The Grasshopper was my first RC car. I got mine back in 1983, I quickly upgraded the motor from the 380 to a 540. I then gave it to my wife and built a Frog.
@@hazysativa3045 The biggest problem I had was the front suspension wearing out all the time. It would eat those parts like crazy. Other than that and tires mine was rock solid. I won most of the races I was in with it back in the day.
@@Doug_Morgan Yes the front end suspension was questionable. It had such a cool stance. I upgraded to the HotShot which I still have. It has a brushless setup and holds its own in vintage class. The Falcon is another great buggy. I remeber bubbling many NiCad around a track with my airtronics xl2p radio
When I was about 15 (40 years ago) I saved up all my lawn mowing money to buy my first "real" RC Car. I was planning to buy the Grasshopper but when I saw the Hornet it was love at first sight! This started a life-long hobby as I'm still playing with RC vehicles or all kinds!
Grasshopper was my first and only RC car. the assembly and modifying was my favorite part about it. 540 motor, 7 cell battery (modified tub to make it fit) roller bearings, oil filled shocks, differential gearing, electronic speed control. custom homemade metal nerf bars to fix the body. it was down right fast when i was done but handled like crap. i ended up selling it all less than a year later on consignment through the hobby store i bought it from for more than what i paid for it all. then i went off to college and never got back into the hobby.
I managed a hobby store in the late 80’s, early ‘90’s. I have about a thousand pounds of Tamaya stuff in my basement. Frog, Grasshopper, Thunder King ! Too lazy to sell it, can’t throw it away! You want it ? I’m in Massachusetts. Come and get it!
@@miketuggle9273 nothing is unbuilt, or original. Everything is modified with period correct parts. The parts bin I have is insane ! The Thunder King was built for a window display and is in pretty mint condition accept for a lot of dust. The frog started off life as a monster beetle (same frame but red), I turned it into a frog with after market parts and it is the coolest car I have. I would give this stuff away for free to a good home, it would make a pretty cool barn find video. How do I get in touch? Not going to put my info on TH-cam!
@@frankperry2874 This is awesome. I run a R/C club of nothing but Tamiya GH, Hornets, Frogs, Backfoots for kids in my area. See if there is one on your area like this and maybe they could benefit and get the hobby out to more kids that otherwise couldn't do R/C. The parts to repair get spendy after a season, sometimes even after a race.
You got any regular model cars? I've been wanting to get into some model car building and hopefully get good enough to mix/mesh/mash two or three kits together to create something completely one off and unique
Talk about holy grail, I have two RC 10's in my basement, my son and I raced them for about 5 or 6 years in the 80's, then one day the hobby shop closed their doors, they had an indoor and outdoor track, have no idea why they closed, very busy place, at the time they were the best you could buy.
First rc car ever was the "Hornet". Awesome car. As a 12yr old at time i was so excited to open the box, only to realize i had to put all those parts together! Lol. A week later i was finally ripping around with it. Hooked ever since.
The Hornet was the Grasshopper's little cousin...solid rear axle vs. independent rear suspension on the Grasshopper. As I recall, you could put the myriad of aftermarket Grasshopper wheels on the Hornet. I built a Hornet in high school, painted the lexan body shell electric blue (instead of the recommended black). I unfortunately chose a 27 Mhz radio for it, which was later outlawed (as I recall, the powers that be in RC chose to dedicate the 27 Mhz band to RC airplanes in the 1990's).
@brentboswell1294 actually the grasshopper was the little cousin to the hornet. Same chassis but the Hornet came with a 540 size motor and spike tires The grasshopper had the smaller 380 motor and those horrible paddle tires that got very little traction in the grass.... I own both and the Hornet will run circles around the grasshopper when both have stock motors.
I got the Hornet also probably about the same age in about 1984, I lived in Germany as an Army brat. Mowed lawns and bagged groceries to buy it. I still have it lol 😅
All these years later the Grasshopper still looks good. My first RC was a Hornet and I went back and forth on which to buy the Hornet or the Grasshopper. Hornet was more powerful but the Grasshopper was such a good looking buggy!
Oh snap.....i had a grasshopper!! Loved it so much. Then i got a turbo optima with the belt, got an rc10, got a bolink legend, and then got a dominator. Fun times but alot of money
I had an RC10 in the late 80s I built it myself, and I had a blueprint motor installed that actually fused my battery connection. I gave that RC10 to a friend and I regret it to this day. Andrew Norton I hope you still have that RC10!!!!
Man, this brings back memories of Franciscan Hobbies in SF where i got my Tamiya Boomerang when I was a kid in the 90's. Fried the speed control when I upgraded the motor. 😂
AWESOME! I had the Hornet. I remember thinking how insanely fast it was. There's no doubt that the stuff we had as kids brought us far more joy. I must have easily had about 20 RC cars by the time I was 18! LOL. That hobby was insane. Glad it still is going, but nothing like it was in the 80's and 90's. There were hobby stores and RC indoor tracks all over! Now? MAYBE ONE I can think of anywhere near. The hobby stores that remain are mostly very spiteful old men who are just mad at the world. OK, well, that didn't change, but.. LOL. CLOD BUSTER! That was by far the most fun RC of all time! Even then, it was stupid expensive. I was shocked my dad bought for me! We were so spoiled.
Love how you and blazing blazer are running the old school rc such a cool move running the creme de la creme of rc cars 🎉😮 the vintage races are wayy awesome 😎
Pretty cool seeing a Grasshopper in action. That was my first rc car back in the 80's. My brother had an RC10. In 89 I purchased a Kyosho Integra Vanning 4wd 1/8 scale that I got about 3/4 of the way assembled and for some reason just stopped working on it, been in the box in the closet ever since. Wish I knew of some groups somewhere that were big into the vintage stuff.
About Forty years ago, that marked the inception of my profound passion for RC. That initial Grass Hopper ignited countless hours of joyous exploration, from the meticulous assembly during my maiden RC build to the exhilarating upgrade of the motor from a modest 380 to a dynamic 540. That pivotal moment solidified my devotion to the world of RC, birthing a lifelong fascination. Today, I proudly have a diverse RC fleet comprising drones, cars, buggies, trucks, helicopters and airplanes. Yet, I caution the uninitiated: this pursuit is undeniably addictive, yet profoundly rewarding-a sentiment I cherish wholeheartedly.
The Grass Hopper was my very first hobby grade RC car. I believe it was 1987. My friend had the Hornet and his brother had the Pajero. If 14 year old me could’ve seen what I have now.
As an 80’s kid who use to race at The Ranch Pit Shop, my interests were always with the scale realistic details of the RC’s like the Blazer and the Bruiser.. They were and still are the dream RC’s for grown up kids.. Love these vintage races brother! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Man I am kicking myself. My uncle gave me a grasshopper just like that. I wished I knew how to have worked on it back then. Cause the motor was extremely slow. My uncle ran it alot. So cool seeing this again.
Love the old school "vintage" . Thanks for sharing. I owned The Grasshopper, The Fox, The Fog and The Monsterbeetle 1984-1988. my mom gave all of them away in excellent condition with the radios in 98' : (
In the early 80's, I co-ran one of the first RC clubs called the ORCC (Off Road Car Club) in Framingham, MA. It all started when my buddy bought and assembled a Tamaya Wild Willy. I had to get one too and when we put the 2 together, the idea of a club for these amazing RC cars became our main focus. The ORCC made the newspapers and soon we had well over 100 members. At that time, the Tamaya Grasshopper and Frog were the entry-level Tamayas. The Tamaya Hot Shot 4wd soon came out and upgrade parts for all Tamayas soon became available. It was a great time in early RC-ing.
Never had a Grasshopper, but my buddy had a Hornet, which was essentially the same frame with a different body on it. He beat the living daylights out of that thing, but it just came back for more abuse. My first RC was a Frog, which was kind of a junker, but my first good one was an original Tamiya Fox, which I still have to this day. It's not in great shape, but I suspect it could still run with a little TLC. It could definitely use a new body though.
My brother got a grasshopper for Christmas. The next year I got a hornet. Both of them managed to get ran over. Pretty durable. We were able to glue them back together well enough to race.
Those gas trucks hit right in the feels, one of the coolest classes ever imo. Great video as always. I have never seen a Blazing Blazer irl, maybe one day.
i remember those grasshoppers you would put those ST-360 motors in them i used to race against those buggies all the time with my Pegasus buggy with the same esp and St-360 motors back in the day :)
Always wanted a Grasshopper as a kid. Now I kinda want one just for the shelf... thanks Mark, always making me wanna buy more RC stuff! LOL Hope your foot gets better soon!
When I was a kid in the 80’s… my friend accidentally drove his grasshopper into the swimming pool and drove it to the steps from the deep end… pulled it out, let it dry and it freaking still ran fine… true story.
Seen so many Hornets and Grasshoppers in my day. I had a Boomerang and my brother had a Fox, a Samurai, and a Bruiser at one point. I always wanted a lunchbox with the monster tires. I think my t3 would be damned near vintage at this point. I haven't run it in 15 years.
So CQQL I’m from the 80’s and I had a Tamaya Subaru Bratt and it was if I remember right about $160.00 retail then you had to but the remote , servos ,different tires and of course change motors to the ( Black motor ) lol and then eventually anitidized wheels witch looked gold in color . Your frog witch I seen in the store as well as the blaze in blazer along with the Clog Buster and many more were so expensive even that the Subaru cost me a summer of saving and of back in the day they didn’t check there people racing with there frequency’s and someone had the same frequency as I did and my car took off and went underneath a persons car and split not only the body but the frame too , so themed my racing days lol !
Maybe it's because I am a million years old, but boy watching the Nitro rigs run has me wanting to go dust off some stuff and get all stinky, cuss at the things for an hour or so, enjoy them for maybe 15 minutes before something breaks and then remember why I put them on the shelf to begin with 😂🤦🏻♂️
I always wanted a grasshopper but my parents would not let me have one because of the gas powered motor. I did have the great RC car from Radioshack called the Golden Arrow.
how do you not know the vintage stuff! I guess it helps if you were there. I still have the first 60 issues of RCCA - I think I need to send to you...and yes the grasshopper was my first car, and I'll never forget the feeling when my dad let me get an RC10 w/ Airtronics XL2P in 1987
Man what a flash back, the grasshopper was my 2nd car built myself the hotshot was first with the futuba transmitter and that was mid late 80s ... who remembers the hornet as well
Hahaha...I actually have a Tamiya Frog, the Grasshopper's sibling, in the garage. Got that thing over thirty YEARS ago and I still have it, mechanical ESC and all!! (The low battery chase...IYKYK...lol)
I had a Grasshopper with a 380 motor and a Roadrunner II at age of 9. Later I hopped it uw with a 540 sports tuned motor and metal ballbearings and oil filled shocks. O what a time!
Funny how awful the early cars actually were compared to modern, but the fun factor ... Subaru Brat for my first RC, 82-83? Futaba stick 2 ch, Tamiya hard case 7.2v lol. Got me into the hobby racing. I remember the tracks filled with it all ... frogs, hornets, fox's, fast attacks, all racing together. Ever seen a Hornet or Fast Attack try get around the course with a mod motor? It was entertaining, and awesome. Complete chaos. Monster truck class exploded with blackfoot and the monster beetle. The fun factor was off the charts. RC10 came out and boom, racing revolution. Stuff got real, got serious. Fun in a different way. And I was all about it :)
Far ftom what I would call the holy grail of RC cars. Back when it came out it was considered a toy. Right up there with Nikko. Far better RC cars out back then.
😊thanks for the grate stuff you sent me . Love them putting them on my traxxas trx 4 bronco and my axial scx10 iii jeep is special for rock crawling. Thanks again art.
Umm, at least put a 540 in that Grasshopper. Fun to watch though. And that's the funny thing about Grasshopper/Hornet steering, it goes from understeer to oversteer and back again, all in one corner.
Chain driven, mechanical esc having, low budget wrapped string cone nitro motor starting. IYKYK. Kyosho assault one of the kings of classic for me. Wild Willy's and Maui Mellings.
i got a 80's Porsche 959 - from Nikko i been wanting to restore but i dont really have much info on how to go about it. its pretty much 100% complete but missing the glass. i had it for years, love the thing
A great exhausting day out by the looks of it but well worth it. What an event there were so many classes which we don’t get so much of over here in the UK 🇬🇧. I wish we did and yes the Blazer is an icon as far as Vintage Tamiya’s go, it was great to see you running a grasshopper I’m doing a hornet atm myself, good luck for the next event. 👍
I wanted the Tamiya King Cab when I was a kid The one from rc car action magazine cover was the ultimate one! I saw a youtube where some actually found it bought it and ran it 🔥
Whoow that grass hopper was slow xD I used to run my grasshopper with the old mechanical speed controller, some random silver can and a slightly bigger pinion. And it was fast so much fun, but traded it for a BMX and I sold the BMX for a HPI E-savage (just released back then) and still drive it regularly 😬
I Mark i got a question i put together the new version of The Grasshopper but seems the turning is backwards when you turn right it goes left is there a way to update the settings on the controller to fix this i am not sure why it would give me the instructions to have it turn opposite than what it should. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated thanks
I just bought the candy green grasshopper but cannot find the larger .08 18 tooth pinion gear to run the 540 motor on...keep up the awsome videos I enjoy them all.
I was an 80s kid, all my rcs had 4 d batteries, lasted an hour, fun until a friend showed up with a grasshopper, I was blown away.
I had the hornet, which I also recently bought for nostalgic purposes, I was blown away away when the hotshots/supershots showed up
I only had tyco R/C 😢
@@mattd5681Tyco Big bubba was my first rc that worked good in the grass and to have a rechargeable battery pack.
I had the tyco Jeremy McGrath before losi came out with their piece of art
My WPL c24 uses 2 AA rechargable batteries
The Grasshopper was my first RC car. I got mine back in 1983, I quickly upgraded the motor from the 380 to a 540. I then gave it to my wife and built a Frog.
I had the Frog. Great car but it took a while to get the diff working right. It used to like to slip gears.
@@hazysativa3045 The biggest problem I had was the front suspension wearing out all the time. It would eat those parts like crazy. Other than that and tires mine was rock solid. I won most of the races I was in with it back in the day.
Same, my brother had the 🐸
@@Doug_Morgan Yes the front end suspension was questionable. It had such a cool stance. I upgraded to the HotShot which I still have. It has a brushless setup and holds its own in vintage class. The Falcon is another great buggy. I remeber bubbling many NiCad around a track with my airtronics xl2p radio
I still have my grasshopper. I bought it in 1987. It hasn't run in 20 years, but I can't get rid of it.
When I was about 15 (40 years ago) I saved up all my lawn mowing money to buy my first "real" RC Car. I was planning to buy the Grasshopper but when I saw the Hornet it was love at first sight! This started a life-long hobby as I'm still playing with RC vehicles or all kinds!
Grasshopper was my first and only RC car. the assembly and modifying was my favorite part about it. 540 motor, 7 cell battery (modified tub to make it fit) roller bearings, oil filled shocks, differential gearing, electronic speed control. custom homemade metal nerf bars to fix the body. it was down right fast when i was done but handled like crap. i ended up selling it all less than a year later on consignment through the hobby store i bought it from for more than what i paid for it all. then i went off to college and never got back into the hobby.
The Grasshopper was pretty cool when I was a kid. Then I grew up and bought an RC10 when I was 12, before the '80s expired. Made in the USA!
Yup I have two RC 10's in my basement.
I managed a hobby store in the late 80’s, early ‘90’s. I have about a thousand pounds of Tamaya stuff in my basement. Frog, Grasshopper, Thunder King ! Too lazy to sell it, can’t throw it away! You want it ? I’m in Massachusetts. Come and get it!
you have an original in box unbuilt Frog from back in the day? If so, will you ship it?
@@miketuggle9273 nothing is unbuilt, or original. Everything is modified with period correct parts. The parts bin I have is insane ! The Thunder King was built for a window display and is in pretty mint condition accept for a lot of dust. The frog started off life as a monster beetle (same frame but red), I turned it into a frog with after market parts and it is the coolest car I have. I would give this stuff away for free to a good home, it would make a pretty cool barn find video. How do I get in touch? Not going to put my info on TH-cam!
@@frankperry2874 This is awesome. I run a R/C club of nothing but Tamiya GH, Hornets, Frogs, Backfoots for kids in my area. See if there is one on your area like this and maybe they could benefit and get the hobby out to more kids that otherwise couldn't do R/C. The parts to repair get spendy after a season, sometimes even after a race.
You got any regular model cars?
I've been wanting to get into some model car building and hopefully get good enough to mix/mesh/mash two or three kits together to create something completely one off and unique
Talk about holy grail, I have two RC 10's in my basement, my son and I raced them for about 5 or 6 years in the 80's, then one day the hobby shop closed their doors, they had an indoor and outdoor track, have no idea why they closed, very busy place, at the time they were the best you could buy.
Been out of DFW 5yrs now but glad to see Indy still going strong. 10th scale stadium trucks are and always will be awesome.
First rc car ever was the "Hornet". Awesome car. As a 12yr old at time i was so excited to open the box, only to realize i had to put all those parts together! Lol. A week later i was finally ripping around with it. Hooked ever since.
The Hornet was the Grasshopper's little cousin...solid rear axle vs. independent rear suspension on the Grasshopper. As I recall, you could put the myriad of aftermarket Grasshopper wheels on the Hornet. I built a Hornet in high school, painted the lexan body shell electric blue (instead of the recommended black). I unfortunately chose a 27 Mhz radio for it, which was later outlawed (as I recall, the powers that be in RC chose to dedicate the 27 Mhz band to RC airplanes in the 1990's).
@brentboswell1294 actually the grasshopper was the little cousin to the hornet.
Same chassis but the Hornet came with a 540 size motor and spike tires
The grasshopper had the smaller 380 motor and those horrible paddle tires that got very little traction in the grass....
I own both and the Hornet will run circles around the grasshopper when both have stock motors.
I got the Hornet also probably about the same age in about 1984, I lived in Germany as an Army brat. Mowed lawns and bagged groceries to buy it. I still have it lol 😅
My first was the Hornet then upgraded to the RC 10.
All these years later the Grasshopper still looks good. My first RC was a Hornet and I went back and forth on which to buy the Hornet or the Grasshopper. Hornet was more powerful but the Grasshopper was such a good looking buggy!
Oh snap.....i had a grasshopper!! Loved it so much. Then i got a turbo optima with the belt, got an rc10, got a bolink legend, and then got a dominator. Fun times but alot of money
I had an RC10 in the late 80s I built it myself, and I had a blueprint motor installed that actually fused my battery connection.
I gave that RC10 to a friend and I regret it to this day.
Andrew Norton I hope you still have that RC10!!!!
I had one too, fun stuff!
Man, this brings back memories of Franciscan Hobbies in SF where i got my Tamiya Boomerang when I was a kid in the 90's. Fried the speed control when I upgraded the motor. 😂
AWESOME! I had the Hornet. I remember thinking how insanely fast it was. There's no doubt that the stuff we had as kids brought us far more joy. I must have easily had about 20 RC cars by the time I was 18! LOL. That hobby was insane. Glad it still is going, but nothing like it was in the 80's and 90's. There were hobby stores and RC indoor tracks all over! Now? MAYBE ONE I can think of anywhere near. The hobby stores that remain are mostly very spiteful old men who are just mad at the world. OK, well, that didn't change, but.. LOL. CLOD BUSTER! That was by far the most fun RC of all time! Even then, it was stupid expensive. I was shocked my dad bought for me! We were so spoiled.
I still have my Tam Falcon from back in the day. Ran it in a vintage race. Thing is still indestructible lol, survived the 12 year old me.
Mine was a Hornet with a Grasshopper body kyosho lemans 240-SB,
Fully ball raced, custom oil filled shocks
Built and raced in the 80' by my uncle.
As an 80s kid...i prefer 2wd sandscorcher on gravel.....awsome donut fun.
Love how you and blazing blazer are running the old school rc such a cool move running the creme de la creme of rc cars 🎉😮 the vintage races are wayy awesome 😎
Pretty cool seeing a Grasshopper in action. That was my first rc car back in the 80's. My brother had an RC10. In 89 I purchased a Kyosho Integra Vanning 4wd 1/8 scale that I got about 3/4 of the way assembled and for some reason just stopped working on it, been in the box in the closet ever since. Wish I knew of some groups somewhere that were big into the vintage stuff.
About Forty years ago, that marked the inception of my profound passion for RC. That initial Grass Hopper ignited countless hours of joyous exploration, from the meticulous assembly during my maiden RC build to the exhilarating upgrade of the motor from a modest 380 to a dynamic 540. That pivotal moment solidified my devotion to the world of RC, birthing a lifelong fascination. Today, I proudly have a diverse RC fleet comprising drones, cars, buggies, trucks, helicopters and airplanes. Yet, I caution the uninitiated: this pursuit is undeniably addictive, yet profoundly rewarding-a sentiment I cherish wholeheartedly.
The Grass Hopper was my very first hobby grade RC car. I believe it was 1987. My friend had the Hornet and his brother had the Pajero. If 14 year old me could’ve seen what I have now.
As an 80’s kid who use to race at The Ranch Pit Shop, my interests were always with the scale realistic details of the RC’s like the
Blazer and the Bruiser..
They were and still are the dream RC’s for grown up kids..
Love these vintage races brother! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Watching the Grasshopper out there made my day!!!
Man I am kicking myself. My uncle gave me a grasshopper just like that. I wished I knew how to have worked on it back then. Cause the motor was extremely slow. My uncle ran it alot. So cool seeing this again.
Love the old school "vintage" . Thanks for sharing. I owned The Grasshopper, The Fox, The Fog and The Monsterbeetle 1984-1988. my mom gave all of them away in excellent condition with the radios in 98' : (
Kyosho Vanning was my favorite from the 80's
In the early 80's, I co-ran one of the first RC clubs called the ORCC (Off Road Car Club) in Framingham, MA. It all started when my buddy bought and assembled a Tamaya Wild Willy. I had to get one too and when we put the 2 together, the idea of a club for these amazing RC cars became our main focus. The ORCC made the newspapers and soon we had well over 100 members. At that time, the Tamaya Grasshopper and Frog were the entry-level Tamayas. The Tamaya Hot Shot 4wd soon came out and upgrade parts for all Tamayas soon became available. It was a great time in early RC-ing.
Never had a Grasshopper, but my buddy had a Hornet, which was essentially the same frame with a different body on it. He beat the living daylights out of that thing, but it just came back for more abuse. My first RC was a Frog, which was kind of a junker, but my first good one was an original Tamiya Fox, which I still have to this day. It's not in great shape, but I suspect it could still run with a little TLC. It could definitely use a new body though.
And a fully modified race proven RC10 with all top components!
My brother got a grasshopper for Christmas. The next year I got a hornet. Both of them managed to get ran over. Pretty durable. We were able to glue them back together well enough to race.
Those gas trucks hit right in the feels, one of the coolest classes ever imo. Great video as always. I have never seen a Blazing Blazer irl, maybe one day.
I had a Frog and Turbo Optima Mid, both of which were stolen from my college house in the early 90s. Thus endeth my RC career.
THE GRASSHOPPER!! I had one wayyyyyyyyyyyyy back when. I upgraded the motor and blew out the gears!
Grassoppers were everywhere
OMG the Grasshopper was my first car remember buying of a school friend because he just got the Lunchbox it was so cool
I raced gas truck back in 2000. I also had a grasshopper back in the 80s.
i remember those grasshoppers you would put those ST-360 motors in them i used to race against those buggies all the time with my Pegasus buggy with the same esp and St-360 motors back in the day :)
My first RC was a Tyco Turbo Hopper, my first Kit was a Blackfoot
The gas trucks were awesome.
Always wanted a Grasshopper as a kid. Now I kinda want one just for the shelf... thanks Mark, always making me wanna buy more RC stuff! LOL Hope your foot gets better soon!
When I was a kid in the 80’s… my friend accidentally drove his grasshopper into the swimming pool and drove it to the steps from the deep end… pulled it out, let it dry and it freaking still ran fine… true story.
My first was a grasshopper.
RIP dad
Grasshopper II was my first RC, my older brother had the Frog and I thought it was the coolest as a kid.
That was my first rc car! I won it from a local t.v. station by being the lucky caller...lol great classic car...
Seen so many Hornets and Grasshoppers in my day. I had a Boomerang and my brother had a Fox, a Samurai, and a Bruiser at one point. I always wanted a lunchbox with the monster tires.
I think my t3 would be damned near vintage at this point. I haven't run it in 15 years.
The Grasshopper was my first RC car in 1986!! I was so proud I bought it myself!
I had a Hornet, and then a Monster Beetle. Good times.
The old grasshopper might not been the fastest but it looked great in the vintage class👍👍
Thumbs up for the nitro towards the end. Seems like its a dying breed yet they bring the most attention anytime I'm out in public.
So CQQL I’m from the 80’s and I had a Tamaya Subaru Bratt and it was if I remember right about $160.00 retail then you had to but the remote , servos ,different tires and of course change motors to the ( Black motor ) lol and then eventually anitidized wheels witch looked gold in color . Your frog witch I seen in the store as well as the blaze in blazer along with the Clog Buster and many more were so expensive even that the Subaru cost me a summer of saving and of back in the day they didn’t check there people racing with there frequency’s and someone had the same frequency as I did and my car took off and went underneath a persons car and split not only the body but the frame too , so themed my racing days lol !
The grasshopper was the RC car to have back in the day.
I still have a grasshopper and a grasshopper 2. love this old buggys
Maybe it's because I am a million years old, but boy watching the Nitro rigs run has me wanting to go dust off some stuff and get all stinky, cuss at the things for an hour or so, enjoy them for maybe 15 minutes before something breaks and then remember why I put them on the shelf to begin with 😂🤦🏻♂️
I still have my grasshopper, all stock and it still runs great.
Had one of these in the late 90s. Should've kept it. It was absolutely destroyed. Would be cool to find one to toss on my shelf.
I always wanted a grasshopper but my parents would not let me have one because of the gas powered motor. I did have the great RC car from Radioshack called the Golden Arrow.
Toughest rc ever made I use to jump mine of a 6 ft tall deck loved the grasshopper super tough
I purchased the grasshopper with my first check from my first job in 1985.
BTW I still have it box and all.
how do you not know the vintage stuff! I guess it helps if you were there. I still have the first 60 issues of RCCA - I think I need to send to you...and yes the grasshopper was my first car, and I'll never forget the feeling when my dad let me get an RC10 w/ Airtronics XL2P in 1987
Man what a flash back, the grasshopper was my 2nd car built myself the hotshot was first with the futuba transmitter and that was mid late 80s ... who remembers the hornet as well
That thing is icon AF
Hahaha...I actually have a Tamiya Frog, the Grasshopper's sibling, in the garage. Got that thing over thirty YEARS ago and I still have it, mechanical ESC and all!! (The low battery chase...IYKYK...lol)
I had a Grasshopper with a 380 motor and a Roadrunner II at age of 9. Later I hopped it uw with a 540 sports tuned motor and metal ballbearings and oil filled shocks. O what a time!
Funny how awful the early cars actually were compared to modern, but the fun factor ... Subaru Brat for my first RC, 82-83? Futaba stick 2 ch, Tamiya hard case 7.2v lol. Got me into the hobby racing. I remember the tracks filled with it all ... frogs, hornets, fox's, fast attacks, all racing together. Ever seen a Hornet or Fast Attack try get around the course with a mod motor? It was entertaining, and awesome. Complete chaos. Monster truck class exploded with blackfoot and the monster beetle. The fun factor was off the charts. RC10 came out and boom, racing revolution. Stuff got real, got serious. Fun in a different way. And I was all about it :)
I had an RC10T and a Traxxas. Miss those racing days.
Reminded me of my old tamiya sand scorcher.
Far ftom what I would call the holy grail of RC cars. Back when it came out it was considered a toy. Right up there with Nikko. Far better RC cars out back then.
😊thanks for the grate stuff you sent me . Love them putting them on my traxxas trx 4 bronco and my axial scx10 iii jeep is special for rock crawling. Thanks again art.
put oil filled dampers on the grasshopper, with a Tamiya Sport Tuned motor.. and a couple other upgrades, and you’ll see a noticeable improvement
Still have my original FROG from 1986
I always wanted the Grasshopper.
Umm, at least put a 540 in that Grasshopper. Fun to watch though. And that's the funny thing about Grasshopper/Hornet steering, it goes from understeer to oversteer and back again, all in one corner.
The Grasshopper was my very first RC! Happy to see you run it, good luck!
The absolute best video you've made yet. All the nostalgia
Awe the little Grasshopper!
sand scorcher was my first back in the 70 ds
That was my first rc car as well before going to the RC 10.
Chain driven, mechanical esc having, low budget wrapped string cone nitro motor starting. IYKYK. Kyosho assault one of the kings of classic for me. Wild Willy's and Maui Mellings.
My first was a Tyco turbo hopper. Then I got a second hand fox from my older cousin. It was beat to death but soooo fast.
i got a 80's Porsche 959 - from Nikko i been wanting to restore but i dont really have much info on how to go about it. its pretty much 100% complete but missing the glass. i had it for years, love the thing
What a nice surprise, looked like a blast!
A great exhausting day out by the looks of it but well worth it. What an event there were so many classes which we don’t get so much of over here in the UK 🇬🇧. I wish we did and yes the Blazer is an icon as far as Vintage Tamiya’s go, it was great to see you running a grasshopper I’m doing a hornet atm myself, good luck for the next event. 👍
Mad at myself for not making it over there with my gas truck and my 4wd nitro sct to show off lol. Always the next one.
That track is looking amazing!
The Grasshopper is awesome and looked pretty smooth! My oldest is a Bolink Digger with bettle body. It has no suspension so doesn't jump well
I like seeing the older class. Very cool.
Mark where’s our baby truck race
Still have my original monster beetle. Love the vintage.
Damn, I just bought a candy green Grasshopper a month ago. 😂
I wanted the Tamiya King Cab when I was a kid The one from rc car action magazine cover was the ultimate one! I saw a youtube where some actually found it bought it and ran it 🔥
Still have mine. Pulled it out the other day.
JR XT BABY!!!
Dude I had a grasshopper!!!! And my dad had ..scrambler(?is that a thing?) it may have been a hornet.
I have the green grass hopper
Need at least a 540 in that GH. Cool to watch it run
I had the Grasshopper 2, built it out of a parts kit.
looks like a lot of fun bro ❤
Whoow that grass hopper was slow xD I used to run my grasshopper with the old mechanical speed controller, some random silver can and a slightly bigger pinion. And it was fast so much fun, but traded it for a BMX and I sold the BMX for a HPI E-savage (just released back then) and still drive it regularly 😬
I Mark i got a question i put together the new version of The Grasshopper but seems the turning is backwards when you turn right it goes left is there a way to update the settings on the controller to fix this i am not sure why it would give me the instructions to have it turn opposite than what it should. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated thanks
I just bought the candy green grasshopper but cannot find the larger .08 18 tooth pinion gear to run the 540 motor on...keep up the awsome videos I enjoy them all.