It Took Me YEARS To find This NEW Tamiya Stadium Blitzer!
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2023
- Back in 2011 I Bought a NEW Tamiya Stadium Blitzer. I converted it to Brushless and well, the rest is history. I sold it not long after, and it's taken me years to find a replacement!
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I got one of these stadium blitzers in 1993 i think it was (think it came out late 1992) - definitely had oil shocks back then. It lay broken (Mech speed controller) and dormant in my dad's garage from 1995-2021, when i finally revisited the hobby over 25 year later and fixed it with ESC and brushless, ball raced and new shocks and wheels/tyres. I cannot tell you how great it is to see one given such a high level of attention on this fantastic channel. Cheers Phil.
For mine now i have done something odd. The ESc sits in the battery tray and the battery is strapped really far forward on top of the steering servo. Shifts the weight distribution forwards from that rear placed motor - better front grip, less mental wheelies! I let my 13 year old nephew have a go, he actually preferred it to the more modern 4wd truggy i have - that says something about this kit.
It's enjoyable to see the old Tamiyas out and about. The truck looks good and you're right about painting. Sometimes the Tamiya decals are more time consuming than painting.
Mark and rob will love this. I think marks channel is excellent deserves a mention, looking forward to the tomley tuned speed run 🏃♀️
You are right about that, Dai! Thanks for the kind words, Phil did give me a massive shout-out in his last video - top bloke! 😎👍
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Tamiya products are just so much fun to build. I finally just finished building my Tamiya Ford F-350 High Lift with MFC-02 light and sound kit! Always been my dream to build this one! So awesome!!! 👍🏻😁
For people who cannot afford to buy Cars n trucks all the time we really enjoy buying bodyshells and creating a new look(livery) for our RC'S 👍
My mate had one of these when we were younger. What a beast of a truck. Memories
Wow!😮I thought I'd never see this particular model again!! I had this same model in the early 90's, when I was stationed in Germany 🇩🇪
That brings back memories the one in the 90s
My '94 original had oil shocks mate. Still have it here now. Replaced loads of parts to get her back to almost new :)
Nice! Ahead of the game in ‘94!
This is just pure retro vibes , love the way that body came out really nice too , look forward to seeing the progress on this Phil
Best. Spinning Tire. Transition. Ever. 😮 Looks amazing dude!
That is a lovely looking truck! I know Tamiya rc’s are a bit behind tech wise but it’s the nostalgia that does it for me. Remember seeing tamiyas in my local Beatties when I was a kid and really wanted one but could never afford one!
excellent and you did a really smart build and managed to find some bearings for it, i have its cousin the Blitzer beetle and run a 20t brushed motor so its pretty quick maybe 26mph, look forward to you getting 60+ out of this old classic
Thanks mate. Really hoping to break the 60mph mark
Excellent content. As much as I want a Traxxas XRT, I need the nostalgic element of the build too. Stadium Blitzer is an all time favourite. Looking forward to see what upgrades you get into this. I may follow it with upgrades on a Blitzer Beetle (only because I get hold of a Stadium Blitzer).
These are great little RC's. They tend to break a bit when you go brushless. The best surface for those tyres is really short grass like at your local golf course. Nice one Phil 😁
I must be crazy then. Definitely enjoy painting bodies. HATE cutting them out though.
I think we are all a little crazy really 😅
Wow blast from the past... Had me a Stadium Blitzer when I was 15 and had a mechanical speed controller in it. That's when you had to pay extra for bearings or they'd include them as a bonus.... We've come so far as a hobby.... I remember getting my first Esc.. it went into this and everything snowballed from there.
I remember my first ESC as well… I’m sure it was Fwd only 😅
Love it, can't wait to see it with some power! I've got a cheap 3s system in my Blitzer beetle. It's great fun
Nice, you can do Tamiya's entire fleet as far as I'm concerned. I have the Blitzer Beetle version of that chassis, albeit I put aeration shocks on it, a brushless system and a Kimborough servo saver. It's a lot of fun. They pretty much got everything right with this chassis. Mines a re-re as I left the hobby about the time the Blitzer Beetle and Stadium Blitzer came about.
I just finished building my BBX, there is a bit in that build.
Yes, it’s a basic one, but a decent one. I think before I speed run it, I’ll certainly be giving it a drive with the new set up
I've got a blitzer beetle as well with a brushless system in it got a few videos up on my channel if you want to check it out have a good crash video 😂 hoping to get a bbx soon got the wild one in my sights ATM cheers 😎
My first hobbygrade rc was the tsniya super hornet will never forget that buggy and the build
Nice 👌
Loving my Tamiya racing at the moment and currently loving a terra scorcher build myself. Looking forward to seeing what you have coming from Tamiya 👍🏻
I still have my stadium blitzer from the 90s I pull it a part I have to find it and build again.great rc channel.
I missed out on the old Tamiyas. Looks awesome matey and a great paint job. Love that Gun Metal.
Beautiful build and paint job, Phil! 😃
Those trucks are crazy fun!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Nice one, Phil - I'm glad you were able to find a new one at last.
Congratulations on the sub 2 hour build time, and, like you, I think that the gunmetal grey you used instead of silver looks great - cooler, actually, than the box art.
I was puzzled at the poor traction on that dry, loose dirt till I saw a close-up, back in your workshop, of the tread on those tyres.
Montage heaven at the end (I'm glad that you did find the camera!)
Great job on the build .
Cheers mate
Driven proper , love it 😊 , tamiya I find are more about the enjoyment of the build, it's a bonus to be able to rip them around 😊
My cousin and I bought 2 of these in 1994 brand new and took them racing at our club, they were good and were surprisingly competitive, especially in outright speed, but the turning radius was dire, absolutely terrible, so they were resigned to being toys for fun.
Old school. More of this please!
As a lifelong Tamiya and Kyosho fan, its really refreshing to see a proper, high quality 1/10 scale R/C car on the channel. The $150 Chinese jobs are getting old.
Yes because nothing screams “high quality” like plastic bushings…
Sometimes we need to revisit the past to enjoy the present.
So foams, and a big brushless.
Oh Phil you happy man...I would love this Truck o be Rereleased I only got the Blitzer Beetle on that Chassis and I love it to pieces
Nice! It’s a simple one, but lots of fun
I love the variety of cars and trucks you review.
Keep up the good stuff!!
Thanks Adam. I like to mix it up 👌
back in the early 90s all i wanted was a King Cab. older kid in my neighborhood had one and i just knew my life would be perfect if i got one. wound up with an Associated RC10T and loved that model but i never got that Tamiya i wanted.
looks awesome! i have just purchased 2 tamiya's in the past couple of weeks. i will be building them over the winter. picked up the candy green edition grasshopper and the brat. see you in the next vid! cheers. hopefully my builds will turn out as nice as the way you made that blitzer.
i didn't own a Tamiya, I had a version 1 Marui Big Bear - 80s monster truck that would eat diffs. But it would wheelie extremely easily, like a lot of modern brushless setups, on a 480 later a 550 brushed motor
I ended up selling it before the version 2 bug fixes (all which I experienced). The only thing I really miss is that Datsun shell, but it was made of brittle plastic that apparently helped sink the company
This is the one that got away, for me. I sold my Stadium Blitzer in 1997 and I've regretted it since. Lovely truck.
Finally some tamiya action 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I just missed out on a Michelin pilot cosworth that was local to me on market place, selling for £150 , the pilot was my very first rc ,it's all about nostalgia
I remember my older brother got one of these back in the day. He had started working and I guess it was one of his first treats with his new found form of income. I had his permission to use it and used it I did for a long while til sadly it was put out of comission when I banged it against a curb. I think it broke a tie rod or something like that. It was a plastic piece in the steering. I always felt bad about it. He was moving on in life and never bothered to fix it. I feel more bad knowing now that it had to be assembled. Didn't know there were still some around. Might have to look for one now and gift him it.
Very, very nice! Love the contrast between white and gunmetal.
Personally, I would have given RC Bearings UK a shout and got a whole set of rubber-shielded bearings, before the build. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
Yeah, the grey actually matches the stickers. I put bearings in, they are the standard size ones, I have about a million of them.
I enjoy painting hard bodies most of the time but I have always detested painting lexan 🤣🤣 looks great 👍 I love a good Tamiya
Tamiya NEEDS to bring this great little kit back!
Yes and you would think with re-releasing this they would do the Falcon too seeings it's the same chassis
This model was my first proper rc. I don't remember it coming as a kit and it came with a mechanical speed controller and an old stick radio with a 27meg crystal. man those were the days...
Always loved the Blitzer. This video proofs what a cool little buggy it was, goes great on the dirt.
Also obviously this is the No1 RC Channel :)
Kev
Yes, the Blitzer is a good looking truck
My favourite was the Tamiya black foot it is a great truck
Agree.. very nice truck
3:56 20 yrs ago I bought a kyosho gas powered vr-01 corvette, I did some amazing painted on checkered flags on the sides and it took hours picking off all the little squares. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and the result. I don't know if I have the patience now for the tediousness of it. If I ever get it out of the crate I'll post a pic online. It turned out pretty freaking good.
Another Honda City Turbo! 👍
Nice paint job looked great on your video 👍👍
was hoping to see a video on the blitzer as its been hiding in the background of most of your videos haha thanks for this!
Yea dude that is the same as the (American) HI-LUX was the same as what you guys call the Stadium Blitzer. Was a great truck in the day had the Lexan body as well. And yes painting the body is not a fun experience in my humble opinion. If that is a Toyota it’s the same kit different name . Whatever I just never hear about the HI-LUX I built even the king cab is not really mentioned guess people don’t dig them I’m not a fan of the King Cab. Everyone have a safe and happy day 🙂👍🏼🇺🇸.
Yeah converted my 2wd ORV Blackfoot to 4wd but took me longer than planned and will probably have to wait now till warmer weather till the proper test run! It's killing me as it looks awesome but as some parts involved glue don't want to risk a cold run!
Finally Phil 🎉 been teasing us for ages with it in the background on the bench. Looks sooo cool 😎 when you going to drive it into the sea? 😂
Love the stadium blitzer.... been looking for a nib kit myself but there asking silly money for them. Definitely a monster racer vibe goin on.
Another great video Phil 👍
Keep up the good work mate 🤌
ESC is the bonus part along with the pinion. My OG came with a mechanical speedo. My favorite basher of all time.
The re-release came with an ESC
Tamiya is how I got hooked on the hobby way back in the 80’s as a teenager when I bought the Monster Beetle kit. There’s just something very satisfying about building the car yourself piece by piece then getting the finished end result where you finally get to drive it. With that said, in todays RC hobby world, for me personally and just my opinion, which I’m allowed to have 😂 the allure of the cheaper kit cars doesn’t have as much appeal anymore. As old as I am now and as much as my eyesight suffers 😂 I wouldn’t be able to see half these little parts anymore. 🤣 So while I do still love and appreciate the “kit” aspect of the hobby, at my age it’s no longer for me. But with that said, I know a LOT of people still love these nostalgic cheaper kit cars of the past, because of what I already mentioned, the satisfaction of getting to build the car yourself. And it brings them back to the days of when we were kids when kit cars were all they had! Great video, Phil. I actually really like that thing. Wanna build one for me? 🤣🤣🤣
Monster Beetle of Tamiya was my childhood dream … actually every Tamiya as budgets to spend were limited. Parents couldn’t believe I would spend my savings on a toy. So I needed to go through Taiyo’s to end up with a QuickDrive Tamiya.
Tamiya are very good at making us older guys remember our childhood. I used to love building them, but I have no time really anymore. I have a 1/14 Truck to build.. it sure I’ll do that in under 2hrs 😅
@@TomleyRC I have confidence in you, Phil! You’ll build that 1/14 scale in under 2 hours! 😉 Can’t wait to see the video of when you do it 🤘🏼
Brilliant looks great and a speedy build 🎉
Yes, enjoyed making this one
I like the masking and decals of making the bodies. Pulling the tape etc.The cost of paint, spraying and praying I did it in the right order, not so much.
When I was a teenager I had the original version from the early 90s. I think I had a 10 turn in it. Seems like I upgraded the motor and spur gear. Don't remember for sure. I must have put 1000 miles on that thing. I went through and wore out 5 or so 7.2v nicad packs.
Please also review FMS’ 1/10 Trail RC car, which will be released in November. I heard that it is released with great features and a low price.👍👍👍
8.4v nimh and a nice 550 motor sorted and also bomb proof.
Daaaaannnnggg Phil! This is the first video I woke up to this morning and it was absolutely epic! Only thing that would of made it better would of been a cup of coffee to go with it! ☕️☕️Cheers to a an awesome “not what you see every day build” and not leaving it on a shelf and getting it out there and playing with it! 🌟RESPECT 🌟👊🏼
Glad you had something to watch… get a coffee next time, it’ll make the experience even better 😇
i always wanted one of those, i remember the review in RC Mag when it came out
Love it. Looks so cool. I want one.
Cheers David
Cool I had a bear hawk got stadium blitzer body and wheels was great kit had buggy and a truck
Nice 👌
I built that truck it was called the HI-LUX not the 80,s version I got it in like 91-92 the Nissan King Cab was also identical except rims and body. That also resembles the Blitzer Beetle which was built on the Falcon chassis it can get confusing with America 🇺🇸 and Britain 🇬🇧 have like the same stuff with tiny differences like names. Great job as always 👍🏼🇺🇸🇬🇧
very cool car, gives me ReVolt vibes for sure!
The car came out awesome very nice 👍🏽🤩🔥🔥🤩🤩🤙🏽
I may or may not know where a few of these Tamiya gems are NIB. 😎
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My first hobby grade rc as a 12 year old in 1997 3 step mech speed control and sanyo nicads with KO propo 2 stick radio
That was awesome ‼️👍👍🦾🦾🤘🤘
Awesome video and awesome looking truck i have 4 tamiyas they are awesome king yellow 6x6 super clod buster grey edition vw rally beetle and a monster beetle black edition tamiya is an awesome company just to bad they don’t hive us bearings in the rerelease of some kits
Phil where do you come up with these Gems, stadium blitzer, the scooter, Keep up the surprises, Thank you Phil!!
I built one of those and I'm sure it was early 90s. I built it for my little brother in law so had to be back then 👍👍
Definitely one I want in my collection
That really reminds me of my old Tyco Bandit. 9.6 volts of 90's awesome that started my rc addiction. That the grass hopper and fast trax. I spent all my money and hundreds of hours on them.
I think a lot of us spent all our money back in the day… well, now as well haha
I got one of these as a kid for Christmas my grandparents didn’t know it comes in pieces so Christmas morning they thought I was gonna be playing with my new rc long story short it never got built an tossed out few months later 😂😂😂😂now I’m older an kick myself for throwing it away joys of having messed up parents as a kid
Oh! Lol…. I can imagine the disappointment
Time for some Hop-up's. 🧑🏻🔧
Dude it looks so good. Nice work
Thanks mate
The other bonus part is the Grub screw!! 😂
This is on my wish list hope you raffle it. I have this chassis as blitzer beetle original release also a re release that I have 2s brushless set up in.
Alex kowaliuk here love this such a cool vehicle still in box beautiful..
Great to see an old legend, box fresh, out for a hoon ✌💪😎👍
Cheers dude
Your first video skills are where mine are right now lol. Keep up the good work with the largest Tamiya channel
Haha
I love vids like this Phil! Great work. Is the beetle body better for speed?
Nice mate first time I've seen one, thought you might of done it in your team tomley colours.
Awesome video Phil! I think I’ll take my Blitzer Beetle for spin today.
Cheers mate. Go have some fun!
Ive posted a few videos of me with my blitzer beetle that I've converted to brushless I did a bey. Ondrc Vs tomely test🤔👍 and hit 73 km/hr with stock tyres etc damn hard to stay straight even with a touch of gyro and dual rate all the way down 👇 it would get a hundred with the electronics it has looking forward to seeing what you do to the stadium wholesale tamiya goodness 🤟 cheers mate😁
I’m hoping to smash my PB with this 👌
@@TomleyRC I'm sure you will and I'll be sure to try match or better it!
Makes me want to get out my Blitzer beetle now. 🎉
This was my first Tamiya Model in the 90s:-) Have fun
Tamiya!!! 🤘
4:24 mostly like the hard body's thou
My first hobby grade rc.. came stock with mechanical speed control lol 😂😂😅
Best boxes 🥰
Bonus parts? Clearly that's the pinion AND the grub screw!
😂 Right?
Yes lol
Parts..lol,,the pinion AND the pinion screw lol
Getting rid of that Toe Out would probably help a lot.
Other than the fun of building do these offer more that the rtr stuff? Is the finished product better ?
great vid👍
Cheers mate
My local crazy retro toy shop has one, pretty sure he's still in the cellophane. He's in Worthing and he won't post it!