. Unfortunately the weather is poor so photos could be better, still I hope it gives an idea of my plan.

Looking back to the Tamiya RC 35th anniversary and introducing new items and promotions.
Unfortunately only in Japanese.

As every year the visitors of the Japanese Tamiya hopepage voted for their favourite new releases.
As overall #1 the 1/350 Japanese Battleship Yamato was determined.

Total voting:
# 1 1/350 Japanese Battleship Yamato
# 2 1/10 RC Avante (2011)
# 3 1/24 Lexus LFA
# 4 1/10 RC TA06 PRO chassis kit
# 5 1/20 Team Lotus Type 78 1977 (with Etching Parts)
# 6 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang
# 7 1/35 BT army assault gun -42 in Finland
# 10 1/12 RC Tom’s Toyota 84C (RM-01 Chassis)
# 10 1/10 RC Fast Attack Vehicle (2011)
# 10 1/12 Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 ’09 Estoril Edition

Top 5 scale models:
#1 1/350 Japanese battleship Yamato

#2 1/24 Lexus LFA

#3 1/20 Team Lotus Type 78 1977 (with Etched Parts)

#4 1/32 North American P-51D Mustang

#5 1/35 BT army assault gun 42 in Finland

Top 5 RC models:
#1 Avante (2011)

#2 Ta06 PRO Chassis Kit

#3 Tom’s Toyota 84C (RM-01 Chassis)

#4 Fast Attack Vehicle (2011)

#5 Sand Rover (2011)

Top 5 Mini 4WD:
#1 Slash Reaper

#2 Rising Edge

#3 Victory Magnum Premium (Super Carbon II Chassis)

#4 Vanguard Sonic Premium (Super Carbon II Chassis)

#5 Vanquish RS

Top 5 other:
#1 Panel Line Accent Color

#2 Decoration Series

Every older Tamiya RC fan knows that the Big Wig design was assigned to a famous external 1:1 race car designer to commemorate 10 years of Tamiya RC cars (1976-1986). Since this year we celebrate 35 years of Tamiya RC cars and Tamiya similarly assigned the design of its DB02 Leonis buggy to the TOM’s design team, we took the chance to link to the story of Takuya Yura and his company Mooncraft Co.,Ltd as its quite interesting and not broadly known.

About the company
Wind tunnel (opened in 1986, coincidence of the Big Wig design?)
Closed wheel race cars
Open wheel race cars
Sport cars
Other products

Source: Mooncraft Co.,Ltd