My Second Attempt At A Vintage Tamiya Striker | Vintage Tamiya Striker RC Car Unboxing.

[@kezzler9556]

This was the entry into the rc hobby for me when I was a kid. Nice to see it again. A friend of mine rammed it into a concrete wall and it broke in half, and that was the end of the striker 🙃

[@The_Miller]

Got this for christmas 1987, best thing ever! My dad had to repair it so many times that the whole chassi was more glue and metal than plastic after a few years. :D

[@RCKickschannel]

LOL yep, these definitely had a tendency to crack and snap that’s for sure.

[@philmoffett366]

I would leave the striker as it is wouldn't bother painting it because I think it was one of those rc's that was designed to be built quickly then used within an inch of its life! Excellent vid again by the way!

[@tecnica2001]

Awesome Buy, they do have a certain charm to them, up close and in person....👍

[@johnmalone8790]

Love the Striker, was my first car.... Great vid fella 👍

[@alistairmunro]

Although it's got design problems, this car is a classic example of Tamiya's brilliance. From the perspective of somebody who had never assembled or ran or driven an RC car, the Striker made it easy and affordable to make the first step on the ladder. the manual and the packaging were laid out perfectly and made the process utterly transparent and understandable. Compared to the the very woeful RTR stuff at the same price point of the time, this was a little rocket. By the time I ordered the Thunder Shot that replaced it, mine was as much Araldite as Tamiya, but by then, it had done it's job of getting me completely hooked not just on RC, but motorsports in general.

[@wereallydontknowwhatweredo5038]

Love the use of packaging tape on these boxes😉 Wow! Wasn't expecting so many random parts out of the first box....so cool! I remember when I was a kid and visiting the local hobby shop and the rows of Tamiyas I would just drool over....except the Striker, but as I mentioned in your last video....times have changed and I absolutely love it now. Gorgeous!! Your going to here me say this a lot in your comment sections of your videos...."I love your collection!!!" I love how they're set up against the wall too! I'm trying to figure out myself how I can pull something like that off! Great video as well as this channel!!👍👍

[@RCBirds]

The Striker was my first Tamiya RC in 1989. Very interesting times, 2-channel-radio for 80 bucks and only one servo includet. Battery for 25 bucks and only 1200 mAh (driving times around five minutes). The Striker had a very modern design for the time, single wheel suspension at the back and low profile tires. Although I crashed the chassis on the first run at the curbside, I like the Striker. We had no internet, so I couldn't find out that the the chassis had a mayor problem bevor I bought it. Hope there will be a release sometime. I wouldn't drive the car, but it'll make a fine shelfqueen.

[@smellurfingerrcdejesus9176]

Those have to be my favorite colors the royal blue and the light blue teal and the white it reminds you of a soft cloud but it's like royalty I like the front rims and the back rims that color scheme is on point

[@brianpalmer9798]

Looks like a cross between a an Indy 500 car and an off-road buggy. Mint condition is a nice find.

[@bluesimon13ify]

It's a lovely looking striker,😀

[@Gene_the_OG_Raver]

"Oh its' like Christmas" dig that Scro.

[@MrCaprinut]

Love it! I have 3, all need work, yours is mint! Regarding, I would not recoment it, the MCI decals have not the right hue of the blue color, and orginal stickers are hard to come by. But the driver head needs a redo, looks plain wrong lol. I have very fond memory of driving a Striker in the winter, on hard packed snow. Technigold was real fun sliding sideways on the street. Richard

[@brianguidolin1534]

That was my first hobby grade car. Now i got 3 of them and still run them, of course with a major supply of parts. I could probably build 8 more, including the chassis and body and decals.

[@rcalltypes8230]

Nice find! You can spend years finding the right vintage model Buggy in unused condition. Well done👍🏻👍🏻

[@darrengrimmer8541]

That’s a good one Gavin. It was a strange thing I thought. Well done on grabbing that one spot on!!!!

[@markysmodsandmodels1163]

Another epic video buddy! And what a corker! 😍😍😍

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

It was a gussied up Grasshopper... So we thought back then! Basic Buggy. Might be worth holding on to now though! Carmine ✈🚂🚙

[@sonny_z900]

Nice, I had the Sonic Fighter, crappy steering capability on pavement though. Sold it very quickly.

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

Awesome 😎👍🏻 I love my Sonic Fighter. Similar to the Striker. 🇦🇺 Rcactionaustralia 🇦🇺

[@redbones01]

The Sonic Fighter was my first RC car. The front end snapped, and the trailing arm mounting point broke off. Didn't think I would still be playing with RC cars, should have kept it lol.

[@Pablo668]

I hated the Striker originally. Now I really like them. I bought one a few months back with the full knowledge that the chassis was broken. I managed to find a new old stock chassis (hens teeth) and paid overs for it tbh. So now I have an occasional runner Striker that needs a paint job and stickers. I've been trying to find a Sonic Fighter front shock tower to put on it so I can upgrade to CVA shocks, but so far no dice. Hard to find. Also, get a decent knife to cut boxes open with.

[@GTMatukka]

I hated the Grasshopper. Well, now i ordered one 😊 Some things change by the time. I like the Striker 😃

[@shawnyoung5960]

When I got mine a few years ago it was never used. It got used a lot since then but now the dog bones like fall out of it. Gotta see if they sell universal swing shafts for it.

[@juddery]

Lol, they're rare because they have an inbuilt self destruct mode that activates if you even dare to breathe on them. My first ever 1/10th rc car and damn that thing was brittle. It barely ever managed to finish a race without the chassis needing replacing.

[@SHAYEN-cd5qw]

Nice Man, I'm bidding on a Hotshot from your way at the moment fingers crossed I win and then hope it gets here safe and sound to Australia. Love your channel.

[@RCKickschannel]

Good luck and I hope you get it. 👍🏻

[@tahustvedt]

A Sonic Fighter or Striker, can't remember which it was, sat in a local store for most of my youth and I wanted it badly. Tamiya boxart is very effective.

[@RCKickschannel]

Yes it is Darren hehehe

[@bayareaadventures4432]

I think I only seen the striker in an 80’s rc magazine. I kind of remember it.

[@johnnykat21]

Just picked up a mint one myself. Only thing is it has the oiled filled shocks all around and sonic fighter front tower. But I really want this back to original. Unfortunately I’ve been searching high and low here in the states and nothing. If you ever come across any of the front and rear shocks and front tower parts please let me know. (Not sure how to put contact info here privately) This was my first rc as a kid and I would like to bring it back to original. Won’t be running it. Thank you and keep up the great vids.

[@RCKickschannel]

You might have to pick up a second car for the parts you need. It's bonkers but I've had to do that before. I would find out the part numbers and see if another Tamiya car uses them.

[@BreatheRC]

That is a beauty mate :)

[@schuttrostig5729]

The striker looks much better than on pictures, now i want one :) they look great. Wouldnt do any running on this one, to much risk to get a glitch on the radio and spoil it.

[@RCKickschannel]

It’s a bit fragile yes.

[@anthonywagner7648]

That was my first rc car Build

[@whome7004]

I remember it exactly as you said! I think it s a good looking car ! Are there many differences between the red and white sweet shave queen on the wall of fame

[@RCKickschannel]

The Dyna Blaster and the Stadium Blitzer trucks? Yes these are completely different trucks. The Dyna Blaster is basically a Dyna Storm with a truck body so it’s really a track focused truck with great suspension and gearbox. The Stadium Blitzer is a lower budget kit but still a great truck to drive. I think people got confused as the Dyna Blaster kit was a load more expensive but people thought it was just a different body when it wasn’t. To add to the confusion the Dyna Blaster has the same body as the Stadium Thunder.

[@Mini-z1994]

Its a bit weird looking for an offroad buggy thats for sure. Like even gokarts with somewhat of an offroad capability has a rollcage whille this is about as exposed as a F1 car which it certainly was inspired by design wise. With the modern dt03 chassis Tamiya could certainly do something as a homage too the striker & a few other of their cheaper and less popular Tamiya buggies, even just as a body set for the chassis i think they would get picked up.Even if it might look a bit more goofy having a body like this on a modern buggy chassis, if done right it would look pretty cool if they got a mix between a mid engined sandrail & F1 car from the late 70's or 80's on a chassis like the dt03.

[@smellurfingerrcdejesus9176]

U ruined it for me now I see the go cart u where taking about wow

[@Mini-z1994]

I mean it's an F1 inspired car more then anything while something like an offroad gokart has a rollcage, even back then during the 1980's like the honda odyssey fl 250 on google images, just mentioning how the design doesn't make sense safety wise even for the time if it was a full size vehicle.

[@wings9925]

Hated this back in the day... Doesn't look half bad now though

[@ifly65]

Does anyone know why Australia has been such a great place for rare Tamiya parts? I finally found vintage grooved F1 tires thanks to them.

[@RCKickschannel]

Close to Japan Would be my first guess. For some reason Strikers are hard to find is Australia.

[@davidlees9096]

I like that model because it looks like a beefed up F1 car

[@leogoughmtbs]

My uncle had/has one

[@robertward5047]

It's one of those rare cars where the actual car looks better than the box art.

[@GSXRflykiller]

Now you need a Sonic Fighter and a Futaba FX10 to complete the set. :0)

[@bayareaadventures4432]

GSXRflykiller I would love to see a Futaba FX10 build. My cousin got one the same week I got my Frog. We raced at the local rc track all the time back in those days.

[@wings9925]

You know you're buying too much shit when you can't remember what you bought from the other side of the world! Gonna buy you a box-opening knife for Christmas 😆

[@javii5326]

I can’t find the video with your different color shirt 😥... literally watched just about everything

[@RCKickschannel]

Keep looking, the second you see it you will know. Remember the hint, it’s relevant to the studio build

[@javii5326]

RCKicks omg...... so obvious now 😂😅

[@gigglehurtz3167]

really odd looking ... buggy? kinda like it though. It looks like a cross between a buggy and like an f1 or something.

[@didierfavre8126]

Nice Striker. Speed controller doesn't look original, should be black. Motor is not vintage, should have a plastic enbell (usually white).

[@RCKickschannel]

Thanks for the info. I have a vintage motor and I’ll look into the MSC

[@camrowdrone6497]

Boomerang haha only joking 👍🏻

[@fleppie75]

really ugly car but so fun to drive, it really was such an easy car to drive, my brother had this one, I had the sonic fighter. From all the Tamiya's I owned this was the most fun to drive.

[@Gene_the_OG_Raver]

Message sent to you, about that Bigwig shit pile you got... Nice Score Scro..

[@michaelandrew4488]

Leave it - don't paint it . This was made back in the day, possibly by a 12 year old with the help of dad, and should be left as is.

[@danielanderson5364]

Not like it

[@jessicalatex2539]

Fundamental weakness.. One could have been fixed by having a side rear impact bars to deflect any thing hitting the rear wheels.. as without it the ball joint holding the rear trailing arms rips out of the chassis.. then the as you discovered from the first attempt to get one front impacts will break the part of the chassis where the steering arms come out . The other weakness is the front lower arms.. not as likely to break as those other two.. So way back in 1987/88 when i got mine chassis replacement or tamiya parts in general would take forever to get... and in 2019 its still hard/long times to get parts.. (down to the shit distribution company. ) and tamiya seems to be happy to stick with them..