Flashback Friday – Tamiya Mokei Thunder Bolt from 1961

I have kept you waiting so long, it is resuming research in earnest. Our laboratory has been delayed in updating for about 1 year due to the editing of “Tamiya model whole job”, but for the time being we will update mainly the information compiled in the editing course. Tamiya ‘s first term kit “Thunderbolt” […]

Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya looks back “Why was the Mini 4WD popular in the age of video game”

Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya Heisei* 30 years marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of a domestic plastic model. Plastic model was born in 1945, I joined the “Tamiya Shoji jointly-owned company” (Shizuoka city) my father developed in that year. Shizuoka was originally a land of wood industry, and my father’s company was also making wood-based […]

Modified Tamiya Dash No. 1 Concours de Elegance winning award

“Mini 4WD” boasts two boom in the 1980s and 1990s, boasting a cumulative sales volume of over 180 million units. In 2012, due to the revival of the official race “Japan Cup”, the popularity is rekindling involving adults who were once children. Meanwhile, the competition “Concours de Elegance” (hereinafter referred to as Condale) competing for […]

Adults are enthusiastic about the transition of Tamiya Mini 4WD from boom into the culture… 30th anniversary of the Japan Cup

Recently, we often see circuit places of Tamiya Mini 4WD at a corner of suburban type mass merchandisers and hobby shops, but the adults are also showing excitement from the resurgence of the 2012 Japan official race “Japan Cup” Currently the “tertiary mini 4WD boom” is said to be out. A mini 4WD race tournament […]

Tamiya Grand Prix All-Japan Championship 2018

Regulation of the Tamiya Grand Prix All Japan Championship representation right class We kept you waiting for RC fans! This season is also the season of the “Tamiya Grand Prix All Japan Championship”! This is the RC race event of Tamiya Ichushi this summer held at 15 venues, 13 venues nationwide, with the advance of the domestic […]