Thanks so much! Would not be doing these videos if it was not for channels like yours! Appreciate all the help and advice (and amazing content) you have given.

Can confirm. Amazing video production, mate! 👍

Agreed! Great stuff

THANKS BUDDY 👍 LOVE IT❤👍

Thanks so much bud! Labor of love for sure. Think I enjoy all the camera stuff as much as I do driving them. Appreciate the great comment and view my friend.

Thank you so much for the kind words! Loved paging through Thrasher magazine back then (and the awesome skate videos from the 80's). Best of times!

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC Yes! So funny, all these different young-dude sub cultures. Funny how it was always about the gear and how to keep upgrading. Simpler times!

Agree bud. Such fun cars to drive around!

Appreciate it and glad you enjoyed!

Fantastic! Love to inspire for sure. Enjoy the build my friend.

Thanks friend! We really appreciate the kind words and positive vibes! Will keep doing what we do.

That's awesome! Super happy for you and appreciate the nice comment. Hotshot is quite the 1st build my friend!

Thanks so much...and I appreciate knowing what cameras you like (helps us tune for the next one). The Super shot is such a great looking RC (perhaps my favorite Tamiya). Appreciate the view and positive comments.

Thanks so much. The Tammy cars are how I got involved in all of this and why I love RC so much. I can clearly remember sitting at the kitchen table with Pop (rip) and watching a Hornet grow from what looked like a bunch of bits to me. Sorry we have been shy on content...but we have some life stuff in the way right now.

The intro video was the kids idea. I just try and come up with a theme. The goal was 80s action show blended with a vintage Tamiya showcase video on this one 100% thanks for noticing! Appreciate the view and comment.

Thanks my friend...really appreciate it. You won't be disappointed in the rere kits. They are just as fun now as they were back then!

That's the best part. You can snag a reissue Hornet or Frog and re live the good old days!

Thanks so much friend. We love doing those fun things when time allows for sure.

Nice! Your comment makes us happy as well. Thanks for the view and positive energy!

Thank you so much brother!

Thanks bud. Love doing as much as we can to take us back to the 80's.

Thanks brother. Appreciate it very much.

Thanks bud! We have a great time out there for sure!

Thanks so much for the kind words. We try to keep that stuff as exciting as possible while still educating. Glad you enjoyed the intro. Super fun when we get time to do those. Appreciate the nice comment and view

Thanks, we really appreciate it. Hopefully we will have more content coming soon!

Love it! Great car...hope the build goes well! Loved doing the intro for this one.

​@VINTAGE BACKYARD RC Enjoied the build. Swapped out the Sport Tuned Motor for a Super Stock RZ. Beats my friends Kyosho Optima.

Exactly how I learned to drive it! Only had like three practice laps before the shoot (did not want to destroy the car) and was shocked with the amount of steering. I had assumed the drag brake was set or something. Just how it drives. Super fun!

The two-shock setup saves the weight of two extra shocks so I agree with you

I think the 2 shocks in rear is a good upgrade, but they need to be set up with stronger dampening/pretension. Definetly sits to low without any spacers. At the front i like the boomerang suspension more, the 2 ears holding the front shocks are prone to damage.

@@schuttrostig5729 From a performance perspective I would agree that two shocks offers more tune ability. But from a fun I-can’t-believe-it-actually-works perspective, I like the mono shocks. Totally agree about the cantilever design of the front shock pivot ears-what were the engineers thinking?

Thank you so much! Was really fun to do as well. Appreciate it.

Thanks bud. Was a bit of a challenge...but once we saw the overall look...we were pretty stoked about it. I appreciate the kind words and view.

That's awesome. Sounds like you got the most out of that car!

​@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC I think I went through three sets of drive cups and dog bone pins alone. lol. The metal was a bit soft back in those days! Thanks for doing the battles, any new ones on the horizon?

Thanks so much!

Man...thanks so much bud! Super appreciate you guys and the wonderful comment. It's really nice when we have time to do the big videos like that. Learn something new every time.We love RcRetro...you guys rock!

Thanks so much. We try to get a bit technical while not putting folks asleep. Was a bit worried about the length on this one. Appreciate the view/comment.

Thanks friend. Although it slows down production a lot...we like the look of the intro videos. Hopefully we can do more in the future. Cars ran great and were a blast to drive. Just broke some old plastic. Appreciate it bud!

Love the box art look for both to be honest. The red just pops on the hot. The Hotshot is a great kit! Enjoy the build if you pick one up and thanks for the comment friend.

Thanks so much! I hope you DO get to build one my friend.

Thank you so much....we really appreciate it. This one by far has been our most controversial video. On paper it makes no sense...lol. the results are the results though. Was super fun doing this one for sure.

Thank you! 👍

Thanks so much! Was a blast to actually drive them! Appreciate it so much.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC yeah …. That’s some next level camera shots and content. Great track and you have a amazing family!! A special shout out to your daughter from all of us! That’s amazing father and daughter time! I love my kids as well! So looking forward to your next comparison videos! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks bud. What I love most (the post work). Oh and pizza...I love that too.

Thanks bud. We try to do things to the best of our ability and equipment allows. It's been fun to do but unfortunately makes it very slow to put out content (the old cell phones really delay things during the shoot). We really appreciate the nice comment and view brother.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC I always prefer quality over quantity ;-)

Must! Thanks bud...appreciate it.

Thank you so much! We love doing them! Super appreciate the nice comment.

Wish I still had my II. Could run a bigwig...but I don't feel it will be any faster (it's pretty heavy). Thanks for the view and comment. Appreciate it.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC I wish I Had a Boomerang, hopefully they re release something on that chassis.

Really can see it bud. The rotation is real! Some softer front or harder rear (or both) on the super and it's game over imo. Who knows though...might need to test this theory. Thanks for the support friend.

Thanks so much! We greatly appreciate it.

Man that's an awesome story my friend. What a nice way to celebrate your 50th as well! Best part of doing these videos are the amazing back in the day stories for sure! Appreciate the support and enjoy that build.

😊

Thanks my friend. Appreciate the cool story as well. One of the reasons we do these videos is to try and get folks to re connect with the good old days of RC.

Thanks so much!

Have not put both on the scales...but I would agree it's probably heavier. I'm thinking with some different springs it will be a little bit faster. Might need to test that out. Thanks for the view and nice comment.

Thanks so much for the nice comment. The Hotshot is a fantastic car! Enjoy the build my friend. Rock on!

Thanks so much!

Spot on bud! Was a little bit of A-team in my head as well...lol. Super appreciate the positive comment!

Thanks brother. Appreciate it.

Love this series of car as well brother. It's too much fun to drive...find myself trying to make it do things I shouldn't...lol.

It's actually a really great car. The controll arms are a bit fragile so I would grab a spare set. Also front knuckles crack every once in a while. Otherwise the re-re should go good for you. I might pick one up myself so I have no worries about beating up on a vintage bit. My daughter thanks you for the kind words. I could not do this without her help and support. Thanks so much friend.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC It was my pleasure! IF I can afford a rere Hotshot, I'd also want to get Alumininium Knuckles and controll arms, for that reason.

100%. Was killing me not to "tune" the shocks...lol.

Lol...got to get the track perfect 1st! Appreciate it bud.

Thanks bud!

Thank you!

Thanks so much friend. Appreciate the kind words. Elf rocks! Enjoy the build bud. Super is such a good looking RC. Should be on the must have list imo.

Rc elf sent me 3 of them :)

@@GreatBirdOfHope Wow...Elf Rocks!

Thanks so much brother. It's absolutely the reason it takes us so long to put out running content. It's a ton of work trying to seamlessly string all the cameras together. Labor of love for sure. Currently flopping back and forth between Sony Vegas and Divinchi Resolve. For me the workflow is faster with Vegas but it crashes a lot...and I am constantly going backward during an edit. Divinchi has been rock solid (I just need to learn it). Our greatest challenge is equipment. In a perfect world, I would have all gopros and maybe a nice dslr. We have 2 gopros and 4 old cell phones....lol. Will always make what we have work. I have absolutely enjoyed learning how to do all the editing stuff. Always appreciate when someone wants to know more about the process.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC Unreal.i have some track running footage on my channel but is lack-lustre comparedd to this. I will up my game shortly lol.

Thanks my friend. Appreciate the positive feedback.

Awesome you have them NIB!

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC YES YES! I know right NIB and I am just sitting here. There comes this point in time when you just say "I can't open this now"! I am stuck!

@@UlisesBatalla you should totally build it with your son, or find a new owner who also loves it. Then one day you can look back on the memories instead of a box of bits ... If you haven't built in a while there might be some swearing involved, and at eight years old the driving/crashing 🤕 might be more interesting than the building, but that's what *more* RC cars are for 😁

@@Droidy77 I'm going to leave those two on the back burner. And the reason for that is that at this point in time, I noticed something snapped in my 8-year-old. He caught on to the fact that timaya recycles parts mixes them up and then comes out with another kit. That was like a light went on it's almost as if the wall were pulled from over his eyes it's like an epiphany that one has when you notice that to Maya recycles reuses reimagines parts and then comes up with new vehicles. It's always wonderful when there is a brand new, fully engineered, research and development buggy, car, truck or even a semi. Those two are going to stay on the back burner because at this point in time my black grasshopper too, is waiting for the 8-year-old to finish his Terra Nova Nova Terra Nova Fox.. the other issue is that my 6-year-old daughter cannot settle down and go with the white and pink that she has chosen for her re-released frog. Since I already had a black foot that I modified by changing the chassis adding some upgrades allowing it to perform a lot better it even has the chassis that is colored from a different kit. So what is going to happen is once she settles down and pics good old PS1 and whatever PS color fluorescent pink happens to be we will finish that buggy and all three of us will have are two wheel drive Fox frog and grasshopper. They're going to be identical right down to the vintage Futaba m c 210 speed controllers a Futaba s148 servo and a Futaba receiver that is almost as big as the servo. The gentleman from lightspeed gave me a wonderful price on three hand wound 19 turn double armatures that I stuffed into three of those really really cheap Chinese motors that you see on eBay.. sorry that this was such a long message Can anybody explain why they called it the Nova Fox and don't tell me just because the word Nova means new I understand that I'm Spanish and I know what the word means but, it really can't just be that!

@@UlisesBatalla the pink Frog or Neo Frog is a classic look! It sounds like you have "more RC cars" taken care of 🚙🏎️. Most people think they changed the name to Nova Fox because they didn't have permission to use Fox any more. Many decals changed from real racing sponsors to fake, made up names, and they had to make up a new buggy name, too.

If only I had them friend... I unfortunately don't have many old Kyosho cars. Appreciate the kind words and view!

Stuff breaks just sitting on my shelf unfortunately. Think there are some nylon 3d printed parts available now adays.

My favorite parts of the videos as well. Thanks for the view!

Thanks friend. We sort of lucked into the timing with the new car...lol. Appreciate the kind words.

Thanks so much for the comment/view and awesome story! Had bumper issues as well (unfortunately broke an ear off). In hindsight I should have ordered a re-re one before I ran it. Chalking it up to old plastic. I adored the HotShot when I was a lad...no way mom and pop could have ever afforded to buy it for me back then. I really love doing the music...and appreciate when people notice for sure! Thanks again my friend.

Thanks friend. Love the Fox as well. Was fun to do the shootout video with that car. Appreciate the kind words. Slow-mo is always super fun to do and is a good way to wrap the videos up.

Thanks so much! Can't get enough Tamiya.

The blockhead cars are so amazing. Love the looks of the blockhead Wild One. Enjoy the build when you get it!

Yes...before they had the little red plug on the speed control. I remember this as well.

Haha...you are most welcome! Enjoy the kit friend.

At 1st I was not sure I could even make a lap with the Hot. I actually rolled on a little fwd trim so the esc was almost off neutral and it was dialed. Jumped really nice as well. I have a wig but it's a heafty beast (and all new) so I am reluctant to run it. Who knows though...I'm sure I will get bored of looking at that too...haha. Appreciate the view/comment my friend.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC dont crash the wig into the fence., will probably go through it

Thanks for coming along for the ride my friend!

Had all of them at one point...Unfortunately life happened and I had to sell off about half of "the good stuff" years ago. Boomer is a fantastic car (wish I still had one). Appreciate the great story and view brother.

Would agree...and on a imaginary race day situation...I would use the Super. I don't have an Avante unfortunately. That and a Astute are on my bucket list cars (especially the Astute). Hopefully some day I stumble into one. Appreciate the support and story brother.

Thanks brother...really appreciate it. The cam work is tough and slightly overwhelming at times...but the kid does a great job "marking" the cams before a run ( a few loud hand claps ) so we can sync them via audio during post. It's tough mixing the different formats and cell camera resolutions for the final render as well. For instance we could only go to 2k this time because of glitching in the final render. In an ideal world we would have a bunch of current go pros...but we simply can't afford that. Using Sony Vegas (I think it's 17) currently. Been amazing learning this stuff on the fly...wish I could do it as my real life job! I enjoy it that much.

That would be epic!

Both cars ran great. Rear springs in the super were new from bag and fairly stiff so we went without the preload spacers. All in good fun and was great to air out some vintage Tamiya on a nice summer day. Would love to explore a few shootout videos where we tweak things...but it's hard enough just to get content out for us. Appreciate the view and comment brother.

That's awesome! Enjoy the build my friend.

Thanks bud...appreciate the kind words. So the decision was two fold. A. I wanted to A/B the suspension. B. I only have one technigold ( not really the correct motor)...and I did not want to burn it up $$...lol. Shot with more power would most likely be faster.

It's a fantastic looking buggy. Aggressive and innovative.

Thanks so much. I love both tbh. I guess if you don't have any 4wd yet I would do the Hotshot 1st.

I also think the valving and spring rate on the Super is all wrong. One day it will get it's revenge...lol. Weight is about the same with the extra cantilever bits on the Shot...but no I didn't put them on a scale.

Thanks so much! Not sure if we will do the full 6 again...but will absolutely be working on new and fun angles on every video. Appreciate the kind words my friend.

The factory cva shocks are actually really good. For my track... the spring balance and stock oil were a bit off. I assume the rere kits still come with the different internal shock pistons. Messing with them will change the pack and rebound internally, and you can also go with a thicker or thinner oil. Lots of information out there on rc shock tuning...and the stock shocks should work well with some tweaks to match your running surface. Hope you enjoy the build my friend. Great kit to pickup.

The concept of 4 shocks sit better with me. If my objective was to upgrade and make it work better....I would have to go with the Super. For old school cool...the standard.

@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC thanks! Super it is!

Think its more in the setup and track condition to be honest. Tons of rotation is absolutely helpful on a tight track. Wish I had a Shot II to test. Might be worth a look into conversation parts though. Car spending is on hold for a while...

Great car and thanks!

Honestly not sure (have not tested). I ran them with the standard Tamiya damper oil ( whatever comes with a Frog rere) in both cars. Built the shocks to 80s stock "kit". Think If I was tuning it...I would look for a bit softer front spring and just tune from there. I ran way more laps with both cars than normally and the Hotshot was faster average lap as well. Same electronics and gearing. I will say if I had to bring one to a vintage race or something....it would be the Super Shot. With some tuning or simply adding more power....its gonna be faster no doubt.

@newsmansuper2925 I am honestly not sure. Don't have any as of yet. Maybe one of my friends can chime in.