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www.tamiya.com/.../index.htm ... great :y: but "Fighting Buggy"? Are they even trying any more? :silly:

I just saw this on Facebook.

I always wanted a Superchamp but I'm not sure how to feel about this. Since it is likely to be >>£300 I am unlikely to buy a rere.
Maybe I'll buy a bodyshell and build a replica out of one of my SRBs.

That's unexpected, at least for me...
Picture from Tamiya:

Google Translate of the japanese text:

1/10 RC Limited

Fighting Buggy (2014)
FIGHTING BUGGY (2014)
Item No: 1 October 2014 84 389 (water) around 37,800 yen release (body price 35,000 yen)
Product image
Total length = 415mm photo is what you assembled the kit was painted image enlargement ※

★ basic configuration of Fighting buggy which appeared in 1982, high-performance has attracted attention is the reprint was made ​​improvements to various parts intact. ★ Adopt main frame of 2.5mm thickness made ​​of FRP which gave Nari no moderate. ★ Front and rear suspension using a die-cast arm with a strength. ★ body in reinforced plastic with high sense of precision, the roof is made ​​of aluminum. ※ use Propo: Fine spec 2.4G RC electric drive set

I definitely want one. But I'll wait for the Buggy Fighter.

Edit - or the Fighting Champ, kinda like the Rough Rider better anyway.

Crazy they are replica but originals release or rere are so expensives one to one. Too for me .

New Tamiya cup for 40+, SRB fighting buggers.

The Super Champ is definitely on my list (I've had a set of decals for a long time in anticipation), but good examples have become increasingly out of reach in recent months & ones complete enough to consider restorable, very few & far between ... I'd like to get the re-re as I've never built an SRB out of the box - but it might just be that I end up getting an original, if the re-release hammers down prices to the same extent it did with, well, just about any other Tamiya car that got re-released


TBH as soon as I saw "Fighting Buggy" , my mind immediately jumped to South Park & "Let's Fighting Love"

I think Princess Kenny will protect the shipments from Japan.

larbut wrote:

That's unexpected, at least for me...

Not unexpected for me. Makes perfect commercial sense. They already have most of the parts made for the Buggy Champ and can charge more as it is a "premium" model.