Every 80's Kid Wanted one of these! - Tamiya Lunchbox
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- As a 10yr Old, this was my Dream RC Monster Truck! Tamiya Lunchbox 2.0? If Tamiya made one. It's is my favourite Tamiya Monster Truck and has some special memories for me. I bought this Black Edition quite some time ago, how cool did it turn out!
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Wow, copying people's titles now are we Tomley! You should be ashamed!
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I got the hornet when i was 14 back in the 80s and had always wanted a lunchbox. Here i am at 48 in japan thanks to the army and one day while walking around in Tokyo i happened to RANDOMLY walk by a Tamiya playmodel factory (and with the power of adult money lol) i now am the proud owner of a black edition lunchbox!!!!!!
Atsugi used to have a dirt RC track behind the BEQ,if your stationed in Zama you should see if its still there. It was there three years ago so might be there still.
@@mokeimusic it's behind building 1290 behind the ball field. It's stl there just overgrown. I'm stationed on atsugi I'm in one of the barracks close to the gally near there.
@@timbell8208 that's awesome to hear! 1998-2001 Yokosuka. Remember some guys running RCs on flight deck during down time on CV-63. If I could go back in time.... lol
@@ricksprings I did deployments on the Kitty Hawk from 2000-2006. I liked that ship.
@@timbell8208 I actually worked at two RC car shops after leaving the Navy, One was Rainbow in Atsugi and D-Drive Sports in Yokohama. D-Drive is still there but Rainbow isn't.
My first rc was a Tamiya Wild Willy. My first real wrenching experience, first soldering ever. Loved it!
Turned 15, got a moped and started chasing girls for a couple of years while Willy spent time in a box.
Got tired of the girls but pulled my Willy out anyway and stuffed a Kyosho Mega motor in it. Made crazy wheelies and had a run time of three minutes... Loved it even more!
Blimey, these Tamiya RCs take me back. I was OBSESSED, used to read the catalogue over and over again. My first car, as was probably everyone's, was the hornet. The first time that motor turned and the car came alive my heart was sold forever.
Yes! I had one as a kid. When we finished building it I thought, we don’t need the wheelie bar. Took it out on the driveway, hit the gas, it immediately wheelied and flipped backwards on my freshly painted body 😂 Took my butt right back inside the house and mounted the wheelie bar!
I had a Blackfoot in 1990, winter time so I made ramps out of snow. My best friend had a Midnight Pumpkin, which was faster and sturdier... He did an amazing electric blue paint job on it. I loved my Blackfoot, but it seems like the Pumpkin and Hornet were sturdier and faster, but man when that Blackfoot was done it looked amazing out of the box. I think the Lunch Box, Monster Beatle and Midnight Pumpkin were about the same chassis? We knew one kid that had a Clodbuster about 1 hour bike ride away from us, but we had to make the trip just to see that thing. It was a beast! Thanks for the memories.
This was my first rc car as a kid, loved it
The Lunch Box was my first hobby grade RC. I built it with my dad as a kid. I found it sitting in a box at my mom’s house and restored it. Now it’s part of the collection I’ve built for my own children.
Awesome to find it again!
My childhood came flooding back in an instant as soon as I saw the thumbnail.
I worked all summer long in my dads auto repair shop when I was 11 (1986) to buy the Tamiya Midnight Pumpkin. Favorite RC ever!
That’s how a lot of us got our first RC… nowadays a lot of kids don’t want to work hard for their rewards
I’m 49 always wanted one of these as a child and all the rich kids had them . Just bought one after watching this video and can’t wait to be a 12 year old again
I recently built one I know what you mean I always wanted one but as a 40 something adult I have now got one and every time I look at it I have a massive smile on my face.
Wow this video takes me back.I was 9 back in 1984 and my mum bought me a hornet for xmas.There was a shop called beatties here in Cardiff and i remember seeing my first RC car being driven outside there, it was a red Subaru brat and i was immediately begging for an rc car
Back in mid 80s the cars i was seeing on them Tamiya promo video were cars like hotshot,bigwig,monster beetle.Great memories
The original Lunchbox was the first "kit" rc I ever had when I was a kid. Used to race it at the local tracks in the monster truck class. Against Monster Beetles and Blackfoots. I did pretty well with it. Ball bearings, adjustable gearing adaptor and the yellow CVS shocks we had back then. I'm 46 now and I want to get another one. I had such good times with it.
Awesome fun! Never too old for a Tamiya! (I’m 42)
My buddy raced a midnight pumpkin and I raced a Blackfoot when we were kids. So much fun
Are you sure they wernt MRP yellow shocks ? The original shocks were just chrome plated junk with a long screw shaft, no oil damping at all.
@@johnlangley7521 very sure. The original yes they were like you said for sure. I changed them out to the yellow plastic oil filled shocked Tamiya made. Maybe not called CVS... But they were tamyia. Cv shocks I think they were called.
Bring back good old memories
No, the one that I can purchase brand new is a king. Blackfoot RC truck by tamiya. That truck was absolutely and pleasure to drive, use, and enjoy. I had so much fun with this truck
"1990 was the first time I'd ever seen a lunchbox.... well... a tamia lunchbox"
LMAO i love that
Haha I had one. Had to put drag rails at the back to stop it from flipping over once u boosted it…..thanks for the memories….
This brings back memories. My cousin
would let me drive the lunchbox while drives the Blackfoot. My parents couldn’t afford it. Lucky my cousin was well off.
Blackfoot is a lovely truck
My friend had the lunchbox in school and I had the Blackfoot. Writ off my Blackfoot by hitting a kerb. Wish I still had it now though so I could rebuild it. 😒
Recently helped my father in law get back into RC by building a Tamiya Monster Beetle. He said it took him straight back to being a kid again, really enjoyed building it and it was.. Well.. Interesting to say the very least.. But he's now back into the hobby and looking for something faster RTR as he doesn't want to ruin the Beetle as its such a nostalgic trip for him! Just couldn't believe all the plastic bearings! But he enjoyed and loved every minute building it up and that very first run was incredible, knowing its all been built right and running with no issues!
As a kid back in the 80's I wanted and had the tamiya frog, it was the only one for me and I still love it now. But now in my 50's I have the tamiya lunchbox and have to say it is a properly fun truck, not as nimble as my frog obviously and it has the ability to roll very easily but it looks so good and loads of fun to use.
My very first "hobby grade" RC was a Tamiya Blackfoot for Christmas 1992 when I was 13 years old.
man im 43 and i literally used to drool over the lunchbox as a kid
Nice. I still have my kyosho optima and galaxy from new when i was a kid. Im 42 now. I think my dad loved it as much as i did. Complete with le mans gold motor, ball raced, and SC( yes pre E-sc era) and a handful of Ni-cads. I still call on the knowledge gained from building it when working on full size cars these days and understanding chassis dynamics, suspension etc. Great memories. These days i get my rc fix from building and flying fpv race drones which led to my current job hand making prototype surgical instruments/equipment to go inside beating hearts for cardiovascular research. Magic does happen when you truly love and are passionate about something. Thumbs up!
IT HAS MOOR POWER THAN IT NEEDS. THAT TRUCK WILL FLY
I’ve got a kit unopened. I tear out all the new electronics from my new cars. I wasn’t going to go brushless but I’m going to now! Just the name of it, we didn’t get the joke when we were younger. Lol, our rich kid had a rc10. I had the Marui Hunter, cheapest at the time, 2 best friends had monster beetle and lunch box. They both died so I’m doing tribute builds. Found all 3! Just bought the Tamiya repops. Marui went out of business in 85 I believe. That was hard to get. Took years of getting all the parts. Cost me double the price of an xmaxx. Worth it for nostalgia. Thanks for the memories and built advise! 👊🔥💯
That's an awesome gesture. Good luck with your builds I'm sure they would appreciate it.
Awesome stuff mate. Some memories to be had with them builds
@@robsrcinsanity1220 Thank you Rob!
@@TomleyRC Absolutely! Great video! Thank you Tomley!!!!
Love how you smell the tires haha. I have some stomper 4x4s from 1980-1981 and every time I dig them out I have to smell them 🤘🏻😂
I had the Blackfoot in 1987. I spent all day with my uncle and father building it.
Phil... Theres something so natural about your delivery. There are so many TH-camrs that come across forced or plastic wheras your content always feels so natural and down to earth! Greag stuff!
Thank you. I have always tried to just be myself. I mean... you do have to be a little more enthusiastic for the camera... but I just can't bring myself to be all loud and over the top. When I meet people that watch the channel, I like that I don't have to act any different to how I am normally....
so far so good :)
@@TomleyRC deleted that... Bit weird when I read it back haha. Keep up the good work!
haha... I didn't see the original reply. I'm sure it wasn't that bad :)
@@TomleyRC right well I'll say it again in not such a bloody weird way then... Basically it came to my attention that I don't live a million miles away from where you're based... I live in Grimsby... Literally NOBODY I know is into RC and I was wondering if I could maybe tag along one day when you're out with your cars? I may have originally posted it in a bit of a sinister way... Plus the more I go on about it, it sounds weird now... Yet here I am still typing haha.
Oh haha okay. Yeah not weird really.
I’ll be honest… I do a lot of my stuff on my own during the week and kind of do it relatively unplanned… so don’t really go out for long sessions. Now and again I go to events at the weekends, but my RC Life isn’t really a social one most of the time, doing this full time can get really busy
It's cool to see these are still a fan favorite! And still available!
have the same memory, thank you for making this video
No problem dude
The Lunchbox and Midnight Pumpkin incarnate the charm of Tamiyas kits. Cheap, easy to build, great looks and a lot of fun with the wheelies.
I love the lunchbox. It was my first model to get back in the hobby 😅
I remember one kid who got a Clodbuster for Christmas, it was unbelievable!
Can’t beat a few Lunchboxes and a mini track. Good fun!
You just brought me back to my childhood from the 80’s! Never had one nor could afford it back then but I always used to go the toy/hobby store (very often) and glance at it thinking it looked so cool and envied people who had it. Thank you for this as I was able to live vicariously through your video and reminisce about that era!
Glad you enjoyed it Allen 👍
I love the smell of Tamiya rubber!
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I wish we still had RC clubs. Now we have eSports...
My 3rd RC and my first NEW hobby grade RC. Painted the body red and the wheels white. Shaved the tires to make them lighter, hopped up the motor and battery, and drilled holes in the tub for weight reduction. It was so much fun, and surprisingly stable for being top heavy, and very capable off-road. also trimmed the springs and got a wheel bearing kit.
This definitely brings back a lot of memories from 89 , awesome vid👍👍
You've managed to make a build video very entertaining. There's real skill to that, seriously. Well done Phil! Love your work :)
Thank you. It’s hard to make a build video engaging. Glad you enjoyed it
@@TomleyRC I appreciate the struggle more than ever now I've done a few of them. Much respect and excited for your channel's future in the new digs! Keep up the great work :)
I had a lunchbox when I was a kid and put a high performance 540 motor. It was indestructible.
Sounds awesome
I wanted one of these so bad!!
You were very lucky to have an RC club
I remember my mate got one of these in yellow and bought a grass hopper love every minute of it
Love it! Lunchbox is one of the all time classics!
I've modded mine so much it's not quite the same thing anymore but I still love it in it's own right. One of my favourites to use.
I'm slowly building another one though which will only have hopups and not any drastic mods like the double wishbones and 4-link my current one has.
Amusing to see people doubt the strength of the drivetrain. It's probably the most durable all plastic gearbox ever made for RC, especially considering it has no clutch. There's a guy with videos of one running 6s on youtube and even he has only had a couple of issues this whole time and the spares are cheap as chips.
I’ve heard the lunchbox drivetrain is really strong as well. 3s will test it
G’day Tom, AMPRO have lots of great mods for the Lunchbox. Especially one to give the Lunchbox proper double wishbone front steering! Great build. I got mine in the 90s too, with bearings, a lovely flouro lime green.
Yes, I need to check them out!
Cool video , I love the lunchbox my mate had one , also a smashing pumpkin
Oh so you waited 30 years!! Now you finally have the chance
Man the lunch box was a legend when I was a kid I also knew someone with a clodbuster lucky devil!! I still have my bushdevil with the pink wheels. Tamiya still makes me feel like a 10 year old 👍.
The Bush Devil is a cool truck 😎
Excellent video. Great memories. Some of them claud busters were very nice. I actually can't remember my first rc car. Was nitro so either thunder tiger mta4 or the duel engine thing that blew itself to bits. Lunchbox is lovely 👍
OMG! That looks nice!
Whoever won that Arrma Vorteks and Tamiya XV01 is one lucky chap!Damn!
Yeah I know!
Much as I admired the Lunchbox in the 80's, it was the Hornet that I wanted. Ended up with a little red corvette that had one button on the remote that reversed it in a circle. I was devastated as a kid.
I had a Blackfoot and my friend had a Midnight Pumpkin, but eventually I got my hands on a used Hornet, and that thing was fun. As a 14 year old in 1990 watching that Hornet kick up dirt and be almost indestructible was the best summer memories. I even threw some street tires on it to take it to the local indoor track 😆
So glad to see you putting foams in with all that other stuff. Always wanted to see one of these done this way.
Foams are much better in them tyres
Watching this makes me miss my Midnight Pumpkin. It might still be at my dad's house...maybe I'll take a look next time I visit him.
That's awesome that you had a radio control while that school.
Good to see you have a Lunchbox. I’ve had 2-3 over the years (1 that I built myself ) but sold it to make way for me to move in 2018 when I got married. I do have an original release Clod Buster which needs a little bit of t.l.c to get it back up and running again.
Dude!! You are pretty much living out my childhood dream here!! Owning a Hornet myself, this was the unachievable truck for the rich kids
My very first RC car was the Lunchbox. Kit came with plastic bearings ..3 step wiper speed contoller..no shocks just springs. Had a blast with it.
⭐My first hobby grade RC & it holds a place in my heart. Thanks for sharing the build 🙆🔥🔥👍Salute 😎
AMPRO engineering makes a few good suspension mods for the front and rear. They fix most of the Lunch box's quirks.
Yes, I need to take a look
+1 for ampro , I put his brace on a rising fighter and it worked perfectly.
@@TomleyRC they make a bulletproof diff for it as well
@@RhoryBurnside I’ve got Ampro parts on my Nikko F10, and Grasshopper and they’re probably the strongest parts on either car.
@@SteliosRcdrift "they" is supposed to mean MIP
Omg, yes lol 😂 blast from the past
I had the original Traxxas sledgehammer kit. Loved that thing
Pretty amazing little thing indeed, Tomley! 😃
Fantastic bashing!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
We're all super jealous 😉
#shoe foot🤣
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Tamiya makes kits..You then make the kit your own by whatever hop ups you choose..Cheers
Getting the funk out. Project Boxy
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Wow good stuff nice lunch box💪
I was born in 1990 and as a kid I pretty much had every rc car from Walmart and toys R us haha, also great build! That thing is awesome.
Being a Kid back in the 80's & 90's was one of the best times. Before Smart Phones and proper internet!
@@TomleyRC I haven’t had proper internet until I was 18 🤣🤣
Great video, I got the Black, too. Brushless she don't need😉
I remember seeing the lunch box in the hobby store as a kid and just day dreaming about having one
Me too!
its on my hit list and i have a great idea for it - hope it pans out
I’m a 90s boy. Just ordered my first lunchbox today haha
My first RC was/is a Tamiya Lunchbox. I acquired it in 1987. At the same time my brother got a gold chassis Team Associated RC10. My sport was running over his RC-10 whenever he got caught in tall grass (the only place where my Lunchbox could handle better than that buggy). Initially I wanted a Tamiya Pajero. Because of that and because I was saving up pennies it became an easy decision to buy the lunchbox when it was first released. The Lunchbox shares the chassis so later I bought a Pajero body and the parts to modify my Lunchbox into a Pajero, but I ended up converting it back as I preferred the Lunchbox's big tires. As my first RC it was a great start. My second RC was not nearly as good, a Kyosho Double Dare. With dual motors and four wheel steering it was quick, but with a 5 minute run time, a high center of gravity and dogbone munching axles it was always the truck that should have been better. Later I upgraded it to Kyosho USA-1 suspension which helped the roll over issues and the dogbone durability, but the steering servos of the day never had enough power. My third RC was a used Tamiya Kingcab. The reason it was used, the differential. When I started college all three trucks went into the closet. I finally pulled them out in 2018. Since my start the hobby totally changed. Futaba no longer corner's the transmitter/receiver market. Oil filled shocks and speed controls were now affordable. Differentials now take major punishment, Shaft drive won the four wheel drive debate so things like belts - chains - and dual motors are not in play. Crawling is a thing. Batteries can self-destruct and burn down your house. Bashing can now reach extreme levels. Almost everything needs a wheelie bar. Finally, there are many more manufacturers in the game. Thank you for your channel and keeping us up to speed on the ground vehicle side of the hobby. I look forward to your next Lunchbox update.
Sounds like you’ve got a bit of experience there with the retro stuff 😎🤟
@@TomleyRC I know more than most, but there is always someone who knows more than I do. Plus I cheated because I was there. Even now I still drool over the old Kyosho Optima, Ultima and Blizzard. I am also still mesmerized by the Tamiya Bruiser (thank you Banggood). I still have a dream of cobbling together my own dual motor 4ws 4wd monster out of parts from other vehicles. I noticed that the JLB Cheetah uses the same suspension parts front and rear which handles the steering part. Add some decent 2wd rear motor mounted gearboxes (still looking for those) and a custom aluminum chassis and I could finally have my Clodbuster killer. The Team Associated Stealth Transmission is the subject my current research. So much for RTR.
Tamiya needs to make crawlers, imagine the hornet as a 4wd crawler
Be nice if they added some newer stuff to their range
I have one off these bad boys in the attic! It's from the 90s.
I'm not sure the exact year. But she's a classic!
Just stumbled upon your channel great content love the build and definitely most definitely love the lunch box I'm 44 years old I remember growing up and racing my slot cars at the local RC shop and every day staring across from where I sat at was the lunch box next to the cloud buster and I stared at them two trucks always saying I want one of those unfortunately I'm 44 years old never owned a clod buster but I do have a lunch box and I also have the monster beetle and the grasshopper clod buster will be next. All of my retro RC trucks and cars are built stock fresh out the box for shelf and staring purposes. Lol. Thank you so much for the content that you're sharing with all the viewers great job keep up the good work I am now a subscriber and following all future videos will be recommending you to all my other RC buddies so expect more subscribers very soon love that the RCC is so big throughout the whole entire world great job representing the UK thank you so much have a good day cheers mate.
Thanks Steven, good to get some more Subscribers from the UK. You're a couple of years older than me.... but I remember them days well :)
My first proper RC car was a second hand Lunchbox. Must have been early 1990’s. The school I was at had a man RC club after school. Like everything I owned when I was a kid, I eventually took it apart but never put it back together again. At the beginning of the pandemic, during lockdown I decided to get a kit to build. How great that was. I now have quite a few rereleased Tamiya’s, Traxxas and Arrma RC cars! TRX4 arriving this morning!!
You have the RC Bug again 😎🤟
Brilliant, my second tamiya, and my first build! Back in the day! Got all the Colours now.
Awesome!
Yep I’m lovin my scx24. Thanks hobby comps , thanks tomleyrc for introducing me to an awesome rc competition site.
No problem Graham. The SCX24 is certainly a nice bit of kit!
That is one thing I've always wanted is the Tamiya lunchbox. Growing up my dad had the Tamiya sand scorcher
Sand Scorcher is an awesome buggy
Love the vintage Tamiya rc stuff, my first ever hobby grade was the Tamiya Terra Scorcher.
Nice 😎
I remember as a kid with the Tamiya Monster Beetle, I had to save my allowance to purchase bearings. Man I was stoked.
Old school cool 😎
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Built one of these an original back in 1985ish painted it white, great fun. 👍 had the clodbuster too, painted that blue.
That was a "wheelie" good vid mate!! Loved it...
Haha 😅
I really like your RC videos. You're not trying to be a 'cartoon' or some RC influencer twat. You are super relatable to the over 30 crowd as well, Cheers! A+ Bru.
Back in the late 90's, my parents bought 1/24 scale models. If I remember correctly, I had an airplane, a subaru, an apache helicopter. I never managed to put them together. Even if I did, the parts are all in the wrong place.
In that single hobbyshop, I saw a lot of the bigger cars. Rc cars. I saw an elderly guy. Start one, it was noisy and it emitted smoke like a real car. I knew it right away it was powered by gas.
I went to that shop as a college student in 2010. Bought 1/24 model cuz I still could not afford the RCs.
I eventually managed to buy a tt02, then an hpi, an Xray. Thats how i got into the hobby. Now I had brushed/brushles and nitros in my collection.
Awesome story 👍
Fun lil rig, such nostalgia
Yes. Certainly brought back some memories
What a trip down memory lane, never had the pleasure of owning one but looks a ton of fun. Great build mate 💪😁
Cheers dude 😎👌
I got the Black Edition also.... wanted this RC for about 25yrs!! Great video 👍🏾
Awesome
teenager I owned the midnight punkin...so fun!! regards from France!
Monster trucks are one of my two favorite things. The other is best not mentioned here.😂
Haha
So cool!!
Yeah yeah yet another lunchbox build... but mate after that intro & seeing you grinning like a Chesher cat... I am so adimiring seeing your passion & emotional high. Fabulous!
Yes, was very enjoyable to build and run 😍
I couldn't imagine having an rc club as a kid. That would have been amazing
Yes it was pretty cool. Although I used to just watch 😅
Old school rc baby!!!!!! 👊👊👍👍
What a sweet build and awesome RC in my 58 years IV never seen a lunch box and I luv it As always your video's are fantastic cheers for this one
Thanks David. It was certainly enjoyable to build 😎👍
The lunchbox was the car that first got me started in RC
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This is exactly the build I was considering ..gonna use my old dr10 electronics in it ..looks like it works great
Awesome!