TAMIYA 2017 ?
Like at the previous changes of the year
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 for the ever growing
reader base and support and wishes everyone a fantastic 2017!
Please, Mr Tamiya, hope to see the following RC kits :
– Astute
– Top Force Evo
– Avante (rerere)
I miss them for my “top of the line” collection !
A ford ranger ASAP please!!!
Guesses and Wishes for Tamiya 2017 Releases
– Avante
– Porsche 934 Black (ta02sw, carbon chassis, more hop ups, special motor)
– M05 Special (M05R base, plus ally steering parts, ball diff., 6.6v 1100 life fitment, light weight body)
Astute, please!!!
Rc tanks
1/16 RC WW1 MarkIV
1/16 RC ISU-152
1/16 RC T-34 – I’dont want to buy HENG LONG OR TAIGEN!!!
1/16 RC T-72 Please !!!!!!!!!!
A) Porsche 959 and Celica Gr.B on MF-01X
B) Hilux 4×4 Pickup
Vanquish
King Cab
AMG Mercedes Promarkt
Mini 4wd series:
Neo burning sun
Aero solitude
Synchro master
Posidon x
Proto emperor ZX
New FM chassis
– Top Force Evo Re-Re, please Mr. T!
– Black Porsche 934 on more special TA-02SW
Mr Tamiya I would love to see the following:
Top Force
Top Force EVO
Black Porsche 934 on the TA02SW Chassis
Oh and if I can add a couple more:
Top Force EVO
Top Force EVO
Top Force EVO
Top Force EVO
Toyota 4Runner on High Lift Chassis
McLaren P1 GTR
Lamborghini Aventador
Shelby GT350
Porsche 956 on F103GT Chassis
2016 Ford GT LM
Top Force Evo
Super Astute
A TT02 Type-S MS version or a stabiliser bar set for the normal Type S
TT02 fluid diff
SRB Ford Ranger F150XLT
Winger body on boomerang chassis as a kit
Super dragon body on grasshopper 2 chassis as a kit
Unimog 425 CR-01
Striker re-released
Thunder Dragon re-released
Amarok CR-01
I have a lot but I will sum it up
Mainly these are Mini 4WD series
Re-Release of Tamiya Mach Dash Motor 15131 Single Shaft
I used to play Mini 4WD back in 1994 but only resume in 2015.
Hence I still use older chassis like Super 1 (Not 2), TZ, VS to compete.
Yes compete but as modern motor like Sprint/Power dash are too powerful for these older chassis
to handle not to mention crack with such brute power.
That is why for my older chassis set, I only compete with Hyper Dash 3 just hope
Tamiya could re-release the Mach Dash for use with older chassis.
Some managed to get this motor through Ebay but the price is insanely expensive.
Sprint/Power Dash Lite?
Cut down version of the Sprint/Power Dash especially when using with older chassis
if reviving Mach Dash is not possible.
The RPM and Torque is too powerful for older chassis to handle expect AR.
Power Dash Pro for Mini 4WD series?
Yes I hope there’s a torque based motor for pro series, the current Hyper Dash and Mach dash
are more for speed.
Mini 4WD Kits
Revised body covers for Magnum/Sonic Sabre and Victory Magnum/Vanguard Sonic
premium re-releases
I owned them and used them to race however the catch broke after sometime of usage.
Quite shocking that these four covers the catch that is broken and have no way to fix them.
Tamiya I hope you can address this issue as it’s sad after hours of painting the cover as well
laying the sticker when the catch is broke I can’t use them to race.
Yes I do paint my Mini 4WD.
Lightning Magnum And Blitzer sonic Premium please with VS Chassis V2?
My competition sets with blazing timing, Magnum and Sonic series have much
been re-release expect for the Aero series.
I also long for VS Chassis V2, the only key issue with VS is the bumper as it’s too weak
even if I use FRP so I hope Tamiya could address this.
The rest like internal can keep so no need to revise.
Mini 4WD Parts
AR Chassis V2? AR is fast but there’s a issue with the gear that after some usage the gear will wear out hence the Mini 4WD will be super slow. AR Front Wide FRP the mounting doesn’t align with AR front bumper so ought to have a second revision to address this?
Small diameter one way wheel (No – rear wide tread tire)
I also long for such part to use with my VS/MS using small diameter tire with no rear wide tread tire on the rear.
Semi pneumatic tire for multi jumps/hump circuits
Multi jumps/hump circuits as far as my knowledge and experience till today
I have no idea how to counter such circuits not to mention damage a lot of one way wheel
with such circuits since usually it is together with extremely tight corners which my local track likes to design it this way.
There is Semi pneumatic tire but only a 1 pair of rear small diameter so I just wish for a full set (Front and back) as well as a set for large diameter or one way wheel with Semi pneumatic tire.
Sorry for such a long post but as a Tamiya Mini 4WD original tuner, I have tested and played with so many Mini 4WD parts as well as chassis whether old or new.
I comment so I hope Tamiya could take note of my findings especially the broken catch for the premium re-releases I stated. Again sorry for borrowing this space since there’s not way to share what I know.
My Youtube channel shares my knowledge on original tuning and also my findings.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwxMf1zsLoNcKasQCh-huCQ
Cheers and Happy New Year to all.
Max
Mini 4WD Original Parts Tuner
Thundershot Re-re-re (or some variation thereof — Thundershot would do, for e.g.)
And like someone else here said, Striker!
Once again Mr T, I wish a rere of
Celica GrB and Porsch 959
As the fullsize F1 rules for 2017 will change with wider tyres and different bodywork itwould be great if Tamiya would be the first company to incorporate these changes and be the first company to release an F1 2017 generic car.
The Ta07 is a great car and I would love to see modern gt bodies like the Corvette or Porsches.
I’d also love to see some more 70ies Drm racers like the De Tomaso Pantera, Bmw M1, Lancia Montecarlo Turbo to go along the Capri and Lb Turbo.
Last but not least a 1/12 static rere of the Porsche 934 & 935!
David
1/12 MotoGP Suzuki GSX-RR 2016: a winning Suzuki machine !!
1/12 MotoGP Yamaha M1 2016: Valentino Rossi of course !!
1/20 Williams F1 FW08 World Champion 1982: the missing link
1/20 Mercedes F1 W07 World Champion 2016: best car ever ??
1/24 Toyota WEC TS50 LeMans 2016: she should win !!
1/24 Toyota Yaris WRC 2017: Tamiya must back on rally cars!!
1/24 Ford GT LeMans 2016: so nice!!
1/24 McLaren P1: a super supercar !!
1/24 Ferrari J50: a Ferrari tribute for Japan, Tamiya must do it !!
1/32 Rafale B/C/M: never produce in 1/32.
1/48 Leclerc MBT: a logic suite after the 1/35th scale.
Happy New Year!!
My regular yearly request
BLAZING BLAZER!
Please?
A 1/16 rc tank, the British comet, Cromwell or centurion.
Re-release Magnum Saber Polycarbonate Clear Body Set.
Also, Polycarbonate body sets for Victory Magnum, Cyclone Magnum, Beat-Magnum, Sonic Saber, Vanguard Sonic, Hurricane Sonic, and Buster Sonic.
I wish you would make a 1/16 full option T34-85 😀
It’s a very known tank that many people would like to add to their collection. You can get it from Heng Long, Taigen, Torro etc. so I dont understand why Tamiya, who makes the best rc tanks, dont have it in their line.
Crossing my fingers.
Geoff here very interested in 1/16 rc tanks have 9 tamiyas would love the following
1/16 Cromwell tank
1/16 leclerc main battle tank
Cheers
I would love see the introduction of a couple of 1/16 scale tanks. A Panzer II Would be amazing, then as a counter part, a Stuart tank. These would both hit on light tanks which have been not produced by anyone.
1/16 T-34 of any early variant
A 1/16 British Comet or Churchill tank, please!
Please bring back mini 4wd memorial edition with modern chassis such as super 2, ma, ar, which are popular in my country Indonesia. While the popular body like liberty emperor, geo emperor, big bang ghost brings so many memory to the players and very happy about it. For me, I’m waiting for the come back of tom ghody, poseidon x, super shooting star, crimson glory, aero solitude, winning bird, the fox, the hornet, neo burning sun, big wig..
Following kits pls:
Avante rerere
Porsche 959
Falcon
Astute
Top Force Evo
Thx!
1) SRB Ford Ranger XLT
2) Hotshot 2
3) Falcon
4) Striker
5) Porsche 959 (Rothmans)
6) Toyota Celica (Same chassis as Porsche)
New cars
DT03MS
DF04
TT-03
MORE on DT03 chassis
MORE on MF-01X Chassis
1) Blazing Blazer
2) Porsche 959
3) Audi Quattro
4) Falcon
and mr T thanks for the BigWig
Hello tamiya engenieringteam
I would love you rerelease the 1/16 rc porsche king tiger a 1/16 rc gepard maybe with uptodate fo motorboxes and some good electronics
I have a converted tamiya 1/16 FO Cheetah prtl would love to build a descent gepard too without the speculation prices … many modellers love it and want to buy it from tamiya
A good suggestion for a new one maybe some trooptransport vehicle like 1/16 marder , bradley or warrior you have the 1/35 molds … some modern armor wich fit to accompagnie the leopards on the battlefield … would be possible to upscale them
Have about 15 of your Fo 1/16 TANKS love them
Keep going this way i love tamiya rc tankkit , very fine quality
All dreams come true! Today we have Hotshot, Supet Shot, Fox, Bigwig.
Where is legendary Hotshot 2?
Leclerc 1/16 rc
T-72 1/16 rc
Gepard 1/16 rc
Thanks anyway for all the good stuff
AVANTE 2001
HOTSHOT 2
LAMBORGHINI MURCIALAGO SV WITH WING
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR WITH WING
Mud Blaster
Terra Scorcher
Porsche 959 /Celica Gr.b
Ford Ranger 150
Would love a re-release of some of the less expensive models.
Striker
Sonic Fighter
Grasshopper 2 (Super G)
Super Hornet
Falcon.
Blazing Star
1/16 RC tanks :
-Churchill
-T34
-WWI Mk IV
-FT17
-B1 bis
-Hetzer
-Sturmtiger
-M3 Lee (or Grant)
1/10 RC car :
More old truck bodies for CR01 chassis, british quad tractor, Citroën U23, etc
1/24 McLaren P1 and P1 GTR
1/24 Mercedes 300sl cabriolet
1/24 Lexus LC-500
Hello Tamiya ,
I wish you guys consider the followings
1) 1/24 Toyota FJ40
2) 1/24 Ferrari LaFerrari-Aperta
Also will you guys do any 1/12 cars any time soon ?
If so, please make the 2000GT, 300SL or KPGC10 Skyline 2000GT-R.
Happy New Year!
1/16 rc Flakpanzer Gepard
1/10 Ford F150 Ranger SRB
1/6 rc motocrosser
2016 Ford GT LeMans Body for touring car or F103 gt
Ferrari 488gtb / 675lt gt3/ Huracan gt3/ basically all the current cars in GT3 in rc body. Would be great if Tamiya can have a large lineup so people will be more interested in endurance rc racing. Also release them in LW versions.
A better remount spec tire for asphalt RC racing than the current b3.
RC: 1/10 Top Force
RC: 1/10 Top Force EVO
RC: 1/10 Mazda 787B – 58102
RC: 1/10 2017 Nismo GTR
RC: 1/10 Mclaren P1
Also some newer F1 bodies eg. Ferrari, Redbull Racing etc..
My wishes are:
1/10th – RC Cars
Re-release Tyrrell 018 Body set (Jean Alesi Debut Car!)
Re-release parts/body sets for all F1 Competition Special Cars
New F1 Bodysets for the F104, TRF101, and TRF102
1/12th F1 Cars
Lotus 72C – Rindt Car from 1970
Lotus 72E Fittipaldi/Peterson car 1973
Brabham BT44 from 1974
McLaren M23 – any version other than what has been released.
Ferrari 312T from 1976 (AIRBOX is different)
Lotus 78 (1978 version) the recent release is incorrect. Need more detail changes.
Ferrari 312T4 – Monaco Version (Big Wing!)
Tyrrell P34 – Monaco Version from 1977 or Japanese Version
Lotus 49(C) version from Rindt’s Monaco
McLaren MP4/6 – Brazil Version with different wings
Williams FW14 – backdate the FW14B version
1/20th
Mercedes W05, W06, or W07
Williams FW07(B)/C
As you see love F1 !
Rc 1-10 Rerelease
Bearhawk
Toyota celica Repsol
Blazing blazer
and more hardbody’s and less lexan
Happy newyear all people bhind this blog
Cheerss
mammoth dump
king cab
blazing blazer
crazy for tamiya
Ford Ranger XLT
Original Hi Lux 4×4 Pick up.
Thankyou
OH’ and something else to say Tamiya ,how do you like to bring some vintage motors out like the Dynatech serie’s? It would be awsome.
Cheers all
Too late for 2017, but I wish a static Porsche 935 1:12 (re-release kit 12038)
Its never too late for wishes. 🙂
Best regards
Admin
Wild Dagger 2 – with many chassis improvements and 4WD again!
Model Number: 58064
Model Name: Toyota Celica Gr.B Rally Special 4WD
Released: 28-Jul-87
I would live too see the Vanquish & Terra Scorcher, and Hotshot 2. I see the Boomerang is coming back! Looks like I know what my next Tamiya purchase will be! The Astute or Super Astute would be cool too!
Porsche 959
Celiac Grp B
Porsche 959
Porsche 959
Porsche 959!!
Mini 4wd
-Super FM chasis revision like super 1 become super 2 , can we call it super FM 2 may be…..
– Premium Brocken Gigant with new version of super FM chasis
– Neo Burning sun premium, Crimson Glory Premium
Has to be the TA05 M-Four. A 540 motor mount option would be the icing on the cake!
Hi,
a BigWig in a new colorway, including chromed pipes and roll cage and e.g. aluminum made or at least black instead of blue damper stays, to make it less toyish – ’cause toys they are not – would be great.
Tamiya does so many great scale model kits.
How about a RC Schwimmwagen or Kübelwagen with a bunch of Hippie kids in it?
An amphibious ARGO 8×8 would be fun!
…
A new hard body truck using the Bruiser chassis would be great. The world needs more Tamiya 3 speed.
I fully agree. 🙂
Best regards
Admin
More European GT and Prototype cars from the World Endurance Championship, such as the Aston Martin GTE that just won at Le Mans, great looking car.
Toyota yaris wrc 2017 !!!! Ford motorsport fiesta 2017wrc , hiunday i 20 WRC. Citroën c 3 WRC 2017. Please !!
1/35 scale Russian T 90. US MRAP Cougar. WWII Japanese Type III Tank.
Hello,
Would be great to have a 35th Anniversary re-issue of old Racing Mini 4WD with their original Type- chassis, as happened for the 15th and 25th Anniversaries. Would really bring back many happy childhood memories 🙂
E.g.
Hornet Jr.
Hotshot Jr.
Fox Jr.
Bigwig Jr.
…
Toyota Yaris WRC 2017 1:10 body!
Acura NSX GT3 either IMSA MSR version or PWC RTR version!! Already have the street car, how about the GT3 race version!
I’m pretty sure Tamiya will make a 1:10 Yaris WRC. In the past, Tamiya have already produced Toyota Rally Cars, being the Celica GT4 and the Corolla WRC, so the relationship is already there. In terms of Gazoo Racing, Tamiya have already made a Gazoo TRD 86 in 1:10. Tamiya has even made Makinen 1:10’s when he was at Mitsubishi and Subaru. Looking quickly at the Yaris WRC, the main sponsor is Mircosoft, so they might be trying to work a deal with them. Hopefully they can collaberate. Imagine that, a Tamiya Microsoft XBox bundle, which could include an Xbox with WRC7 and a Tamiya 1:10 Yaris WRC RC, so all the kids and the adult kids are covered for any weather type. What I would love to see is Tamiya to produce a 1:10 Yaris from Rally Finland where Toyota came so close to clinching a 1-2-3… If they can make the stickers for cars #10, #11 and #12. I will buy 3 cars and keep them as models. Goodluck Tamiya, give the people what they want.