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Lucky Andy. I love these bags. Beaties and other t2m ones. My beaties bag is in a poor state. I need to find another one. Do you know the story of the beaties bag? |
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Oh, what a score. Love it! |
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I have a Beaties bag too but didn't know there was a story? If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate
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That Viper is actually quite good looking!
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Hey nice, I have recently come to appreciate the period tough look that the AYK's had, lots of metal, not much style, very cool in my opinion.
I have a Beaties bag too......So what is the story about them?? From somewhere out in the wilds of central Ontario.
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I don't know the beaties story. Why these bags are so loved.... And what is beaties?
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Beatties was a small (12 locations) chain of department stores in the Midlands in the UK (Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Dudley & so on) - they only shut down in the last few years & there's a lot of nostalgia for them, as they would have been a prominent part of a lot of people's shopping experiences for a large chunk of the UK population, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, and especially if people bought there 1st Tamiya RC car from them back in the day.
Re the bags, I believe these were a freebie when a "deal" (car kit, battery, slow charger & radio gear) was bought. There are at least five principal varieties that I know of: 1 - Mid Blue, White print with F1 Car, Rough Rider & Sand Scorcher ... and what looks suspiciousy like what's now referred to as an, um, _golly_ 2 - Black with yellow print, Hornet, Wild One & Hotshot 3a - Black with yellow print, Thundershot 3b - as 3a, but with car as "positive" line drawing 4 - Black with yellow print, Bear Hawk 5a - Dark Blue, "radio control" in white print, "BEATTIES" in yellow 5b - as 5a but with magneta ends, a profile pic of a car (stylised F40? edit - I think it might supposed to be some sort of Porsche ) replaces the Beatties print, also has Tamiya logos. I've also owned a bag of precisely the same materials/construction as a gen2/3/4 beatties bag - but I can't for the life of me remember what model shop produced it. edit wiki link for Gollys: en.wikipedia.or...i/Golliwog :blink: not at all PC now, but believe me, in the 1970s that was considered ok, Robertson's jam had a Golly logo & my grandmother collected proofs of purchase to send off for figurines & badges - I may still have some of the latter ... |
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