An hour of vintage 1987 Tamiya ads in one video.

[biggman100]

I remember when these first came out (I was 15. Where did all that time go?).

 

[Ritz413]

The blackfoot is one of my favorite old time commercials

 

[dustyroller]

Thank you for posting. Back when scale sizes were just a bit faster than scale speed and everyone was amazed and happy about it.

 

[funkyyy]

The blackfoot is one of my favorite old time commercials

Thanks for pointing that out. I used to own one and seeing it again in the commercial revived some memories . At the time all my friends were going for 4wd but I went for the uncontrollable overpowered fun platform instead.

 

[Xraycer]

I grew up in the Northeast, CT specifically, and never saw a single hobby grade rc TV ad. So, had no idea these ads even existed.

 

[HPIguy]

Ah, the days of charging for two hours for six minutes of run time. And having to clean the mechanical speed control to get it working properly again. I still have nostalgia for some of the rigs, but zero desire to go back to that era of electronics.

 

[xjtorc]

Thanks for sharing, that was freakin cool! I was born in '87 but, by the time I was in diapers, my dad and uncles were obsessed. Amongst them, they had a solid collection of all of the Tamiya monster trucks.

I can't get this image out of my head. I would kill to recreate this, without barriers. Then have a micro, last man standing grudge race.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

iv always wondered what steering servo they had in the Clodbuster when they filmed that. its got the stock steering linkage, but what looks like a standard 1/10 servo is cranking those big tires no problem. i ran mine with a single high torque servo for a short time and it struggled.

 

[biggman100]

Ah, the days of charging for two hours for six minutes of run time. And having to clean the mechanical speed control to get it working properly again. I still have nostalgia for some of the rigs, but zero desire to go back to that era of electronics.

You and me both. I am so glad the days of MSC's are behind us. I absolutely despised them. I mowed an awful lot of lawns, and tossed a lot of newspapers to get my first Novak ESC, and then I was afraid to run it too much and ruin it. Another thing I'm so glad I don't have to do anymore is make my own battery packs.

 

[biggman100]

I grew up in the Northeast, CT specifically, and never saw a single hobby grade rc TV ad. So, had no idea these ads even existed.

I grew up in the South and southwest, and I remember seeing the Tamiya and Traxxas ads, but, I don't remember ever seeing any for Kyosho, even though I had a Kyosho Ultima around that time, along with two Tamiya Grasshopper's.