OmG ... I cant believe when i heard the sound of them it triggered so many memories ... they have a sound that you can never forget if you grew up with them :)

I had the grashopper, my brother the hornet....we both absolutly loved these cars and although in the beginning our friends all had better cars like the fox, boomerang etc.....we loved them and before getting the more "professional" stuff I am greatful to have started with these cars...they learned you how to drive!! If you can drive a tuned up Grashopper with a 21 Turns motor you sure as hell can drive a well suspentioned car. Nothing beats the nostalgic of the old Tamiya cars!

Had both a Frog and a Hornet back in the mid-late 80's. I can't remember ever NOT breaking the frog. every time I took it out, something broke. I also never remember breaking the Hornet, it just always worked. I graduated onto the Associated RC-10 and never had money again.........

I got a Frog for Christmas in either in 85 or 86. It was the best Christmas ever. My dad built it while I watched. All these years later, looking at photos of the Frog and especially the box causes a formidable psychological response. Those Tamiya boxes were so cool. Best graphics ever. I still have my Frog packed away in my garage. I'm considering restoring it after seeing this. Remember the Wild Willy? I'd like to get one! Thanks for this video.

I remember getting my Grasshopper for Xmas. Loved that thing. Eventually got the “hop up kit” for it. I thought I was the 💩 Then some kid comes along with the 🐸 frog. I was super admiring his car. His wasn’t all over place with jumps like mine was. Months later an older kid came to our tracks with an RC-10 and blew us away. lol Ahh the 80’s

Props to your daughter! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I had "The Frog", I got it for Christmas in '85 as well when I was 10. I loved that thing. I'd like to have another one for nostalgic reasons.

My first RC car was The Hornet, my father has Fox and uncle The Frog. Good Times!

I still remember working at a hobby shop and selling tons of Frogs & Hornets...then one day a Rep came in with an RC-10. Our Jaws dropped. He ran it for 10 min just in front of the store. My Falcon seemed pretty lame at that moment....The owners chose not to carry the RC-10, so we had to (in secret) get ourselves a few. Then we had to hide them in bags or under towels until the owner stepped out. Then we'd run them all around the shop! LOL! In the coming months, we still sold many Tamiyas to little kids & their parents, but had to be honest to the more advanced racers. We told them that a Fox is never going to run with an Ultima or RC-10. It was a "changing" of the guard...I miss those days!

I had forgotten all about these!!! Such a dream to own one that never came true.

I got the frog for my 11th birthday one of the best things of my childhood was that car. Thanks for reminding me of how great it was🙏

what a blast from the past... thank you

Thumbs up for reviewing these classics, never had the money for one back in the day. AND a shout out the the camera daughter, fine job!

These are the greatest vintage Tamiya r/c run videos on KZfaq. Well done and thank you!!!

I worked at a hobby store in the late 80s. I can't tell you how many Frogs, Hornets, and G-hoppers I sold! My first RC car was a Frog, when I was 14, too! And yes, I replaced the hex drive many times, too. LOL

Love it thanks for the modern assessment of these classic cars!

Duuuuuude!!!! I got one of these for Christmas when I saw in in a magazine. It was the coolest thing ever and when I saw the frame and body I literally went back to the time that I put it altogether and I had to tape it off and paint it the exact same pink and white. What really stood out was that NGK sticker on the hood. Thanks for posting the super cool video and big props to your daughter!!! Great job man

I'm glad I came across this video, brought back memories! I started with the grasshopper and updated with the hornet suspension. Went through several of the Tamiya series. Then in 88 got associated rc10. Never looked back. Thanks again for the rewind!

Your daughter absolutely smashed it with the videos 👍👌👏👏👏

Cool video. I love the nostalgia and heritage these vintage models have, and that they can still be enjoyed.

NICE! This is a great way to compare the duo. Subbed!

Great video thanks for sharing it with us-This is the beautiful start of RC Cars in so many lives it’s like grassroots stuff- just amazing!

I was a lucky kid in 1983 to receive a Frog for Christmas. I'm soo glad they did not bring back the wiper style throttle controller. I had tons of problems with that and very jerky throttle action. I was only 13, but loved my first RC. Broke most parts driving in my basement in Alaska in the winter. Not even sure I made it to my first summer to drive outside. Thanks for this video. Brings back some great memories. I plan to buy the reproduction and let it only sit mostly.

Thanks for the memories. My first ever RC was the Hornet. A true classic

Your daughter is quite a skilled camera operator and your backyard track is absolutely awesome. Thanks so much for sharing. 😎👌🏼

Even if you are not a tamiya guy back then, the tamiya models, the box art, everything they produced are memorable, i myself is a kyosho guy, but now i'm building rere tamiya kits 😊

Thank you so much for that video sir, I bought my first rc car back in 1985. I got the hornet. I was so happy to build it, I enjoyed every minute. This video has brought back some very good memories of my childhood. Thank you and God bless.

Excellent video and well done! I can appreciate your effort in putting this comparison together. Subscribed!

Brilliant video took me back to my childhood!Great filming 👍🏻👍🏻

I had a Hornet when i was a kid! My Dad and I built it together, it was him that got me interested in how things work from then and to today! Great video, great throwback, fun to watch, and fantastic filming! I'm looking forward to watching your other videos. All the best to you.

Oh wow. It was just before Xmas 1985, and I was in Hamleys every day looking at these videos. I had been saving up to buy the Grass Hopper, then the Hornet, then bought The Frog from Beatties in Holborn, London and my Mum came along as I was young. The best day ever. Great video. Thank you. It was the same for all of us, then? :)

Well done and your daughter did a great job. Take care from Australia

I remember all the upgraded parts from CRP and Thorp I used on the Frog. Never had an issue again with the Thorp diff and driveshaft upgrades, which I also used on the Blackfoot back in the day.

Too cool man!! Talk about a throwback!! 😊 I actually just ordered the re-release of the Hornet, one of my very first RC'S! Great video my friend

Finally get to see those sweet cars driven. No shelf-queens here, I subscribe :D

What a top video!! Loved these cars, so good to hear them running

Those buggys were awesome.I drove them through water sand,rocks and dirt.I have newer far superior rc's and none come close to bringing back your childhood.Good video,great dad!

Awesome video, Grasshopper re-release back in 08ish got me into RC along with my dad and uncles praising them old things. Subscribed!! 👌

Somehow a retailer got 10 of the 2005 re-released Frogs, and I was lucky to snag one. Looking forward to driving it!

Oh man you’ve just taken me back to my childhood

Awesome vid!! Had a hornet back in the day...Went out and got a grasshopper a few months back during covid when forced off..Most of it together until motor screws striped trying to put into gearbox...dog bone axel were terrible on frog..Buy in the end both alot of fun!!!

Never knew it was you who did this video 👍 watched it a few times in the past 👍 nice one 👍✊

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. And nice job on your daughter for the camera work!! 👍👍

Cool video of a pair of classic buggys running on an awesome backyard track.

Excellent video. The Grasshopper was my first car. Parents made me put it on layaway. They put $20 down to start the plan and I had to pay the rest. Took me about 8 months to make enough money cutting grass etc. to pay for it. I'll never forget the price. With tax it was $68.37. I still have that car. I finally restored it using NOS parts about 10 years ago. I've run it a couple of times when the grass in the back yard is cut short but it mostly lives on my shelf these days. It's interesting to see the lack of movement in the rear suspension on the Hornet. I knew it was stiff but it hardly moves at all on that track.

Great video man! That really brought me back. I loved how you even had the boxes for the cars. Excellent work. Keep it up.

And you still have the box. Awesome! The Frog was my first Tamiya and it was fun.

As someone who is looking to buy their first Tamiya R/C kit, your video was awesome, highlighted some good points and things I need to look out for, and has some great race footage! Hopefully my wife lets me build a track in the backyard. Thanks for the video!

I remember problems with the rod that joined the tex joints on the gearbox being a problem as well on the Frog.. Great video thank you to both of you. !

I enjoyed these videos cuz I got into it in 87 !! My dream car back then was a Kyosho javelin and it still is. Except I've got to rerelease one and tricked out with about a seven turn brushless motor system as much titanium as you can get for these things and it just absolutely flies in ways my old one couldn't imagine. I thought that was cool that you gave your daughter that shout out though!! More power to you bro I subscribed

I’m a 45 yo dad now and I still revere The Tamiya Grasshopper as the most enjoyable thing I have ever bought, even to this day. The artwork on the Tamiya box was so enticing. I remember going to the store with my parents to get all the boxes needed. I would just sit and enjoy the sight of it all in my room when I got home. And then the whole experience of building it. Getting to know every nut and bolt - knowing I could always take the whole thing apart and put it back together, should a problem arise. I learnt so much about mechanics and electronics from this set. (It probably drove me to become an engineer). To experience a seemingly box of dead parts come alive, was the most rewarding feeling I could imagine. I think I need to buy a new Tamiya set. I always wanted The Hornet, but it was sold out back then. And this time I will get a R/C servo set with fail safe so I don’t have to chase my runaway car when the throttle servo battery dies 😂

Great job i was one of those 80s kids ... and my kids just bought me a new hornet kit for Christmas 🎄.. 36 yrs later I get to build it again !

had the hornet back in 85, upgraded to racing suspension, put hot shot rear wheels on as tyres lasted longer and popped a technipower motor in it, it absolutely flew lol, still have it just rebuilding it but also got the re release few weeks back, forgot how much that back end bounces, thing of beauty

Great video. I’ve been looking for a comparison of these two classics

Great stuff. Just relived the big race in punky bruster

Awe YEA!!!! This is the show down in my neighborhood back in the Fox while my friends each had one of the cars racing here. Saturdays at the track were so much fun!!! Your daughter kicks butt!!! My youngest likes to film and do commentary on some of my vids to!!!👍👍👍

Well done! I love your channel

Love the slow motion shots. Great vid.

Awesome video guys, the Hornet was my first love way back when , in 84 I swore I would have one 😎👍

Very nice. And cool backyard track you have.

Great video! Certainly brings back memories. I had a Hornet and Grasshopper, and then a Boomerang. The Boomerang was head and shoulders better than the others (4WD, much much better suspension) but I'll always have a soft spot for the Hornet and Grasshopper. I also had a Playtron Doberman, which was pretty much a clone of the Frog (same space frame chassis etc) and was almost as brittle!

Excellent video and well done to both of you. I also got an original Hornet in 1985. Currently I have 18 Tamiya and one Marui RC vehicle in my collection, mostly vintage.

BADASS MAN! I MISS MY OLD CAR THAT I HAD. IM NOT EVEN SURE WHAT IT WAS, I HAV IT NARROWED DOWN TO A COUPLE -BUT ANYWAYS MAN YEA, DEFINITELY A COOL RETRO VIDEO!!

There was something unbelievably cool about those smooth squishy front tyres....I don't know what it was though

Great video, man! I remember wanting a Frog as a kid, in 1985 I was 10 years old but I never got one. In 1987 (I think) I got my hands on a used Tamiya (Ta-my-ya) Midnight Punkin truck, that was my first "hobby grade" RC, I loved working on and driving it! I remember my mom buying me a Quarterflash Quickshot "stock motor", probably in 1988. I put that motor in and it sounded like something was slipping, the wheels were spinning inside of the tires. LOL! My brother who is 11 years older had a 1973 Plymouth Barracuda streetcar and he had screws going through the back wheels into the bead of the tire so I did the same thing, got some tiny little self tapping screws and screwed them through the bead of the wheel into the tires and when I did THAT THING WAS FAST! I tore the back bumper off doing wheelies! LOL! Anyways, to this day I'm a huge RC enthusiast, I have six of them! Your video sure brought back some memories, thanks for sharing! Maybe you could find a Midnight Punkin and a Lunch Box and do a video on those. Thanks for sharing!

I got a Blackfoot Christmas of 88 still have it! Love the video I subscribed and tapped the bell thanks to you and your daughter!

I had a frog and my friend had the hornet , I never stopped mocking him , first run he hit a car wheel and broke the front suspension mount which was part of the chassis. Only think I remember about the frog was the steering ball joint would keep coming off. Good video , those were the days

Awesome video and really great camera work, well done ❤️👍

Gave a thumbs up for the quality time you get to spend with your daughter! Cherish it.

Love the video. It brought me back to my childhood. I'm currently in japan and had forgotten all about Tamiya till i went to Tokyo one day and randomly came across a Tamiya playmodel factory. Needless to say I'll be coming home with 5 new rc kits.

Cool vid... reminds me of my Blackfoot that I got when I was about 7. Those were great times, and I drove the heck out of that truck.

I'm so glad to watch those two head to head. Childhood memories surely came back. I have the Frog but have always wanted to get the Hornet. Now, I might just do that. 👍

A very enjoyable video. Subscribed!

I used to have a Hornet and my neighbour had the monster beetle. We used to trash those cars, driving them on the street jumping them off the same jumps we'd set up for our BMXs. That cheap plastic bodyshell was virtually unrecognisable after a few rolls. Eventually I wound up buying a harder plastic bodyshell off of one of the other cars in the range. I want to say it was the shell off the Grasshopper 2 but it's been a few decades and my memory is hazy. I definitely got my money's worth out of that old car even if it was the 'cheap' one.

Thank you for a fun video and I am impressed by the cameragirl 🙂👍

Great video 😁👍

I loved these. I had the Hornet in '86. At the time, I didnt know the frog was the better one, the shop didnt have one. I did a few upgrades, including a much hotter motor and gears that didnt strip out. I had to upgrade the suspension to match that. That was the fun of it all.

I've been looking for a hornet for a while now, as it was the first rc car my dad bought me. Just hearing the sound of them both brought back so many good memories

That sound awesome 👌 as a kid i owned the Hornet, great memories

the Hornet was my first RC car. taught me everything. totally loved that car. not a delicate flower for sure. bashed that thing from dirt, sand, concrete, road asphalt. took a beating for sure. hours of enjoyment back in 1986. yeah the frogs hex dog bone was its only downfall. the music is also triggering a lot of memories. thanks for the video.

YOU ROCK BRO! MY DAUGHTER IS RITE THER BY MY SIDE 2. FAMILIES THAT RC TOGETHER, STICK TOGETHER! AWESOME VIDEO.

Great video mate...

Ha love that unique vintage chirping sound of the grasshopper and hornet because the back wheels spent more time off the ground then on it due to a completely nonfunctional rear suspension. nostalgia for the win. In '87 I was 17 and bypassed all three of these and my first was the Falcon. With falcons and foxes at the local track, these three were instantly not competetive any more. Then the RC10's showed up... Cheers!

Amazing! Your Frog, like all of your predecessors, broke in the same places as they all do. I have a Subaru Brat (Frog) with both of the same issues. BUT The Hornet is built like a Timex! 😅

Nice video!

Ha ha nice work. I like your track. Yeah back in the day I didn't spend the extra 20 or so bucks, didn't exactly regret it, not at first anyway. A bit later on I got some experience with the orv chassis, those hex cup drives were a bad idea.

Well done to the camera girl proper job 👍 And good video loved my hornet till it totally broke it’s back then lunchbox time but not the same.

thats good stuff right there, great shout out to your daughter brother, i absolutely love when my 2 daughters Rc with me:)

Hats off to your daughter! She does some great filming

That's a brilliant insight. Thanks.

I had a Frog back in 1985. Recently bought myself and my 4 year old son a couple of hobby gradeish Chinese cars, they would wipe floor with the Frog performance wise. But after watching this I am going to get myself a Subaru Bratt, one I always fancied back the. Probably get a Frog body for it too.

Big compliment to your little girl, that camera work is awesome 👌

Bad ass dude!

Great Job to you and your daughter, keep up the great work 🔥🔥🔥

Great video ! I love the Frog 🐸

Great Job! Asplenia.

wait your daughter did the filming? amazing job! great video... lots of memories just from the sound.

great footage from your daughter, tell her well done. luckily i came into tamiya with a second hand boomerang that had been raced, so ball bearings and an esc (rare in the day).

Thanks for sharing this , I had the hornet

The Frog is a better car for handling around a race track BUT if it were a real race between the two, The Hornet would have won for being out on the track for longer than The Frog was. Fastest around the track is not always better. Something that can be reliable and stay out on track for longer will usually be the winner. Either way, they're both great classics and you can't go wrong with either one. Great video and great camera work by the little one!