Exploring Japan's Nichest Hobby

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[@rmn4]

It's really cool to see how committed EstFoxie is in this hobby :D Thanks for the insight!

[@Tank_Facts]

RC as a hobby is super cool and really underrated these days. It can be as technical as you want it to be and is cheaper than even a lot of PC/VR stuff these days. It's really incredible how in-depth you can go. Makes me wish RC race tracks were more popular.

[@CorbinWolber]

It is do you race and what do you race I race 8th scale buggy

[@Spukta]

In America, UK and the very South of Europe it's still relatively common conpared to northe-east EU. The closest track to me is 50 miles away. There's one RC shop that's not online-only and zero indoor tracks. :(

[@bagelhunt]

Cheaper than pc/vr? lmao what. 1/10th scale crawlers START out at like 700, drift cars even more. You can easily sink a few thousand into 1 car if you're going for speed.

[@matthorndrums]

Im lucky enough to have a track near by. It's a really fun hobby, and a great way to make some new friends.

[@CorbinWolber]

@matthorndrums I agree i am also lucky to live close to one and you do make freinds

[@lushfruit]

A lot of respect for foxie giving a chance for others

[@l2avemotion]

3:04 Mudan finally experiences drifting...

[@eon6274]

Never connected it in my mind that the yakuza sub story with the little cars was real

[@rovidelarosa]

That's not even this. That's the Tamiya Mini 4WD and it really exists. It's popular in Sotheast Asian countries like Indonesia.

[@eon6274]

@@rovidelarosa Another rabbit hole to go down. I'm blaming you for another sleepless night

[@emma_nutella58]

Japan always comes up with fun ideas for hobbies

[@thesledgehammr]

Its great to see Foxie again! Also, the edits with the cars drifting are so dope, I love tiny cars being filmed.

[@WhiteCharisma]

Dope to see Mudan showcase of something that launched my channel years ago. When I visited Japan I seeked out a few shops to see some locals drive as well! Estfoxie being able to participate and compete is so cool!

[@rupertmiller9690]

Mudan can check off 'drifting in Japan' now.

[@RinajiTheFool]

So the guy who is asking Mudan to go drifting is technically happy today

[@TheToneBender]

Holy crap. 1K entry level? I honestly would have expected it to be like 100-200 bucks for entry level. I'd legit been thinking about buying an RC car lately, but dang.

[@saizero0433]

It can be much cheaper if you look at the offers on the secondary market. For example, a standard full setup based on the Sakura D4 chassis cost me about 300 bucks. Of course, everything is far from top-end, but it drives well, you won't feel too inferior on the track

Depends on which brand and segment you choose. Even if the Sakura D4 is a cheap base, you still need body, battery, battery charger, esc, radio controller and motor at a bare minimum and all of those more than double the price of entry. Traxxas and Thunder Tiger have nice budget offers on ready to run models for about $300 but you still need to add battery and charger to that price.

[@EstFoxie]

Sorry my numbers are probably a bit inflated for sure. I was thinking of the setup I use, which has top of the line electronics on a basic chassis. I've been doing this for so long I sometimes completely blank on the more entry level stuff 🙏 But I do feel it's not unrealistic to be spending 1+K pretty quick if you get the "RC bug" 😅

[@Mikewillson-b2r]

goto ebay

[@ruggy711]

You can get started for a few hundred bucks. You don’t need the best of everything when you start and most clubs have different classes to accommodate people’s budgets.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

The track with so many racing at the same time was awesome, plus that one car going zoom zoom zoom and sweet to see Foxie so invested in this

[@fettwampe]

When you take Carerra to the next level. Insane how precise the people are at times without crashing into another

[@strangerice4467]

YT Comments: we want you to experience drifting! Mudan: We have drifting at home. That said RC drifting is still so cool!

[@tanmaykulkarni_]

A day with foxie lets goo

[@Hammerstrike81]

I had absolutely no idea this existed, and now I desperately want to see it in person. Soooo cool~! Thanks, fellas~! What sorts of wacky things will Mudan get up to tomorrow? (and will it beat tiny drift cars)

[@hashizuryokichi9577]

All the RC guys I know from the 90s eventually all moved onto quadcopters, whoops and drones :P very cool video

[@HAunderscoreVE]

In a true mudan way, my wish came true in most technical of senses. Thank you :)

[@supramanx1997]

Oh man, I'll never not recognize Gran Turismo menu music and feel comfy...

[@Squishy_tank04]

Thanks for sharing your hobby with us foxie n.n reminded me of my youth, my dad and brother are huge car guys ❤

[@SeanLewisMedia]

Rc Drift is next level fun! Its awesome seeing it all over the globe!

[@KacKLaPPeN23]

RC drifting has been huge here in japan recently, I don't live too far away from the place that just held the national competition and you won't belive how many people show up even on a regular basis. That said I race on and off road here, I feel like that transformed into the much smaller niche of those two even though it was a lot bigger a few years ago.

[@hotdognobun]

Nothing beats drifting an RC car for hours and at the end of the day everything still looks brand new.

[@Trindal]

I love RC Drifting! My other favorite RC vehicle style/competition, is Competition Rock Crawling. It’s very technical and like drifting it’s about precision..

[@tommykhong6148]

really cool seeing a channel completely unrelated to rc drifting come to explore it

[@googolplexfpv]

The nichest hobby anywhere would not have events like this. The nichest of hobbies would be the 5-10 people within 100km meeting up at one persons house to do that thing together.

[@TristanMorrow]

I know this one! A very small 🇪🇺 group DIY building fully functional 1/87 scale RC vehicles and operating them together -- including FPV driving! Best vids by *Tom Bikonkav* and *Der Theoretiker* _RC-Mikromodellbau im Maßstab 1/87_ Edit: ^ the nichest hobby that I follow on YT (RC Drift IRCDF isn't niche)

[@jakeconnelly2441]

Ok, now we really do need a real drift episode witn Mudan and Foxie.

[@ReaperUnreal]

I used to do this like 15 years ago. It's a ton of fun, but there was a lot of controversy about allowing gyros. There's A LOT that goes into tuning a car to drift just right.

[@arty102]

well now its rwd and its impossible to drive without a gyro, like genuinly, a gyro is a need these days

[@AA30996502]

Man’s went on a literal yakuza sub-story lmaoooo

[@TwodeeTwodimensional]

Foxie had a hidden talent all along? I'm impressed.

[@Norsemen892]

Japan live on drifting even in RC.... Love it! ❤

[@z.d.8986]

I’m behind on Mudan videos and I’m binging through them, starting from the bar jumping with Giri. This one is so cool in feeding my soft spot for racing. Shit like F-ZERO has been hitting there for a while but always a great time when a video with Foxie talking about his hobby. Need to follow him at some point. Can you plug Foxie in your recap when you go through the comments?

[@lushfruit]

Day 57 of Asking Mudan to send out a form at the end of the year VC/vlogs for us to vote the top 10 videos in the 365 days in Japan.A Mutube Rewind

[@Ihavename-]

Hell yeah

[@rhyven1]

Ah I’m so happy to see EstFoxie again! I was just wondering yesterday if he’d gone back to Estonia or if they’d had a fight or something.

[@isaacthebrubhimself8923]

One time I saw some guy playing this game and when he lost, he clapped at first but then cried. When I asked him who he was he said he was The Man Who Erased His Name

[@smithwillnot]

For people who played Yakuza 0 this is not surprising. (to be fair Pocket Circuit in Yakuza 0 is simpler than this)

[@rod.h8064]

Pocket Circuit is based off the RL Tamiya mini-4WD league and that too starts off cheep and becomes expensive quickly. The track alone starts at $600 for a basic oval

[@DragonWizdom]

Nice documentary Mudan!

[@wonsnot]

Day 32 of asking mudan for an hour long documentary on Japanese lampposts

[@rambazambaa1989]

That GT7 menu music 👌

[@nonewguy352]

Notification gang. Also day 26 of asking mudan to visit aogashima island

[@Juusopuuso707]

The event looks like lot of fun.

[@cv643d]

feeling nostalgic, had many friends like this when one was a youngster: overweight, bearded, geeky and nerdy friends, fully devoted to their hobby with no concept (or interest) of the opposite sex... then ur 50+ have a family and kids and look back and wondered what happened. Thanks for the LOL

[@am53n8]

Yooooo a Foxie video again

[@jama211]

So good!

[@TheLaXandro]

Ayyyy, he went drifting afterall.

[@Spedatr0n]

So cool!

[@GesarTheWriter]

Video idea, mudan tries building a gundam/gunpla or goes to a gundam/gunpla building comp.

[@mcgo3595]

What scale are the rubber-track race cars? That looks like hella fun…

[@ingloriousdane]

Day 114 of commenting on Mudan's Vlog: So is experience drifting achieved?? I would say yes! 😁 Next must be trying out the restaurants in San Plaza in Kobe or The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Kabukicho 😋

[@lushfruit]

feels like a VOGUE 60 questions ft Foxie

[@spheromancer14]

-Yakuza Reference-

[@DicePunk]

Not even close to being Japan's nichest hobby but still very fun and nerdy.

[@Bot-rg3es]

Yoooo rc cars mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@DeniaLol]

This really isn’t a niche hobby in many countries, let alone Japan - it’s so popular that even Donut Media did a video on it. Most cities have multiple RC drift tracks all through Australia, America and Europe

[@MABfan11]

i see an opportunity for a Trash Taste special in this video

[@MrNgMichael]

I wanna see foxie do the Offroad racing. Do they do indoor clay or carpet tracks?

[@MagicubeProjector]

I don't think this is super niche, I live in New Zealand and there are 3 people at my work into this. you can see the popularity of the hobby by the mind boggling amount of brands who do this and the thousands of aftermarket parts available.

[@FireBlade57]

"I don't know what any of this is" 😂

[@karlosrolero]

I was doing this 15 years ago with mates. This is not niche. It has diminished, but it's not niche. In rc, drifting communities are dime a dozen, there are pro drift rc series in the USA and EU. Like the video, but not fan of clickbaity titles.

[@salsaestonia]

Yo, Mudan, we have this in Tallinn too

[@ilmangiamandragole7857]

A cheap decent RC Drift car cost around 200$ so it's pretty affordable, the difficult part could be findind people and a place like this

[@arty102]

eh, 200 is a big stretch, you have to factor in electronics, radio, batter and charger

[@ilmangiamandragole7857]

@arty102 ye you might not get the top of the line but I got mine (a kit to build) with all the electronics and radio for 200

[@bijoychandraroy]

My inner child is screaming

[@mythicaldata6297]

Day 10 of asking you to do a long style vlog video where you go barhopping at night with PremierTwo Pete

[@WildboarXR]

GAS GAS GAS!

[@nopethefish]

Another day with Mudan’s Estonian boyfriend

[@12iq]

yakuza 0 sidequest ahh video

[@vms_kt]

Wanted a longer video😢

[@CyanLex]

Does this count as the drifting video?

[@johncameron4194]

Is it easy to drift?

[@satanism_rocks]

1k Euro entry is kinda crazy, you can buy a beater e36 for that money and get into real drifting...

[@Cyronx11]

Nah, you can get an entry ready to run kit for like $300-500usd, past that, you'd be building your own kit for your own needs. Back in 2020 I built a budget rig for a whopping $350 Canadian stones. For 1k, def could get you a setup for entry into comps, but at that point, you're relatively committed to the hobby and competing imo.

[@d4ve587]

Very cool. Fun. 😎

[@Pyrothmatic]

day 319 of watching mudan everyday

[@GAMBANJUJJJ]

Bro dont know about box car tamiya racing?

[@uther10]

Man, almost done.

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

TOKYO DRIFT!

[@AbflugSRT]

i dont think rc cars are a niche hobby in japan nor usa but for most parts of the world it is

[@ChalkanCheese]

OK, so firstly you have to realise most foreigners living or staying In Japan are earning alot more money than ther local counterparts, secondly they have more free time to dedicate to hobbies and leisure as they work alot less hours.

[@daunnedashie2874]

4:14 that car's body came off

[@dannysunwantedopinions]

Let’s all chip in to get this guy a less annoying microphone?

[@hudd0media36]

So cool. My hobbies shops are a rip off😢

[@tusharuchil8220]

did he say 100,000 euros to get into this?

[@KacKLaPPeN23]

Under a thousand

[@tusharuchil8220]

@KacKLaPPeN23 ooh okay much thanks

[@Ihavename-]

Day 287 of commenting to feed the algoerithm :D

[@Sniffiez]

[@johncameron4194]

Cool

[@NKABoX]

Foxiiiiiieeeeee頑張って

[@wtfdookiefpv]

this is a niche hobby all over the world not just japan. you need to get out more

[@xiaotianteng7987]

Day 5 requesting for a ski day

[@PUNISSSH]

Day 252 of commenting to help Mudan with the algorithm.

[@rdereckdelacruz7841]

Nah wanna buy drifting car

[@pip4183]

damn.

[@jannis11]

NIce

[@curiousfpv]

I have a drift car but suck at drifting 😂😂 I’ll stick my fpv way easier drifting is a skill not many have.

[@Askredditonyts]

jeez, you really made something i find so fun seem so boring ):

[@Mr.Monster1313]

Looks fun..i wanna build a cool car..but thats alot of $$$$$ 😂😢😮😢

[@outoftouch99]

Yall live under rocks its been huge for years lol i fell sorry for people that dont have hobbys

[@mandismith89]

literally been around for years lol

[@midomon6210]

With the price of the more expensive ones you could get a good REAL car from the used car market :D What an expensive hobby

[@samuelgentry4125]

Yup the hobby grade industry can get expensive at times but that depends on what the person want to achieve when entering to hobby

[@Kinaso]

let me take you to shibuya for some beyblade x if you want some REAL niche

[@SD-vp5vo]

1000 eur for this nonsense?>

[@dad012001]

His voice doesn’t match his 12 year old look.