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“The industry is on the rise” – Still active at age 90 Tamiya’s Chairman talks about the Shizuoka Hobby Show and the current state of the model industry

On May 14th, the Shizuoka Hobby Show, Japan’s largest model and hobby exhibition, opened at Twin Messe Shizuoka in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City. The event ran for five days from May 14th to 18th, and in 2025, the 63rd event, 99 companies and organizations, including 17 model manufacturers from Shizuoka Prefecture, displaying new plastic models […]

Former TV Asahi announcer Yasumasa Matsui joins Tamiya plastic model maker: “Every day is full of things to do after retirement”

After working as an announcer and reporter for TV Asahi, he retired and took the first step towards working for his beloved plastic model maker, Tamiya, and revitalizing his hometown. “Every day is full of things to do.” He has deep and passionate feelings for plastic models and his hometown. (Interviewer: Ogawa Kiyoko) In mid-November, […]

“Tamiya products have broadened my life’s possibilities” – Ford CEO conveys his gratitude to Chairman Tamiya and others in Shizuoka City

On the 16th, Jim Farley, CEO of the major American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company, visited Tamiya, a model manufacturer in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City. He met with Chairman Shunsaku Tamiya and President Nobuo Tamiya and expressed his gratitude, saying that his encounter with Tamiya products in his youth was an opportunity that broadened the […]

Introducing Tamiya Maker’s Square in a video with a huge collection of unique Mini 4WD courses

A place of information where the fun of technology intersects “TAMIYA MAKER’S SQUARE”, planned and operated by Tamiya’s Purchasing Management Department, is a special project limited to the Tamiya Fair 2024 venue with the aim of spreading the appeal of manufacturing to more people and contributing to the development of the manufacturing industry. Under the […]

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 […]