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.
Category: R/C Cars
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.
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.
Tandy/Radio Shack 4×4 Off-Roader (1985)
A versatile and robust pick-up truck that was one of Tandy’s best-selling R/C toys for several years, and remains fondly remembered by many people.
Tandy/Radio Shack Dune Buggy (1981)
The Dune Buggy was an “off road” toy-grade R/C car in the Meyers Manx dune buggy design. And Tandy/Radio Shack’s top-of-the-line R/C model way back in 1981.
“The Hornet”, by Tamiya (1984)
The quintessential Tamiya R/C model? The Hornet, by Tamiya, is a true icon of the R/C hobby. And one of the most versatile and rugged vehicles of all time.
Tyco/Taiyo Turbo Hopper (1986)
The Tyco/Taiyo Turbo Hopper was a hugely popular R/C toy buggy in the USA in the mid 1980s. It was the American release of the Taiyo Jet Hopper.
Tandy/Radio Shack Funny Beetle (1984)
Popping wheelies was all the rage in the early 1980s, and this little R/C Volkswagen Beetle from Radio Shack (made by Nikko) was among the cutest R/C wheelie cars.
Tandy/Radio Shack Jeep Renegade (1984)
The toy that first started my interest in R/C cars… the Jeep Renegade was a lovely, scale Jeep R/C model that was built to last.
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