Tamiyablog’s main page reaches 100.000 visits

Thanks to your growing support, Tamiyablog reached its first 100.000 visits earlier than we would have dreamed of when we started this blog 18 months ago. For the celebration post we have chosen the Tamiya Black Porsche 934, as it was released to commemorate 100.000 sold 58001 Porsche 934 RC kits in Japan during 1976-1977. […]

Dream Tamiya Japan Holiday video

A fantastic video about Tamiya including a visit to the headquarters. Thank you also for kindly naming us a source of your research. Fulfilling my dream and sharing the experience of visiting Tamiya HQ in Shizuoka, Japan; explaining Tamiya’s history and documenting the great static & R/C models on display and so much more. Fortunate […]

Tamiya’s new flagship “Tamiya Plamodel Factory Tokyo” will have a grand opening in the Shinbashi/Toranomon area on Friday, May 24, 2024

Tamiya’s flagship antenna shop “Tamiya Plastic Model Factory Shimbashi Store” will be relocated to the Shintora Yasuda Building (location: Minato-ku, Tokyo), which has been completed in front of the current store, and will be renovated from Friday, May 24, 2024. will be newly reopened as “TAMIYA PLAMODEL FACTORY TOKYO”. “TAMIYA PLAMODEL FACTORY TOKYO” is based […]

Tamiya Wild One MAX Launch Edition

The highly anticipated Tamiya Wild One MAX will be publicly unveiled this Summer, starting with a limited-run Launch Edition. Based on the original Tamiya Wild One (58050) radio-controlled car – first released in 1985 – the Tamiya Wild One MAX Launch Edition will be relaunched as a full-scale vehicle and limited to 100 examples before […]

3 years minus 24 hours

The Nuremberg Toy Fair has always been the highlight of the year for us. Not only to see and report on the new Tamiya releases, but also to meet each other and the kind people from our beloved brand. We have been going every year since 2008, but due to the pandemic the show was […]

Video of Tamiya 58710 Hotshot II Blockhead Motors

Tamiya 58710 Hotshot II Blockhead Motors Tamiya is pleased to present a new model revisited in collaboration with Jun Watanabe Blockhead motors. The model is based on the 58062 1/10 R/C Hotshot II released in 1987 and is revised for a new look like the 58695 “1/10 R/C Wild One Off-Road Blockhead Motors” model. It […]

Future Tamiya RC releases

58710 HOTSHOT II BLOCKHEAD MOTORS 4WD Tamiya is pleased to present a new model revisited in collaboration with Jun Watanabe Blockhead motors. The model is based on the 58062 1/10 R/C Hotshot II released in 1987 and is revised for a new look like the 58695 “1/10 R/C Wild One Off-Road Blockhead Motors” model. It […]