e214: Tamiya Wild One Blockhead Motors Build Overview & Thoughts

[@allangrant1326]

I brought this blockhead and man it’s awesome! I did paint my chassis blue to match and super pleased I did

[@bcastromusic]

The wild one blockhead is the first tamiya kit I’ve bought in 33 years!!! Huge tamiya fan just from nostalgia - used to play with/ all old one grasshopper, frog, blackfoot, wild one, hot shot etc… but never actually bought one since until now (mostly buying associated and other brands). If Kyosho releases the turbo optima mid that will be my first kyosho in 33 years!! waiting on that one.

[@RCRetro]

thanks for your comment. Well good choice with he Wild One Blockhead Motors buggy. Its a great looking buggy. I'm really looking forward to getting this out for some fun. I believe Kyosho will be rereleasing the Optima Mid, not the Turbo... Regardless, I'm excited for that one too... I really wish team associated would rerelease something.... Maybe the RC10t...

[@cshelden3]

Just unboxed mine from the mid 80's this was the car that made me competitive, prior I raced a hornet. Total different cars for local off road track. The RC20's were the king of the track, but I was a poor lawn mowing kid so went Tamiya. Loved that car.

[@MechanicAfterHours]

The best part is the advice about the fingers haha! Great pointers and I really enjoyed watching this-I can definitely tell you're excited and it's making me excited about it as well! I feel the same about the wing decals, still torn if I should hide it or not. Oh well.

[@RCRetro]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jone7940]

Great video. Well paced, good pointers. Thanks Ari. Looking forward to seeing it run.

[@theoagrc]

Great looking buggy. Can’t wait to see it out on the track

[@thecretanbull4784]

Love it my friend!!! Keep up the great work! ☝️

[@RCRetro]

Thank you.

[@RCHobbyShed]

That turned out great! STILL waiting on mine, been on pre-order for what feels like forever. Maybe one day! 😁👍

[@bigpapapump8418]

I heard that if you put a Kyosho Mega Motor in one of these.....time will actually go backwards when you go in the reverse direction.....

[@scottnorton6834]

I drive with my eyes closed too. Especially on the Long Island Expressway

[@yellomello71]

Amazing Buggy. Good guide. Cant wait for the driving video. Thumbs up! Hopefully some day I will get one myself 😎

[@trevorfurlotte]

Hard not to love that scale look.

[@marcosfernandeznanita7150]

That was super fun, love the kit

[@RCBirds]

Great car and awesome video. Thanks for sharing the highlights and your thoughts.

[@n22pdf]

Such a great looking car.. waiting for mine to arrive.. great build

[@mad-beerc3818]

Lovely looking buggy! 👌

[@bigskydude8068]

Definitely one of Tamiya's sexiest models...🤌🤌

[@powersmodelgarage]

Looks great!

[@RCKickschannel]

Still no news on the reissue orginal Wild One arriving in the UK. It's gone missing with no ETA :(

[@RCRetro]

Bummer... I don't even see the Wild One for pre sale on any of the big online RC distributors in the US.

[@scottnorton6834]

@@RCRetro try putting an “A” after the model number when you search. They issued a new model number when they had to make the change to substitute in the HW ESC.

[@ShenRC]

😁👍It's a BEAUTY!

[@anthonyvalenti9093]

Great video!

[@mitchrozelle269]

Hi. Like the look of that buggy. Reminds me of the old VW buggy's back in the day. I'm thinking about getting my first Tamiya kit to race as a beginner at the local of road track . Just for fun. I'm thinking of getting the dt 03 neo fighter .What do you think? Hay also saw the pic. of the gold pan be hied you . That was my first R/C car . if i knew what I know now , then I would still have it!

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

Nice Kit 😎

[@trevorfurlotte]

When it comes to stickers I still use the soapy water trick.

[@RCRetro]

I've been meaning to try that. What do you use, a spray bottle with soapy water? Dove or Palmolive? Then, spray the back of the sticker and apply.. then position it and hit it with a heat gun?

[@trevorfurlotte]

@@RCRetro soapy water in a plate. Any dish soap. Dip the decal under the water, apply, move into position, push our the water and wipe with paper towel.

[@RCRetro]

@@trevorfurlotte cool thanks for the tips. I’ll have to try it at some point.

[@tallguygaming409]

The track will probably be dry sometine in may haha

[@markhinkle3234]

Looking forward to the track video. Are you going to race it on one of the race nights this year?

[@RCRetro]

I would like to. Harry and Sten both have one as well. A lot of Wild One Blockheads will be out there during race night.

[@scottnorton6834]

@@RCRetro commentary will be epic since nobody will have any clue who is who.

[@flubberlane8437]

Wild one ! Nice

[@GTMatukka]

Fast Eddy bearings.. crap. Just got my Wild One BH and started to build it, pretty nice one :)

[@bigbattenberg]

One thing I found is that the bearing fit in the counter gear is poor - the bearings actually swim in their bores instead of it being a light press fit. The end result is a poor running and binding gearbox. Any similar experience?

[@RCRetro]

I have not ran mine. I have not heard anyone mention this issue in the RC community. I hope that you able to fix the issue and get it running smoothly.

[@bigbattenberg]

@@RCRetro I bought two additional gear sets as spares and to complete my old Wild One. They have the same problem. Because I saw no decent way to fix it I decided to run it as is and so far it seems to run fine with no obvious noise or anything. The original gear sets did have the proper fit though, it is obvious that this is a quality issue. It's easy to spot because the bearings will obviously fall out of the bores when the gear is lifted but I can imagine not too many people will pay serious attention to this during the build.

[@RCRetro]

@@bigbattenberg Doesnt' seem like too many people noticed this. Well as long as its running fine... fingers crossed it stays that way.

[@bobosen8138]

hey maybe the pirate could do a build some day

[@MobilJJN1080]

Mntap Mobilnya kawan

[@havn2muchfun]

Don’t think mine will ever come out of the box. Now if/when the regular version appears, that will.

[@RCRetro]

Not even build it?

[@havn2muchfun]

With the pile of normal builds I have waiting, probably not. But I won’t say there’s no chance lol.

[@jeffbrundt7740]

I pre-ordered one but Tower let me down. I had to settle for getting a Turbo Scorpion instead.

[@RCRetro]

Sorry to hear that. What happened? They didn't fulfill your order the 1st time around?

[@jeffbrundt7740]

@@RCRetro pretty much. It's still pending but not sure when the next shipment will arrive. I did get the 45th anniversary porsche which i ordered at the same time. I do like the turbo scorpion but still want a blockhead wild one.

[@MotoMatic92]

More racing!!! Please

[@DH-dt9zj]

Are these made in Japan or China.

[@bradkalman2353]

The elf gave me a wild one original I also wish I had this one even though they're not making replacement parts of this so if you have to replace parts of that you have to use some of them from the original and chrome plate them in some way with paint.

[@bradkalman2353]

And the hobbywing ESC.

[@bradkalman2353]

Hope you race it this year.

[@smellurfingerrcdejesus9176]

Lol eye's closed shame on you frosty the snowman ☃️ poor old boy 🙂 thank you Jesus

[@bradkalman2353]

I still haven't figured out the second channel what are you talking about please tell me what it is and give me a link to it.

[@bobosen8138]

nice hands, hahahahahaha

[@thehomefront1905]

Being that you made us believe you was going to run and then changed your mind at the last minute, I feel like you've made a fool of us all, unnecessary and below the belt