Tamiya staff presenting future releases & 58514 Mud Blaster II details (updated 10.10.2011)

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The popular Mud Blaster is making a return as Mud Blaster II. Its 2WD monster truck chassis offers exciting

off-road action to appeal to new and old fans alike.

About the Model

★ This is a 1/10 scale R/C assembly kit.

★ Kit includes FREE BONUS PARTS (1150 Ball Bearing x 8pcs.) which are for EXPORT ONLY and are

subject to the FIRST PRODUCTION.

★ The monocoque main frame is made from durable polycarbonate-reinforced material.

★ Pre-assembled gearbox can be detached for maintenance without disassembling the chassis.

★ The four-wheel double wishbone suspension is equipped with front & rear friction dampers.

★ Comes with 130mm diameter tires with lug-pattern tread to ensure superb off-road performance.

★ The dynamic form of the truck has been reproduced with a durable polycarbonate body.

★ Type 540 motor included.

★ Driver figure, front guard, and roll bar not included.

Tamiya 2011 calendar – another original advertisement campaign

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Also a new photo of the “put it together – I believe in advertisement” campaign

Siam Tamiya, a model kits company in Thailand, has had its 2011 calendar recognised with a new set of awards with the Grand Prix for Design at the Spikes Asia creative advertising festival, following on from a Gold Design Lion at Cannes in June. Tamiya wanted to seize the New Year as an occasion to connect and build a lasting bond with its customers and so developed a wall calendar that could be turned into twelve modeling kits to be assembled and displayed for others to see. Each month customers would look forward to the day they could start on the new project. As a premium gift, the calendar pulled more customers into the stores during the holiday season. It created not only brand exposure but also brand interaction throughout the year, and became a bounding tool that strengthened the connection between the brand and modeling enthusiasts.

The Tamiya Calendar campaign was developed at Creative Juice, Bangkok (TBWA), Thailand, by chief creative officer/art director/graphic designer Thirasak Tanapatanakul, graphic designers Tienchutha Rukhavibul, Manasit Imjai, Chalermpun Punjamapirom, Nitipong Tancharoen, Kingkanok Munkongcharoen, Kantaphat Witwasin, Irada Sribyatta, Chittiporn Chittapootti, Manamai Rodpetch, Sermpan Bunyalumlerk.

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More Future Tamiya Releases Winter 2011/2012 – Updated 14.09.2011

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14.09.2011 new photos

13.09.2011 many new items and photos


Mini 4WD:

15436 Large Diameter Stabilizer Head Set (17mm)

15437 13mm Aluminum Bearing Roller (Ringless)

15438 Reinforced Gear & One Lock Gear Cover (for Super II Chassis)

18064 Terra Scorcher RS (Super-II Chassis)

18065 Super Avante RS (Super-II Chassis)

18066 Slash Reaper (VS Chassis)

18633 Rising Edge (MS Chassis)

19436 Shining Scorpion Premium (Super-II Chassis)

94839 VS Fluorescent Color Chassis Set (Orange/Green)

94840 FM Reinforced Chassis (Red)

94846 Low Friction Plastic Roller Set (Blue & Light Green)

Finished Models:

21096 1/20 Tyrrell P34 1976 Japanese Grand Prix No.4 (Finished Model)

21111 1/20 Team Lotus 99T Honda 1987 No. 11 (Finished Model)

21112 1/20 Team Lotus 99T Honda 1987 No. 12 (Finished Model)

Static Models:

20066 1/20 Porsche 928S (re-release, but unlike original release, now without motor)

35316 1/35 British Military Motorcycle BSA M20 w/Military Police Set

35323 1/35 Israeli M51 Super Sherman

61109 1/48 Dewoitine D.520 Fighter Ace & Citroen Traction 11C  Staff Car

RC:

42205 1/10 TRF417-2012 Version

51470 Gear Diff Unit Maintenance Parts Set

51472 DB01 Gear Diff Unit Joint Cup

54321 TA06 Carbon Reinforced A-Parts (Bulkhead)

54322 TA06 Carbon Reinforced J-Parts (Damper Stay)

54323 TA06 Carbon Reinforced T-Parts (Gear Case)

54324 TA06 Carbon Damper Stay (Front)

54325 TA06 Carbon Damper Stay (Rear)

54326 M-06 Rear Mount for Carbon Damper Stay

54327 M-05/M-06 Aluminum Rear Upright (1 Degree)

54329 DB01 Gear Diff Unit

54330 F104 Carbon Reinforced C-Parts (Gear Case)

54331 F104X1 Upper Deck Rolling Damper Set

54332 F104 Counterweight

54333 F104X1 Flexible Long Upper Deck

56327 1/14 MAN TGX 18.540 4×2 XLX

56328 1/14 MAN TGX 18.540 4×2 XLX Full Operation Kit

56516 Maersk 40-Foot Container for Tamiya 1/14 Scale Container Semi-Trailer

56517 Matt Chrome Front Wheels (22mm European Type)

56518 Matt Chrome Rear Wheels (22mm Double Tire)

57818 XB Ford Bronco 1973 (CC-01 Chassis)

57820 XB Honda Ballade Sports Mugen CR-X PRO (M-05)

57821 XB Audi R8LMS Nürburgring (TT-01 Type-E)

58503 Honda Ballade Sports Mugen CR-X PRO (M-05 Chassis)

58504 Audi R8LMS Nürburgring (TT-01 Type-E)

58505 VW Scirocco GT24-CNG (FF-03)

58506 Ferrari 599XX (TA06)

58508 VW Scirocco GT24-CNG (TT-01 Type-E)

58509 1/12 Toyota TOM’S 84C (RM-01)

A revival of the traditional 1/12 Tamiya category Racing Master with a new chassis. Power source: 380-motor and LF1100 Battery.  The rear of the main chassis is pitching to the gear case FRP2.5mm thick plastic height adjustment, with a two damper front suspension with King adopted the trail. One of the attractions is scale looks and performance and not just focus on maximum speed and handling. (Autotranslation. Subject to changes as soon as firm information gets available in English.)

84237 Subaru Brat Metallic Special

84255 1/10 TA05 M-Four Chassis Kit

84256 Avante 2011 Racing Steering Set

84257 Avante 2011 Ball Diff / Torque Splitter Set

84258 Fast Attack Vehicle 2011 Aluminum Damper Set (Front & Rear)

Tools, Paints & Educational:

70201 3mm Plastic H-Type Bar (5 Pcs.)

70202 3mm Plastic Concave Type Bar (5 Pcs.)

70203 Eco Motor Gear Box (3-Speed)

74106 Hard Coated File PRO (Tapered 6mm)

74107 Hard Coated File PRO (Square 3mm)

74108 Angled Tweezers

74109 Straight Tweezers

81535 Acrylic Mini X-35 Semi-Gloss Clear

81786 Acrylic Mini XF-86 Flat Clear

89955 Modeler’s Knife (Fluorescent Pink)

Will be permanently updated.

Future Tamiya Releases Winter 2011/2012

tamiyablog competition – win an RC Tamiya Sand Rover 2011

Mini 4WD:

15436 Large Diameter Stabilizer Head Set (17mm)

15437 13mm Aluminum Bearing Roller (Ringless)

18064 Terra Scorcher RS (Super-II Chassis)

18633 Rising Edge (MS Chassis)

19436 Shining Scorpion Premium (Super-II Chassis)

94839 VS Fluorescent Color Chassis Set (Orange/Green)

94840 FM Reinforced Chassis (Red)

Finished Models:

21096 1/20 Tyrrell P34 1976 Japanese Grand Prix No.4 (Finished Model)

Static Models:

20066 1/20 Porsche 928S (re-release, but unlike original release, now without motor)

35316 1/35 British Military Motorcycle BSA M20 w/Military Police Set

RC:

51470 Gear Diff Unit Maintenance Parts Set

51472 DB01 Gear Diff Unit Joint Cup

54321 TA06 Carbon Reinforced A-Parts (Bulkhead)

54322 TA06 Carbon Reinforced J-Parts (Damper Stay)

54323 TA06 Carbon Reinforced T-Parts (Gear Case)

54329 DB01 Gear Diff Unit

54330 F104 Carbon Reinforcement C-Parts (Gear Case)

54331 F104X1 Upper Deck Rolling Damper Set

54332 F104 Counterweight

56327 1/14 MAN TGX 18.540 4×2 XLX

56328 1/14 MAN TGX 18.540 4×2 XLX Full Operation Kit

56517 Matt Chrome Front Wheels (22mm European Type)

56518 Matt Chrome Rear Wheels (22mm Double Tire)

57818 XB Ford Bronco 1973 (CC-01 Chassis)

58503 Honda Ballade Sports Mugen CR-X PRO (M-05 Chassis)

84237 Subaru Brat Metallic Special

84256 Avante (2011) Racing Steering Set

Tools:

74106 Hard Coated File PRO (Tapered 6mm)

74107 Hard Coated File PRO (Square 3mm)

Will be permanently updated.

5 years tamiyablog.com – 300 posts & 1.000.000 page visits – win an RC Tamiya Sand Rover 2011

Update 14.11.2011: Competition results posted

Update 1.11.2011: Competition is closed now, results will be posted on 14th November.

Exactly 5 years and 299 posts ago this blog was started by a small group of Tamiya fans to gather interesting information about our favourite company in one place, but we never thought it would be such a success with over one million page views in this time. Therefore we would like to thank you for your continuous and growing support, Tamiya INC. for keeping up releasing an enormous amount of superb new models and thus keeping us busy building and reporting about them as well as all other sites who sent or allowed us to use their material. In the past years we have received several offers to get sponsors and add advertisements, but we declined and decided to pay all the running costs ourselves to guarantee being as neutral and objective as possible. Something we hope you appreciate.

For the celebration of the 5 first years, we decided to give a new Sand Rover kit (also paid by ourselves) as the original version was released almost exactly 30 years ago (22nd August 1981) and also 5 years after Tamiya’s first RC-car and also because of being kit number 58500. To participate, please send only one of your own made Tamiya related photos or drawings (maximum size 300 kilobytes) together with your full name, age and country to the address shown in the below picture until the 31st October 2011. The team of tamiyablog will choose and present the entries they liked the most on 14th November 2011 and one of them will win the 58500 Sand Rover kit. The kit will be shipped to the winner’s address from Japan or Hong Kong at tamiyablog’s cost, but the receiver may have to pay for customs or taxes depending on his/her country’s import laws.

We are looking forward to your continuous support also during the next 5 years!

The team of tamiyablog.com

Mazda Savanna RX-7 – Rotary Power For The M-06

The new Tamiya Mazda Savanna RX-7 (SA22) body for the Rear Wheel Drive M-06L  has now been out for a little while.

But to our surprise, we have seen very little feedback for this nice new body, especially on the big Tamiya Fan and Club sites, where not a single example of the new old RX-7 could be found.

The team of  Tamiyablog likes the first generation RX-7 a lot, so this body was the first choice for my M-06 Pro chassis kit which was waiting to be built for too long now.

Tamiya recommends the classic black Minilite style wheels for the RX-7 which  I think don’t suit the car so well.  So we chose the Tamiya wheels which were known from the Tamiya Honda S800 kit.

Combined with the black anodized wheel nuts to imitate the fullsize car’s black hubs, they give the car a very authentic look.

The body is painted in a classic light green metallic which was seen very often on the original Mazda RX-7 in the late 1970’s.

It’s good to have another long wheelbase body for the M-06 chassis in addition to the Tamiya classic Volkswagen Beetle.

Thank you very much for your interest and…

Enjoy Rotary Power!

Tamiya “Put It Together” – Elvis Presley, Roswell, Moon Landing, JFK’s Assassination & Marilyn Monroe’s death conspiracies

Tamiya have released a set of print advertisements featuring conspiracies around Elvis Presley, Roswell, the Moon Landing, JFK’s assassination, and Marilyn Monroe’s death all called “Tamiya Put It Together.” The Conspiracy campaign was developed at Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam.

Source: The Inspiration Room