Well it’s that time of year again. And if certain news articles are to be believed, retro toys are popular. But how many can you find at retail stores?
Author: R/C Toy Memories
Longtime collector of R/C model cars. And the sole owner and editor of R/C Toy Memories.
Tamiya Hotshot (1985)
In hobby-grade R/C, 1985 was the year when four-wheel-drive buggies hit the mainstream. Tamiya was quick to the market with the phenomenal Hotshot.
Tandy/Radio Shack White Tiger Turbo Buggy (1989)
A low, sleek space-age buggy with a single bubble window beneath which no scale-size human could possibly fit. In 1989, this was…the future!
Tandy/Radio Shack Porsche 935 Turbo (1981)
The Porsche 935 Turbo from Tandy/Radio Shack was a large R/C model based on one of the world’s most dominant racing machines of the late 70s and early 80s.
Tomy Digital Derby Auto Raceway (1978)
Before handheld LCD games, there were handheld LED games. And before LED games, well… games weren’t so much ‘electronic’ as ‘motorized’.
Kyosho Volkswagen Baja Bug (1982)
An extremely rare Volkswagen Beetle off-roader that relatively few people have seen or heard of, from the early years of the great Kyosho Corporation.
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