Tamiya Grasshopper...

[@dangerpainter]

Actually shed a little tear from nostalgia with this vid!!!!

[@leeellis6738]

Grasshopper first Tamiya seen. First Tamiya owned was the Hornet. Happy days

[@anthonylaudano9435]

BACK IN THE 80S THE GRASSHOPPER WAS MY FIRST RC CAR AND I STILL HAVE IT.

[@jmf3353]

Also my first real RC car in 1985, met my first wife because of this car😂

[@anthonylaudano9435]

@@jmf3353 IT WAS MY FIRST RC CAR ALSO AND I HAVE A LOT OF THE OLD SCHOOL TAMIYA CARS

[@richardprice7763]

The Hornet was the one I wanted as a kid, I was obsessed with those spiked rear tyres and that black and yellow paint scheme...

[@butchmeister80]

Love your enthusiasm makes me want one.. and a hornet and the hot shot ha

[@Lo-Ren]

The Grasshopper was the first entry for many of us into the RC world, that's a sweet hommage Sir !

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thank you 😊

[@jsfromearth2715]

that was my first , real rc hobby car 😍 i was 8 and full of joy when the battery was charged, ready to run . But each time i've broked the plastic gear just after the motor 😢 that was so frustrating, even more for my parents forced to buy spared parts on and on and on 😅 what a child remain ! Thanks a lot and cheers from france !

[@Bill61]

1st rc was the Hornet. Then a used Grasshopper. Always wanted a Frog. Frog will be here next week. Wife's 1st rc (Grasshopper) arrived yesterday! You're never too old for R/C!!!

[@baconator_c10]

This was my first rc car back in the mid 80’s. Got it on vacation in Florida. I remember the 18 hr drive back home to Ohio, I think I had the kit on my lap the entire trip just looking at the parts. I’m 49 now and heading back to Florida for vacation in 3 weeks. My plan is to buy another Grasshopper while there. Hopefully from the same hobby shop (it’s still in operation) MCI decals already ordered.

[@TAMIYALegends]

That is truly awesome my friend 🤩🤩🤩

[@r.lee1989]

I'm 49 myself! the grasshopper was my first r/c car. built it with my dad when I was 10! unfortunately, the hobby shop I bought it at was in a shopping mall, and most of them are dead now.

[@chrisrcarraher8800]

Yup, this was my first RC car at 12 yrs old in 86'. She's almost 40 yrs old and still runs, just had it out yesterday!

[@RawTopShot]

That was! First car in about 1988, bought from mother's Grattan catalogue. The transmitter ate through AA batteries like crazy. My car is still in the attic 33 years later.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Haha the Gratten catalogue 😍 That’s a blast from the past my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@stephenport4768]

Bought ours in the mid 80s dad built it up and still got it along with the Monster Beetle

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic Stephen 🤩👊🏻

[@leonardotherapydog7677]

My neighbor has a number of classic Tamiya shelf queens and talked me into getting into a basic RC buggy. I saw the Grasshopper at a hobby store and grabbed it. I loved building it with the performance mods. Great RC car!

[@adrianbernardo202]

The first RC buggy of my late Father, everytime I see that Tamiya Grasshopper, I remember my Dad whom passed away in 2019

[@TAMIYALegends]

Sorry for your loss my friend .

[@adrianbernardo202]

@@TAMIYALegends actually Dad was a loyal Tamiya Fan, He first attracted to Scale modelllng, then He got this, I remember the Controller he bought then, A Futaba Attack 2 stick Controller

[@MarshallLando]

YAY! Grasshopper!!!!!!!! my first real rc!!!!!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic Tom 😎👊🏻

[@fdauhajre]

My dad got me a Grasshopper in 1989, it was my intro to Hobby Level RC. Of course I bought the re release. Best kit ever.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Absolutely fantastic my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@fdauhajre]

@@TAMIYALegends Then en 1991 I got the Monster Beetle, also bought the re-release 3 years ago :)

[@thomaswilliams2350]

Was my first RC and we used to race them against Hornets at the local track here. Went and bought a re-release as soon as I saw one. Got me back into driving. Love this iconic car

[@wayneweston123]

Was my first tamiya brought second hand from a mate . I was 12 and absolutely loved it . I now have a re re & love it I'm 44 with it on display in my man cave 👍

[@TAMIYALegends]

That’s fantastic Wayne 🤩👊🏻

[@mgas1237]

A little late here but I wanted to share. I was in college from 83-88. I built Grasshoppers and Hornets for the local Hobby shop for grocery money. I think I got $20 and the shop charged the customer $30 on top of the entire set including radio, battery, and charger. I think I built two a week for about two years straight. It was guaranteed money and I could build them while watching TV between studies. I had an extra set of beater tires and would run each one in the dorm courtyard for a full battery before delivering them to pick up new ones. I never owned one but got to drive them for 6 minutes a week for two years :) Great memories and great video! Thank you :) A few years back I bought a Re-Re Hornet kit with the intention of displaying in front of the framed box lid. I think it will need a Grasshopper to go next to it :) :) :)

[@woppaenginerring]

In 1984 I was 16 years old. With one of my first pays as a Sheetmetal apprentice I took my first solo train ride to the other side of town to purchase my first RC car. It was indeed a Tamiya Grasshopper. I could not afford any radio gear so it sat for a few weeks with me drooling over it while I saved up. This hobby has been my only true love and some say I have a problem. I have only one addiction which think is a healthy choice. Thanks for the flash back Glen.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic comment Chris 🤩👊🏻

[@madkaitv1626]

The Grasshopper was my first KIT car in 1983 :-) Initially with a 380 engine which was then converted to a 540. I had a lot of fun with him !!

[@camcom76]

Hands down best rc car boxart!!!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Agreed 😍😍😍

[@gtilson]

Hey Glen, great video. Love the Grasshopper..actually own 2 of these re re's of course. One was bought for me and one for my daughter who passed away in 2020. I will never get rid of her Grasshopper, she picked the paint colors out and told me what she wanted her driver to look like ( Pink Helmet and suit ) lol!! But, as for me, my very first hobby quality entry level RC build was the Kyosho Outrage. I loved building that car with one of my more experienced RC kit building buddies who showed me the ropes. He passed way in Sept 2022. The RC Hobby world has always been an important part of my life...and I have had the opportunity to introduce lots of people get into the sport and share with them all my knowledge in the RC sport. Thanks for all you do!!

[@jameslaing9702]

Grasshopper was my first with that tiny motor for Christmas, Christmas money went on a 540 about a week later. Such happy memories. These videos bring it all back 👍

[@assembly_language3948]

I wanted one of these so much as a kid. We could never afford it though...

[@TAMIYALegends]

Yeah can so relate to that my friend 🤓👊🏻

[@adamallan325]

Another great video. The grasshopper was going to be my first car back in 1989, never happened, the Madcap came out (first person to race one in Scottish Nationals). 2019 came along final bought one, what a great car, so much fun. It has now turned into project Grasshopper Watanabe. Keeping black chassis and biro shocks, changing all the other black to purple/pink. Added tuned black rs540, keeping it brushed. New shell with purple/pink decals from kyosho concept 5 helicopter, traced from the original grasshopper decals. This is what tamiya is about. Fun, stylish, allows you to be self expressive. Tamiya should put a smile on your face and a smile on those who see it. Tamiya is about taking part and having fun, with an old tamiya being second last is like being first. Over the years the styling of tamiyas have drawn as much interest in the pits as a winning schumacher. 3 million or so sold and each one a story to tell. This is what tamiya means. Could go on and on, hope you are still awake but this may add some thoughts for Sundays video.

[@LowestDifficulty]

A little different approach with me and Tamiya. I built a TT02 car as my first one and loved it. I bought it because I wanted a kit car and saw the Tamiya kits had a realistic look to them and some were pretty affordable. I love putting them together and love the detail in Tamiya cars. Growing up my dad and I were more into model trains like Lionel. He has all of his trains from when he was a kid, the RC cars were a little outside of what my dad is into. For me though Tamiya crosses that line of a detailed model and of course rc car so I am getting into them on the backend and learning about the huge impact they had on the rc industry back in the 80s and 90s. I guess that feeling of wonderment is really exciting for me even though I dont have any nostalgia for it. I like things from the 80s and 90s cause i think they had more imagination and things were more creative back then. I cant afford to own a bunch but as a 32 year old man I literally just bought the grasshopper kit in the candy green. I want to build a lunch box or midnight pumpkin next and then maybe a clodbuster. Eagerly awaiting my grass hopper to come in and im avoiding any build videos because I want the experience of opening everything up for the 1st time. I find your videos fun and very informative as someone that doesnt know much about Tamiyas. Thank you!

[@leemc4093]

I used to have the super g grasshopper 2, it was awesome, think that was back in 1992, I sold it can't believe, I did..

[@TAMIYALegends]

Love the G, sooooooo much better than the standard GH2 😍👊🏻

[@pablosol2279]

Me and 3 mates bought that grasshopper when I was like 12.. had so much fun.

[@kilrcudarc7301]

I agree the Grasshopper is the most iconic RC car ever released. It's got to be followed closely by the Kyosho Optima. The Grasshopper was my first RC and I wish I knew what ever happened to it.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Yeah totally I guess it comes down to whichever brand you saw first back in the day 😍👊🏻

[@kilrcudarc7301]

@@TAMIYALegends Plus the GH was (and still is) a great value for the money.

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

Great Video. Definitely an Iconic Tamiya RC

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thanks Adam, not sure any other Tamiya car would beat this one in sales 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

[@RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

@@TAMIYALegends definitely easy millions of sales.

[@mrdoofa9357]

You had me laughing out loud when you went to the clip of your younger, slimmer “brother”!!! 😂😂😂 The grasshopper epitomises everything that is Tamiya, easy to build, easy to drive, robust and looks awesome. There is just something magical and special about it, just looking at the box takes me back to such happy times. I’d say that anybody who doesn’t love the grasshopper really has no heart. I’d agree that the 2nd best selling kit is probably the Lunchbox and I think that would probably be followed by the Clodbuster which is my most iconic kit, in 1987 people were just staggered by the size of it and probably still are just staggered!!! It has many shortcomings compared with modern trucks but it has a charm like so many Tamiya kits and it’s a blast to run and it will always hold a special place in my heart. My first kit was a mud blaster which I’m still waiting for them to rere, it has to be coming surely!!! I’d also like a rere of the original Clodbuster with the white wheels although obviously without the Chevy grill and tailgate sadly and awesome artwork on the box.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic comment my friend 😍😍😍

[@paulus842000]

My first real buggy I saw was the Hornet. I loved the buggy. I remembered seeing the supershot on the top shelf and I was drooling.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Supershot 😍😍😍

[@garywilson3582]

For me I came across tamiya from my mums great universal and burlington catalogues that she got regularly...and the car or cars that where always in them was the falcon and the hornet.....I pestered her for years to get Me a falcon.....Years went buy and my grandparents purchased me a quick drive thundershot,when I met up to race with a friend what did he have but a falcon which pissed all over my quick drive

[@TAMIYALegends]

Great memories Gary 🤩👊🏻

[@avartis1]

I have a very soft spot in my heart for the Grasshopper. My first ever RC car. And I loved it. Still love it.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Brilliant Joe 🤩👊🏻

[@johnnyutah6056]

The Grasshopper makes an exceptional shelf queen!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Yeah I have to agree, it’s such a pretty car to look at 😍👊🏻

[@steveblackbird]

100% an Icon.. First RC I saw hobby grade was the Hornet and It was my first hobby grade RC back in late 85. Now at 49, I've got a Huge soft spot for this chassis.. Hornet in particular. Held off all these years buying another but after building the Avante 2011 last week. (Box art with a Technigold motor too!!!) ..I think I'll get another Hornet... They handle rubbish, they're slow but it's all that nostaligia...feeling like a 10 year old again...and damn fine good looks.

[@bikerman6907]

Bought my Grashopper in 1985😎😍 Modified it with 540 motor, 540 Black motor and Kyosho racing motor with adjustable timing and bigger front wheels. Sold it in 1986. Started with motorcycle trials instead

[@grahamschofield4555]

I bought one when they came out in 1984 as my first car and ive still got it now.Still runs perfect but has a torque tuned motor and oil shocks now.

[@TAMIYALegends]

That’s awesome Graham 😎👊🏻

[@mathewpilkington8039]

It's so nostalgic, im buying another just to shelve too, it's iconic 🙂

[@TAMIYALegends]

Excellent Mathew 🤩👊🏻

[@hyster16t]

The first rc i saw was my cousins fast attack vehicle.😍 I had $160 and bought myself a super hornet in the early 90s as my first rc. Came with an attack stick radio, battery and charger as a package. Been hooked ever since 👌

[@glenwhyte2555]

Still thrashing a grasshopper aged 46 🙂😂👍 it is thee most iconic rc car. Mines had a right bashing but so easy to repair get parts for. Great channel thanks for all the time you put in to it

[@TAMIYALegends]

Awesome 😎 Thanks for watching and leaving a great comment Glen 🤩👊🏻

[@twotone85]

Me and my dad built a midnight pumpkin together when I was 10 or 11. Grasshopper was the first kit I built completely by my self.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Oh that’s awesome my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@leeball4]

My first RC car was a World Engines Rockbuster, a Grasshopper clone. My brother and I each got one for Christmas. It was parts swappable with the Grasshopper so we could get parts at the local hobby shop, the only difference was the body shape. Loved that car, beat the ever living H out of it , went through a few gearbox housings, got really good at rebuilding it 😂

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

My very first "proper" rc car was the GH2 Glenn. I will never forget how excited i was Christmas morning running downstairs to it! My parents/family didn't have a lot of money and lots of kids so they bought it for me second hand out of the local newspaper ( remember those days! lol ) for £70, and it came with the Acoms Techniplus Radio and a Sanwa Radio, and the 540 silver can motor. It was actually the Grasshopper Super G version with uprated shocks etc. I really was the happiest little boy in the world that day! Ace vid Glenn! Thanks as always! Wes, Liverpool, UK.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Superb comment Wes, that made me smile my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@MikeyB_1972]

My first kit when I was 15. I bought the black 540 motor, oil shocks, and big tires. I had a blast!!! Oh, and I just bought the black Tamiya Legends coffee mug!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Outstanding thanks for your channel support Mike 😍👊🏻

[@nickpeat]

When I was 5 when this first came out I remember my older brother getting it. He never let me have a go, and used to jump it using our BMX ramp down our cul-de-sac. A year or so later he upgraded to the Boomerang....and again I wasn't allowed near it. When I reached 10 I finally got a Tamiya Lunchbox as my first hobby grade RC, even though the Lunchbox will always be my favourite because it was my first RC, I've got to pay respect to the Grasshopper to giving me the bug, even though I never got to drive it, I remember watching it (with pure jealousy of course) going flying through the air, barrel rolling, through the neighbours gardens much to there disgust. Neither of us can remember what happened to it, probably went in a car boot sale, but the memories last for sure. Here's to the legendary GrassHopper 👍

[@velikon]

When i was a kid the Grasshopper was a massive step up from my Metro Jet Hopper that i bought for $11 at a garage sale. This and the Hornet, which is what i had after my Jet Hopper. A second hand one with a technigold motor. Absolute tire shredder! I bought myself a re re Grasshopper back in 2005 and even put a MSC in it. Just perfect the way it is.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Superb comment 🤩👊🏻

[@macca767]

That just inspired me to get the grasshopper out for a run!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Haha excellent my friend 😍👊🏻 Looking forward to seeing the pics 🤩🤩🤩

[@darrenroberts4761]

My mate got a Grasshopper in the 80s and i got the boomerang , he used to kick my arse with it

[@airkrd]

Like many, the Grasshopper was my first RC. I asked my dad for an RC10 for my birthday and I got the Grasshopper...which I totally understand. The RC10 was around $250 and still needed a motor, radio and battery so probably about $350-400 all in. The grasshopper was around $100 (in 1986) and with radio and battery you could be driving for less than $200. It was probably a good thing, from what I've heard, the OG RC10 was very challenging to assemble; specifically the transmission. At 13 years old, I struggled with the Grasshopper. I can imagine the difficulty I would have had with the RC10.

[@christopherdeguzman1137]

The Grasshopper was my first hobby grade RC car my dad bought for me back in 1988 and I really love it. It went through a lot during the late 80’s to the early 90’s. I resorted it back in 2010 and now it looks brand new! I acquired two more grasshopper recently and will use those for my runners as my 80’s grasshopper will stay as a shelf queen.☺️

[@angelohagenaars3005]

This was the first rc for me that i had to build for myself. I was about 12 years old and i loved it. Don’t know what happened to it. But i would love to have it again.

[@chrismarshall6997]

I’m a child of the 80’s and my Nan used to clean the house of a well to do family, my Nan took me once during the holidays and the son had a Monster Beetle, I was in awe of it, that to me is the most iconic Tamiya kit followed by the Grasshopper.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Great memories Chris 🤩👊🏻

[@e.street.shuffle]

Back in 83 The Frog was my 1st R/C. Soon after that a mate bought a Grasshopper and after school we raced them over local BMX tracks, car parks, drains and backyard courses. For me at that time I thought they were the ultimate buggy’s until a high-roller from school showed up with a Hotshot. That car soon dominated our courses until it broke which was often lol. Hope to see a future video from you featuring the Wild Willy series. Cheers

[@chrisholman2289]

Yep, 1st car I remember from Tamiya, with the Hornet also. Mate of mine had a QD grasshopper I’m sure, and it was great!

[@rs18000]

Rough Rider was 1st ever I saw and my iconic one (I did eventually get one back in the 80's too) but my most used and loved model was the Frog.

[@Austin-wf9gq]

The Grasshopper & The frog were my first RC Cars

[@stuartmcnamara9610]

I love a good grasshopper! Loads of my mates had them when I was a kid, I think a Sandscorcher was THE car, but nobody could afford them!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Sand Scorcher 😍😍😍

[@torredchc1768]

Mine was the hornet in 1986. I tossed it a few years ago i had no idea they still supported them or I would have kept it. It was banged up but not unsaveable. I just ordered 2 grasshoppers yesterday. All three tiamiya buggies are iconic. But the hornet is really the best deal out of them.

[@jone7940]

It's the car I have the strongest association to. They were everywhere here in Australia in 1986-87 but I looked at them in awe as I had a jet hopper. I loved the look of it and the idea of upgrading and having parts available to keep it running. I had just enough to buy a second hand one from a lad at school but someone bet me to it and I didn't find another ho by grade car at that price for over a year. Ended up buying a second hand frog but the Grasshopper was my first love so to speak. Fast forward 30 years and it was the first kit I bought and built. My som took a photo of me holding the finished car and the smile on my face speaks volumes. Love the Grasshopper!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic comment Jon, thanks for sharing it 😍👊🏻

[@sjdz8123]

Lol had the exact same story, owned a jet Hopper, wanted a Grasshopper!!!!

[@garethsroberts]

I still have the Grasshopper that you ran in that video. It's retired to the shelf now but my daughter and I had some great times running it. It still has the manual speed controller it and it works like a dream. 👍

[@TAMIYALegends]

Haha that’s absolutely superb Gareth 😍👊🏻

[@paulsrc2195]

My first car was the Renault F2 my local hobby shop had 2 and it took me 10 very long weeks to pay off the layby to get them so excited I can still get that buzz when remembering lol

[@iancadwallender9779]

Iconic...I agree. This is the one that springs to mind,When ever someone mentions tamiya r/c. Still my favourite.I have the re-release now.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Great comment Ian 🤩👊🏻

[@sullybiker6520]

To answer the question, The Grasshopper was probably the face of the 80s golden era for Tamiya, we didn't all have one (I was lucky enough to get a frog, my mate had a hornet) but we all knew of the 'hopper, it was always prominently on the shelf as _the_ gateway kit.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Great comment my friend 😎👊🏻

[@iddles2o]

When you played the clip of your ‘brother’ I was just thinking there is something about the sound and then you mentioned it! Never thought it till this vid. I had the Grasshopper in 84 mate had the Hornet, great times! Having said that Sand Scorcher/Rough Rider are the most iconic and what really launched Tamiya. Having said that iconic is very much governed by our own perspective for many reasons. My first was Sand Rover followed by Scorcher… loved them all! As always great video sir!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic thanks for sharing my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@matthewedwards3762]

Yep my first Tamiya with the 380 in mid 80's.

[@rcneanderthal7914]

Compare to the modern bolids, this is a joke, of course, but with a 540 silver can, I spend hours enjoying my grasshopper candy green - so do my kids as well. This is pure pleasure to drive this little hopper ! Different from from brushlesh machines but unparalleled in the rc world. Long live Grasshoppers!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic comment my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@pinmandan5164]

Grasshopper 2 - Super G was my first hobby grade car.

[@DustyFingersRC]

Gives me that 80's feeling driving the Hopper, nothing like it.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Yep perfectly said my friend 😍👊🏻

[@sullybiker6520]

That sound!

[@sullybiker6520]

I think given how available they _still_ are I suspect they're a great seller. When I rekindled my love of RC, it was a re-re Grasshopper. I never owned one back in the day, but I knew all about it. I like the statement about "..the ties you have to it make it special" but I tell you what, it's a really, _really_ good basher. Robust and simple. My 5yr old launched it off the porch table onto the concrete porch floor, and I gasped. It was fine. I've run it into countless trees. No problems. Rolled it in the carpark on asphalt, scuffed roof but otherwise okay. It just takes it, and as I've mentioned elsewhere with a 1300mah NiCD that I have kicking about it gets an easy 30 minutes. I've got bored of running it before running down a 3800mah Nimh pack, it just wouldn't stop bloody going. That 380 might not be super quick but it's right for the chassis, and it's efficient as hell.

[@TAMIYALegends]

🤩 I enjoyed reading that my friend 😎👊🏻

[@monkeyzx9]

My first was a Hornet, I put a Technigold in that cost me a tenner. That thing was crazy….carried it everywhere in my Beatties bag. I love the Grasshopper, never had one in the day but I have 2 now. Great video.

[@SporeZoo]

I finally ordered it today, wanted this kit for years now.

[@bwjones8903]

Thanks for the great content, Glen. The Grasshopper was the first RC buggy I saw; in 1985. Never owned one, but I have had two of the Lunchbox. Love your work. Cheers.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thank you my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@timothycollier1265]

Spot on Glenn! It was the first one I ever saw and owned... I have over 40 cars in my collection now and this one is the one that got me started... Great video as usual!

[@TAMIYALegends]

That’s awesome Timothy 😎👊🏻

[@tonysimpson5310]

Wild willy in Carter's Toyshop Bradford West Yorkshire . Nearly 40 years later i finally got a Hornet.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Carter’s 😍😍😍 That shop entrance was mind blowing 🤩👊🏻

[@rippinraptor]

I agree the grasshopper is the most ironic, as far as buggies.. second place for me would probably be the blackfoot... but as you said probably cause it just hold a special place in my heart being one of the first vehicles i had from tamiya

[@TAMIYALegends]

Blackfoot 😍😍😍

[@bgarr99]

I saw a Frog, maybe a Hornet, and a couple others first, but the Grasshopper was my first. I was instantly disappointed with the 380 motor,. I didn't know anything about motors but after research I got the 540 as soon as I could. Toughest, most fun car ever. A neighbor kid eventually got it ran over by a truck, completely destroyed the body and speed control. I replaced just the speed control and ran it another year or so without a body. The tires were completely bald when I was done lol. Good times. Another iconic car I had was the Kyosho Vanning. I loved it but it was far too advanced for a dumb kid. I barely ever got it to run.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Great comment my friend, I enjoyed reading that 🤩👊🏻

[@nironnami5674]

I think my 4 most Iconic car gotta be the Grasshopper, the Lunchbox, the HPI Sprint 2 and the Kyosho mr-03 . I saw all of them in different rc magazins wich were my only source of new rc knolage and I just loved reeding them and looking at the Cars, those were some good times, thanks for bringing those memories back up. Have a lovely day !

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic 🤩 Have a wonderful day my friend 😎👊🏻

[@nidzdotnet76]

I got a Grasshopper in like 1989 after I got my Lunchbox and I was kinda disappointed. I hated the 380 motor vs the 540. The shocks felt much cheaper. I ended up killing this the quickest. The noted things I remember was the battery cover on the bottom kept coming off all the time. Just for kicks I put a technigold out of my Big Wig in it..

[@TAMIYALegends]

Oh yes it certainly has its faults my friend, or maybe I should just call it character 🤣👊🏻

[@bob5doors]

Yeah, tha Grasshopper was my first, followed by the Frog, which I the preferred, just as it was quicker. But the one I always wanted was the Sand Scorcher! So glad we can buy new retro again, out for a walk yesterday, walked past shop selling the Monster beetle, that was an expensive walk 😂😂

[@joehulsberg1060]

I agree , the Grasshopper was my first hobby grade rc car . I got the kit for my 12th birthday in 1986 . My parents couldn't afford to get all the equipment to go with it so I had to stare at the built kit until Christmas day when I got a charger , radio and battery.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Haha I can soooooooo relate to this comment Joe 😍👊🏻

[@joehulsberg1060]

August 25th 1986 til December 25th 1986 seemed like an eternity

[@d4rkh0r5e4]

I cant help but think the the top force should have been called the grass hopper as it kind of looks a little like one well the green one does , in my opinion any way. love your channel, keep it up!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thanks for watching and commenting my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@MrJcoupe96]

Although the Grasshopper wasn't my first RC, it was however my first Tamiya RC. Unfortunately, I wasn't old enough to have been able to enjoy an original one in it's hey day but I purchased a Re-Re a few years back and it's still hands down one of my most enjoyable cars in my fleet to take out for a nice walk with the family around the neighborhood (With my Lunchbox being a very close 2nd, lol). It's simplicity and robustness is practically unmatched. Mine has a 540 motor and full bearings and I'd say that's truly all that car needs to have a nice pleasurable drive. Keep up the great work Glenn, would love to see the Hopper debut when you're done with the build!

[@cg7025]

For me the most iconic is the Sand Scorcher/Rough Rider kits as that was my entry point as a 10/11yr old....my first car was the SS, then i managed to twist my dads arm into getting me the Blazing Blazer for xmas the year it came out which i think was either 82 or 83, only ever ran it with 2channel though transplanted from my SS with two 7.2v hump batteries connected rather than the big slab 6v which was the proper battery for the kits, the two 7.2v batteries sided by side gave me a little more speed though, there were three of us intially with SS's and two of us went onto the Toyota and Blazer...the other guy who was the first of us and a bit older too(Alistair) to get the SS the year it came out introduced us to them, his was box art blue and white and to see it ripping up the cricket pitch in the wet with water jets being ejected from the rear wheels was something else, the following xmas when i got mine i did it British Racing Green(didnt have the skill or patience to go box art even though i put together the kit in around 10hrs which wasnt bad for a 11yr old hahaha and our other mate Timmy who got his the same xmas did his in a Metallic Gold colour but his dad built it him haha. Then it was either 12 or 24months later that Timmy and I went onto the three speed kits, Timmy had the full three channel radio so could change gear on the move. I was so excited to see new kits come and religiously bought the catalogues, they were porn to me haha, and pestered the Beatties shop in sheffield everyday over the phone enquiring about hop ups and any news of new kits....our phone bill was stupid....my dad wasnt pleased hahaha.......i thought the Superchamp was iconic and class too but was put off that one with it not having a sealed radio box as such and i believed that was a flaw and it cost a bit more than the SS and RR......i liked to get mine swimming hahaha. To be honest when they moved to plastics i fell out with Tamiya a little, feeling they had gone backwards moving from metal to plastics. I resurrected my love again around 1990 with the Terra Scorcher, and wish i had at the time got the Avante, Egress and one or two others etc too...but money was a thing back then once Xmas presents had stopped and living with my girlfreind at the time who wasnt impressed with my hobby haha. Great video again Glenn and now looking back at the Grasshopper i can see why it has appeal and i would love one for nostalgia's sake too. Initially i was excited about it when i saw it had the SS wheels and tyres...and the hornet with the Superchamp tyres on the rear and got some of those for my SS but as i mentioned i was put off by the plastics of the grasshopper and newer kits.....those bloody rear superchamp spike tyres...god i struggled to get the wheels in haha.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thanks for sharing this my friend, that was a great read 😍👊🏻

[@cg7025]

@@TAMIYALegends Thanks for the Videos and your passion Glenn, love them all!

[@mazmorbid5840]

Hot Shot was the first hobby grade RC that got my attention, wanted one for Christmas but never got it, I got a Grasshopper haha, so yes for me it's the most iconic RC car. It's what got me in to racing, even with the 380 motor !

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic 😊😊😊

[@paulrobinson9355]

Bang on video! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I had a Grasshopper as my first car back in 1987 and now I'm going to have to order another......thanks Glen 👍

[@TAMIYALegends]

Glad you enjoyed the video Paul, it’s such a classic car 🤩👊🏻

[@ArmanRC]

this grasschopper always become my drea dream car, until now i still cannot able to buy that, wonderfuly buggy

[@yannickg6904]

I still have mine!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Excellent 🤩

[@wadebeaumont7570]

Most iconic for me is the Frog because it was the first Tamiya buggy I saw and I fell in love. I couldn’t believe how fast it was and I dreamed of owning one. Never did but I got a Boomerang for my birthday a couple of years later followed up by a grasshopper I saved my pocket money for. Got it at the hobby shop on the way home from school and rode home on the bus with it. An original Frog, Boomerang and Grasshopper are all part of my collection now. Great video!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Love this comment Wade 🤩👊🏻

[@darrengrimmer8541]

Brilliant Glen.. in my opinion it is Tamiya’s greatest ever buggy without question. Forget about racing heritage, forget about performance and all that stuff.. it’s the best!!!. Think of how many sold, it was so many peoples first buggy. Back in that golden era Glen if we had a few mates into the hobby I guarantee a couple of those lads would have been running the grasshopper.. It was fun, you could throw it about and it didn’t matter!!!. It was affordable to us not so well off kids!!!. Parts easy to get.. I could go on Glen.. Long live Tamiya’s greatest.. the Grasshopper👍

[@TAMIYALegends]

Haha superb comment my friend and yep you absolutely nailed it 😍👊🏻

[@shaunpugh3287]

Was the first RC car I saw, but the first car I got was the Hornet. While I loved the Grasshopper once I started to look at buying one I preferred the look of the Hornet, it wasn't much more and it was a bit faster. I ran it for around 18 months then sold it to upgrade to a Falcon, but I didn't enjoy that as much. I 'upgraded' my Hornet with bearings and some Wild One wheels and tyres, and had a white body shell. I looked awesome. I also had this motor by, I think it was Demon. It went like the clappers (for the time) and gave my mates Boomerang good run for it's money. Now I've got back into RC one of the first cars I bought was a Hornet and Lunchbox. Both terribly flawed by todays standards, but both are great fun and bullet proof

[@dave691974]

My most iconic car is the Lunchbox , the first RC I ever seen was in fact the grasshopper , which currently I don't have one .

[@TAMIYALegends]

Lunchbox 🤩🤩🤩

[@devlinbyng9267]

I never had the Grasshopper back in the day but walking into any model shop it was always the box art of the Hopper that court your eye. Such a great looking buggy. I finally got a hornet a few months ago and was really impressed with the performance from such a cheap kit. Great video Glen, keep em coming 👍

[@TAMIYALegends]

Fantastic Devlin and your spot on about that box art my friend 😍👊🏻

[@atomicboomerang]

My first RC kit was a Marui Big Bear. My friends (and their older brothers) all had trucks, so of course I had to follow along.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Big Bear 😍😍😍

[@SuperBigdanno]

Radio shack Golden Arrow was my first 7.2v car as I didnt have a hobby shop anywhere close to me. Neighbour had a Hornet and the Golden arrow was just short of the same speed. Difference was my car was much heavier I think. His car had good radio range too compared to the Arrow. Lots of years later I got the bug again and had to have another Arrow so now I have a few of those lol. Also 4 Tamiya, The fox, Baja champ, Blazing star that looks like an Avante( got it like that) and of course The almighty Grasshopper. Many many more others as well.

[@TAMIYALegends]

Excellent Dan, thanks for sharing my friend 😎👊🏻

[@Tailgatesntoolboxes]

I love the golden arrow...i bought 1 from a yard sale for $8 n it was soooo new it had the fuzzies when the tires are new on it...it was spray painted purple but was brand new. The issue was a wire broke off the on off switch n my neighbor resoldered on for me in like a minute n presto brand new rc car....i drove that car till the tires were gone....i beat the snot out of that thing till the backs were slicks n the front tires split n fell off. Man it was the best. I had a few more gokden arrows over the years. My last 1 broke so i took out the midnight 2 stock motor n lrp esc n its in my grasshopper now lol. Its a beast lol..that golden arrow was modified with the lrp esc n motor cause the circut board that originally came with it was long gone lol

[@rickkings2071]

The Hornet was the first one I ever saw. Left an impression in my mind can still see to this day. A toy store owner drove around his Suburu Brat in the store that was a cool thing to see and eventually I bought my first Tamiya RC The Blackfoot at his store. A friend did have the 380 Grasshopper and it didnt make much of an impression on me because I had my Kyosho Tomahawk which was a lot better in many ways but I did like how well The Grasshopper turned compared. Never had one but I would buy one today it I didnt already have enough lol. Its a nice car and thanks for the video!

[@TAMIYALegends]

Excellent Eric, thanks for watching and commenting my friend 🤩👊🏻

[@pennyhelga3628]

Yep , grasshopper was the first . Half hour run time with that little 380 motor . It screamed after putting in the black motor sprint and seven cell battery . Then it got slicks and a 69 Chevelle body . The Chevy . 132 feet in 4 seconds .

[@tonypipe5009]

What a buggy tamiya grasshopper my uncle bought two one for me and one for my cousin our first rc I got another two last year for my mates kids they love them

[@TAMIYALegends]

Absolutely fantastic Tony 🤩👊🏻

[@glencurtis6496]

I have spoken to tamiya , and they have told me that in the UK and globally it it the lunchbox that has sold the best year on year

[@TAMIYALegends]

Wow I’m kind impressed you actually got a reply from them 🤯🤯🤯

[@glencurtis6496]

That's what I was told by tamiya uk

[@jennyetherington3326]

That's amazing Tamiya sold over a million kits, but like you say add the Re Re and the other special edition ones too the figure will be mad! Great buggy I'm lucky to have the Candy Green Edition Grasshopper love it 💚 Great Video 😊

[@TAMIYALegends]

Thanks Jenny 🤩👊🏻