e236: The Iconic Tamiya Frog Hits the Port Royal Raceway For An Epic Track Run

[@androsborsato]

My 8 year old daughter says this RC is really cool and the paintjob has really cool colors and she can't wait to get one of her own , and I agree with her whole heartedly.

[@powersmodelgarage]

Love the Frog. This was my first RC in the 80s. My next build is the Frog ReRe. Great buggy.

[@RCRetro]

Glad to hear that you have the chance to build your 1st childhood RC... That should bring back some memories.... Enjoy the build.

[@Bormac073]

I recently bought another FROG. Going back to my child hood there weren't a lot of rc cars around but then one day the Grasshopper, Hornet, Frog and Hotshot arrived. The FROG was obviously the upgrade above the Hornet. You can set the Frog up for track duties better than a Hornet. Loving your work and channel Ari

[@RCRetro]

I totally agree with you... my frog handles better than the hornet. I'm considering getting the MIP differential for it. Glad you enjoy the channel.

[@edstar83]

My first Tamiya was the Hornet. An upgrade from my Taiyo Jet Hopper. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJjVg2SJfZKIrpI

[@owenbuttle3304]

Best looking Frog paint job I’ve seen in my opinion!! Looks superb on the track too 👍🏻

[@RCRetro]

Thanks Owen. TBH it was the custom body you sent Glenn that got me interested in the Frog. That Black, white and gold paint job was pretty cool too...

[@tallguygaming409]

Owen thanks!

[@owenbuttle3304]

@@RCRetro That’s great to hear! It’s definitely a marmite buggy for sure, I genuinely love it more now it’s retro 😎

[@owenbuttle3304]

@@tallguygaming409 Welcome! The style and paint balance suits it perfectly, love it 👍🏻

[@michaelp.8975]

It looks absolutely brilliant… nice paint job

[@RCRetro]

Yes came out great. I absolutely love it.

[@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC]

Frog love is real. Not a huge fan myself...but all the cool kids had them back in the day (I was not very cool). Legendary for sure 100%.

[@stevejamesbailey7212]

Hey Ari, The paint job looks great. The Frog is one of my all time favs. Would love to see you guys do an all Frog race. Love the channel, keep the videos coming. 😃

[@RCRetro]

I would love to do an all Frog race. Hopefully we can get one together soon. Yeah, the frog took a while to grow on me...but I really like the look of it now... I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@tallguygaming409]

Frog will never get its own class hahaha. Maybe you will see more then one in a crappy buggy race if your lucky.

[@paulus842000]

That paintwork is just awesome ❤️ just love the way these old buggys bounce round the track ❤️

[@RCRetro]

It definitely takes a little bit more skill keeping it running smoothly on the track

[@paulus842000]

@@RCRetro that's part of the fun with these old buggys ❤️

[@j0hnnykn0xv1lle]

You're crazy bro. The Frog, with a MIP diff, is amazing. Low center of gravity, great for jumps, fast, smooth. The Frog is a great daily driver. The body styling is nice too.

[@RCRetro]

I'm considering getting the MIP diff for it. I have it in my Blackfoot... From my experience, the Frog does drive and jump better than my hornet and possibly my vintage Wild One

[@tallguygaming409]

You cant have mip diff... thats against the rules 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@sorryociffer]

@@RCRetro There is another KZbin RC guy that has designed a MASSIVE updates from suspension for the hornet. He sells it on shapeways.

[@tallguygaming409]

Man that harry guy does great paint jobs. He seems like a really nice guy always helping you out

[@RCRetro]

I'm glad I became friends with Harry and he's a really nice guy at times. We all help each other out.

[@tallguygaming409]

Hate this guy

[@mattdixon6396]

Ah the Frog. Were they reliable, fast, durable? Hell no. Were they fun? 💯 Still one of the coolest buggies of all time. Great video mate!!

[@rcicons4915]

Awesome job Ari, I need to restore my frog.

[@thecretanbull4784]

Hi Keith!! Fancy meeting you here!! 🤣🤣

[@RCRetro]

Hey Keith, thanks for the comment. You got a lot of RC'ing ahead of you lol... I'm sure when you get around to it, it will look awesome. It took a while for the frog to grow on me... but now I'm a fan...

[@rcicons4915]

@@thecretanbull4784 I have been a subscriber of Ari’s for long time.

[@mercilessradio1770]

That was my first RC. Believe it or not I was obsessed with the idea of modifying it to make it suitable for competition alongside the popular AE RC10CE and the Losi JRXs. Of course it came up short and after a while I traded in for an RC10CE. I did love the unorthodox engineering of the Frog though. Always will.

[@AddamsPlayground]

Very cool idea for the color scheme and props to Harry for doing such a great job on the paint work. It turned out fantastic!!! I love the black wheels as well! Very cool!

[@hellofromsoutheastalaskarc7517]

I wish the RC elf would find me. LOL

[@medcityrchobbies2886]

Plx ,,cl

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

You never know.

[@madmickmalone]

Gday from Oz, over 7K subs that a great effort, i still remember finding your channel , keep it going and keep pumping out the vids,

[@roccomarcelli821]

Great paint job! Have an original I need to restore myself.

[@josereta2321]

Great now I want a frog lol awesome paint👍

[@Abyssdiver]

Was my first RC at about the age of 12, best Christmas present ever!

[@SuperBigdanno]

Got to say, best looking frog I have ever seen! I had one given to me, an original... everything that could break did with in a battery pack while running easy on the street! Not overly keen on that chassis since then.

[@peterhootonrc1498]

That’s the best looking frog I’ve seen great paint job. I have an original frog that I bought for racing at our local club back in the 80s. To be honest was never my favourite rc but it did the job. It’s a little worse for wear now and needs a good resto. Which I hope to get round to some day. Many thanks for sharing best wishes from the uk

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Love the paint, turned out great

[@takayatakeuchi3685]

A great paint job!

[@tallguygaming409]

Thank you

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

The RC Elf is an amazing individual. He’s helped so many of us both big and small channels.

[@jongonegone1262]

thorp brand made a ball diff in the mid 80s for it, also as mentioned mip brand. today the rerelease has the gear box upgraded to dogbones beefed up bevel gears in the new kit. roar banned the metal anti roll over metal antenna wire poles because it caused car to stay on wheels, then roar made plastic antenna tube only legal for roar offroad racing. those were the daaaaaaays.

[@TimeAttackRC]

Best lookin Frog I've ever seen!

[@RCRetro]

Thanks... Thats pretty cool you think that. Keep an eye out for it in our 3rd race video... not sure when it will be out but when its out you'll see this frog in the race!

[@TimeAttackRC]

@@RCRetro Mate, I'll be one of the first to watch it! Love your race videos and the channel and your little backyard track inspired me to build my own.

[@RCRetro]

@@TimeAttackRC Thats awesome to hear. The track actually belongs to Harry and is not mine... I wish it was lol... but that is cool to hear that you created your own. have you posted pics of it on the facebook group for RC RETRO?

[@TimeAttackRC]

@@RCRetro not yet, got a bit more work to do on it if it ever stops raining here but will once Im happy with it.

[@bwjones8903]

More excellent content. Thanks!

[@scottnorton6834]

Closer to Summer? It is already July and we are speeding towards Fall.

[@nidzdotnet76]

Shoulda kept the No Guts, No Glory on the tail. Apart from that the pain looks good.

[@TheMdavis07]

😃Oh man the buggy turned out absolutely epic. I do you think that the polka dots would have looked cool but this turned out beautiful definitely has a good eye for what looks good. Cheers from Northern Ky.

[@tallguygaming409]

Nah polka dots woulda lookd yucky haha

[@kevinp2820]

Froglodyte, Frogenstein, Frogster, Frogmiester, Frogelicious, Frogtastic, Frogstar, There's got to be more... "It's the Tamiya way" as Matt would say! Fun video!

[@yourapeeinguy8263]

love the frog, thing turns on a dime

[@RCRetro]

I got a good servo in there.. Its pretty fun out there on the track.

[@kaosr.c]

That frog looks great 🔥

[@RCRetro]

Thanks. It was really fun out there with it... surprisingly handled better than I imagined.

[@dirtyfingersninja]

Paint job looks great!! I need a frog, picked up a neo frog recently!

[@tallguygaming409]

Thanks man

[@steven-vn9ui]

Kudos to the RC Elf, what a great human!

[@RCRetro]

He really is. I can only hope for good things to come his way for all his generosity to the RC youtube creators.

[@thecretanbull4784]

Your a class act! Keep up the great work!

[@RCRetro]

Thanks I appreciate the comment. So how do you think the frog came out? Did you like the paint scheme?

[@thecretanbull4784]

@@RCRetro Hi !! I gotta be honest…. 🤣I’m a box art guy except for the pink. I have 2 shells for my frog , one white and the other silver and black stripe. Metal wheels on it as well. That being said I love the color scheme just not on a retro buggies. I think the guy who did it has a lot of talent. Thanks 🙏!

[@tallguygaming409]

@@thecretanbull4784 he sure does the paint jobs he does are amazing.

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

Looks Great 😊

[@Seeeeyaaaa]

This is an old vid i know but the OP made me remember exactly what my thoughts were about the Frog when my step dad took me to the store to buy our first RC car back in the 80s. What i didn't realize then was that he was actually just buying it for himself but anyways..All i wanted was a Hornet or if i was extremely lucky a Hotshot..in fact i really really wanted that Hotshot, but no my loving pal of a step dad chose a FROG. Well, i thought. I guess I'll just have to learn to love the Frog..boy was i wrong. The frog constantly spat out the axels..bounced around like a giant bullfrog at speed and crashed itself unless you had expert stick control which i did not. The Servo overheated constantly and it ran out of batteries too quickly if you used the Fast gear cog, to add insult to injury it also blew up the gearbox quiet regularly. I hated that car for the small high speed blow ups it constantly had on me..😂 needless to say i now own my own Hornet.

[@RCRetro]

'm glad you now have a Hornet especially after what seems to be a tainted childhood experience with RC LOL.... It's nice to see that after all these years you finally got what you wanted and are still in the hobby. The Frog is not that bad and many people in the hobby actually consider it a step up from the hornet and grasshopper. I love my hornet too.

[@Seeeeyaaaa]

@@RCRetro thankyou mate 😄 Yes, I still dabble in Tamiya retro cars only. The Re release Frog of today is a much better version than it was back in the 80s. They have upgraded the Axle shafts, given it a ESC, and upgraded some of the gearbox internals to make it a bit more reliable. I began rebuilding my Frog years ago with re re parts but it disappeared during a move, so sadly it never got to actually run again! yours looks great though.

[@mattiasrc]

Harry did a great job painting that Frog. This is probably the uggliest buggy from Tamiya and still most of us have one 🤣😂, i will restore mine back to stock and boxart (just waiting for all the parts to arrive).

[@RCRetro]

He really did do a great job. Like I said, not a fan at first... I guess it takes time to grow on you lol.... now its just pure fun with this.

[@tallguygaming409]

Thanks buddy

[@wadeskelton7585]

I’m with you I never was a fan of the frog but this is a damn fine looking one to be sure. I guess I just need to get one and see it in person, maybe that’ll change my mind 🤷‍♂️ How are we supposed to do something nice for the elf if we don’t know who he/she is?? I got an idea maybe 😄

[@briant4162]

I remember listening to the transmissions on them cars slipping and stripping when they went over jumps I still think the frog was a awesome looking car

[@sorryociffer]

Smashing looking buggy… I have two of them with many rare and custom parts. I run them gently really… just because…

[@ShenRC]

It looks real nice!! Hey if you ever figure out how to stop the frog from always nose diving off jumps let me know!

[@SuperBigdanno]

Softer rear springs may help, dont know what they are like on the re re cars but on the original I think Tamiya thought it was a full scale car, they are stiff!!

[@ShenRC]

@@SuperBigdanno Yeah I was thinking that also but never could find any springs for the frog shocks that are softer?

[@SuperBigdanno]

@@ShenRC sorry but I dont have an awnser for that.

[@franco992]

@@ShenRC CRP do a spring set to fit the original version. It’s their part number 1602. These springs are softer than the stock ones. I’ve just ordered a set.

[@ShenRC]

@@franco992 Hi thanks I have a re release frog do they fit the re release?

[@charlesmccoy5463]

Keep up the good work bro Gotta go check out I'm glad I watched your USA one video now I gotta get me a J concept usa 1retro body piece fromthewest

[@johnchappell1261]

Looks awesome!!!!!! Gotta get one now!!!!!! When r u getting fighting buggy?

[@bradkalman2353]

The elf is awesome he sent me one to.

[@red7fifty]

Have you broken the front axles yet? JB Weld or Loctite Shaft Retaining compound.

[@hellofromsoutheastalaskarc7517]

Hello from southeast alaska this is a cool video bro

[@Mr1stlevel]

Hell yeah

[@RCRetro]

Awesome track run, right? So what do you think about Harry's paint work?

[@Mr1stlevel]

@@RCRetro great paint job can we get a stadium blitzer run video

[@RCBirds]

The Elf's a saint. This car looks so freakin' awesome. Do you leave it technical as stock or might we see some hop-ups for it? Thanks for showingnthe out-takes, too.

[@bradkalman2353]

You know I like box art and that's the way I wanted mine but you could have gone with the golden arrow frog.

[@bradkalman2353]

You should also race it against other buggies.

[@pbruteforce1]

I always like the frog, was never my absolute favorite but always kind of like it actually more than the hornet I always hated the way the hornet had that little bump for the drivers helmet in the roof for some reason it bothered me 😄 just finished a very basic resto on an old frog then I'm going to use as a runner I have a new Re-release kit My wife got me for my birthday that I'm going to do a special build with😉

[@bradkalman2353]

He keeps in contact with me to.

[@yellomello71]

Hey, dont you think it runs pretty well for such an old hound? I´ve never liked the color scheme as well. As I remember back in the days, the frog for me was always a big, pink thing of a RC car. But at the moment I am looking for a ReRe. Unfortunately they are hardly available here. By the way, the body paintjob is amazing, not everyone´s taste I guess, but really outstanding.

[@bradkalman2353]

Golden arrow frog.

[@bradkalman2353]

You should see my frog videos.

[@bradkalman2353]

You want to go with poisonous frog colors.

[@bradkalman2353]

Yeah those wheels are impossible to put together especially the rears.

[@sorryociffer]

Not a Frog fan!?!… Heresy!

[@RCRetro]

LMAO... at first "NO". like I said it has grown on me. There was just something about it when I first got back into the hobby that I couldn't stand.. Couldn't put my finger on it. But then, after a while, like many other RC kits, it grew on me. I love mine with the paint scheme. Box art on this is not very attractive and doesn't give an alluring appeal to it.

[@wadeskelton7585]

That was a pretty big turd 😃

[@goldengrin]

8 minutes of blah, blah, blah before you even do what the video title says? C'mon, son!

[@RCRetro]

Thanks for the comment and support. Glad you like the blah blah blah...I"ll make sure theres more of it next time...Son...

[@ShenRC]

@@RCRetro Yeah like it's your channel do what you like... don't worry about it... I learned you can't please em all! Just do what you like and makes you happy!

[@TotalScumbagRC]

what a beast