You always do a great job showing enthusiasm and passion for Tamiya's and certainly run them and show they are not the fragile things some folk believe! Yes in moderation with Tamiya's no silly power or skate park craziness! Plus by the way my vote goes to the original looking HS2 its a very classic look!
Yeah but that’s the great thing about being an adult RC enthusiast, you can afford real RC’s that can handle proper bashing and fun! Tamiya looks like cheap plastic you’d get for a Christmas present as a 10 year old child.
@@ryanjofre lol you got one part right mate! Yes l was indeed 10 when l got my first tamiya in 1983! But you have missed the point though like many do when it comes to Tamiya and Kyosho especially if only been into the hobby for the last 10 or so years! Tamiya are about nostalgia and building kits and running cars you had or so wanted in the past as kids! See you had to of been around in the 80s/90s golden era to appreciate that and what tamiya stand for and are all about! I have my Stampede for bashing but l get much greater enjoyment running my Hotshot or Sand Scorcher on the beach then bashing something like a Traxxas or Arrma l have no general connection too! Yeah its fun but the feeling is way off!
@@MadBeeRC I’m 44 mate! Kyosho is top of the line…100% Top shelf. Their carbon composite parts are outstanding! I have a ZX-5 I’ve had since 2013 but only ran for a couple months. I just bought more carbon parts, hop ups and a new Mamba Max and Bluetooth B Link. I’m gonna get it up and running this month finally and try 3s lipo for the time on the 5700kv motor. I understand what your saying implicitly but Tamiya just didn’t float my boat mate!
@ryanjofre Yeah l see we are a different breed! I am old school totally in this hobby! Tamiya does do great carbon gear with all their TRF stuff and Kyosho do some great modern stuff too but it doesn't interest me a lot! Not that l am not interested but its the vintage Tamiya and rere vintage designed cars that is my passion! The Kyosho Legendary series fits in this too! I was just making the point that these old designs can still in rere form give it some beans considering they are a 30+ years old in design! Amazing considering! Yeah l get your point if someone never had anything to do with tamiya in the past they wouldn't have built up that relationship and love affair like us old tamiya fan boys have and if you compare lets say the new TD4 to any other modern buggy it would get a kicking but tamiya's have a special appeal to old boys like me lol. I appreciate the bashers and modern cars they are so tough but they don't float my boat like you said! Haha the diversity in this hobby is massive!
Yeah it's an awesome buggy. I got myself one also. I didn't like the blockhead livery so much on either the Wild One or Hot Shot 2. Thankyou Tamiya for listening to us loyal Tamiya enthusiasts 👍💪
One of the best looking buggies of all time ! but always sounded like a food-mixer at full tilt, and the front suspension geometry is terrible, as the wheels toe-in as the front dips. But still a must have in any vintage RC collection. Fit the optional under guard to save the chassis.
The blockhead motors... blue and yellow have a clean look for sure! I am still debating on getting the old hornet... that was my childhood car. The big old futaba square box for a transmitter 😂😅 those were the days!! Great stuff as always!!
Go with Hornet. They are Ace. Remember, they are crazy handling rear wheel drive squirmy buggies that take a while to master. They aren't race cars. Ace looking too. For the price of a Hotshot you could probably get a Hornet for fun and a Grasshopper to sit on a shelf and look nice.
Nice video! You shown exactly why I LOVE the vintage style buggies the knobby tires the higher ground clearance sealed up from the elements .. you ran it in the perfect dirt it flung it all over and the tired ripped up the terrain!! great job!!
Hands down this one for me. 1st and only Tamiya Buggy I owned back in the 80's (I kinda caught up since 2009 😂). I'm so waiting for it to come. This will really bring me back 35+ years ago 😮 Huge thanks for this review 👍🤝
Great reviews and great content not to mention you don't purposely try and break absolutely everything you drive. I was looking for a quality rc channel and thought Tomley rc was the best but I was wrong. Your channel is my preference and I'm subscribing.
I have the metallic special edition kit. What a fun build back in the day, I used bearings throughout. Goes good stock running a 2s lipo and low voltage alarm. These can take a beating lol
This is a cool RC When I think of Tamiya as a kid I think of the King Cab. That was my dream truck the one featured in the magazine with cool 80’s graphics! I saw a youtuber actually bought the one in featured and he ran it!
@@rcdriver That brings back so many memories! Im not sure if im allowed to share links on here but heres the link for the one in the magazine if you havent seen it th-cam.com/video/m4bZbHoptaY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=elu1zr5kC1jDNJrx
Greetings from Scotland. I prefer the Blockhead. Although the 24 edition has a but if a Hornet vibe going on. Back in the olden days of the 80s when Ibsas wee, the Hotshot was never my favourite of all the Taniyas I used to lust over. I always thought it looked a bit plasticy compared to the others. It's really grown on me over the years. Thanks for the vid. Always ace to see and hear old school Tamiyas running.
Took more of a beating than I thought it could handle. If I had to pick, I'd probably go with the blue, just has an older throw back look in my opinion. Thanks as always Greg!
I have a 3500kv 3650 setup in my Bigwig. On 2s with the taller gearing it comes with it'll do 35mph on 2s. Fast enough and plenty of torque for the bigwig. The motor only gets warm. The bigwig habdles the extra power like a champ!
Absolutely, for some reason it’s my Go To movie when building Tamiya cars. The last 4 Tamiya cars you see on the channel I played it at least once during the build. 🤣
Awesome video! If you say this is your favorite 4wd out of everything you’ve had and driven I think I need to get and try one out 👍 I’ve never had a tamiya but I’ve been after the vintage driving feel.
My favourite is the Super Shot (Super Hotshot) Hotshot and Hotshot 2. I have all the reres but had the original Hotshot 2 back in the day, fully ballraced with Technigold motor which was in perfect condition…..sadly let it go at a garage sale ten, maybe 15 years back for £20 with radio and everything 😢😢😢😢
its the blockhead for me out of these 2 .. BUT painted red like the original Hotshot, and id go easy on the blockhead stickers (theyre a bit much for me, id keep a couple of the smaller ones) also wouldnt put the number plates on.. its the raised cage on the blockhead that makes it look a whole lot better.. but i actually ended up with a super hotshot as i got a super good deal pricewise and it has ALL the upgrades already fitted.. and yes again i will be altering the stickers and painting it OG hotshot red.. HOTSHOTS (all derivatives) should be Red! LOL
Yup, I broke the front shock mount on mine the first time I drove it. They sure looked cool to a 13 year old kid back then, but they were pretty trash.
Wrong Dampers!!!!... :P Luckily I am a hoarder, and got a full set of the 'classic' dampers in red. I must have had them for at least 15 or 20 years. Can't remember how I got them. Probably bought in a bulk-sale, or something. I'll be getting this kit anyways. By the by, a rough sandpit is basically what those old buggies were made for. Circuits were róugh, in "Ye Olde Days" . A friend had the original with a Dynatech 02H in it with a 13t pinion. It fléw. Cooked/burnt the MSC but good too. :lol: .. On a side note : The front-slap can only be 'fixed' by using the 1-hole pistons with 70 thickness losi oil and a hard spring. The spring in the kit is way too soft and gets too bouncy when using the spacers. Orr, source the original dampers and use its 1 hole piston. The ' old' shocks work fine with 500cps oil. The tolerance of the pistons is much more precise.
I think the HS2 is much more attractive than the Blockhead edition. You should run it with ballbearings and steel pinions, the included alloy pinions are extremly soft and wear down fast.
So I went to the same high school as Savage Steve Holland (Greenwich High School, or Generic in the movie 🤣) in CT and the opening graduation scene in One Crazy Summer always gets me. He used our actual color robes and made fun of the tradition of kids getting cars as presents for graduating (rich town) and I always die laughing when Hoops gets his street sweeper. I did not get anything for graduating other than a diploma. I did buy myself a Tamiya NIssan King Cab with money I made working at a pizza place in Old Greenwich as my own present to myself for graduating and broke it on the first run at the BMX track you film at. Took almost the whole summer to get the new diff as parts were scarce. EDIT: What kind of blasphemy is this running a 'Shot chassis with no whip antenna?!?!
I am lucky to have an original HS2 that needs to be restored, a new HS2 for a runner would be a really nice thing to have. For me it has to be the original HS2 design as i love the way spoiler rolls of the rood line.
The main difference is the rear on the Hotshot 2 has twin oil shocks and the original Hotshot has mono rear oil shock! The front shock on both are mono shocks and slightly different in design and the bodyshell is different and also if talking vintage they had different style resistors! and the HS2 had a little cover in the chassis you could open for access but very similar buggies generally! Hope that helps! Cheers.
I got myself in seriously bad trouble with my parents for my Tamiya RC collection. I don't live at my parents house but was storing my cars at their house. Im bloody 51 years of age. And my parents cant stand my hobby. It started s fight and i ended up punching out my dad who is 78. He fell and got a scrape and cut on his head. Then my Mum called cops and I was arrested for assault. The assault charges were dropped but im now not allowed to go to my parents house because of an apprehended violence orderwhich lasts 2 years. Im in Melbourne Australia. Bloody hell. My dad is an abusive bastard. Has been abusing my mum since they were married in 1970 and only behind closed doors because a real man would tear his head off.
You gotta love tamiya. Takes me back to the pure innocent joy of rc as a teen/young adult.
Yep don't they just bud
You always do a great job showing enthusiasm and passion for Tamiya's and certainly run them and show they are not the fragile things some folk believe! Yes in moderation with Tamiya's no silly power or skate park craziness! Plus by the way my vote goes to the original looking HS2 its a very classic look!
Yeah but that’s the great thing about being an adult RC enthusiast, you can afford real RC’s that can handle proper bashing and fun!
Tamiya looks like cheap plastic you’d get for a Christmas present as a 10 year old child.
@@ryanjofre lol you got one part right mate! Yes l was indeed 10 when l got my first tamiya in 1983!
But you have missed the point though like many do when it comes to Tamiya and Kyosho especially if only been into the hobby for the last 10 or so years!
Tamiya are about nostalgia and building kits and running cars you had or so wanted in the past as kids! See you had to of been around in the 80s/90s golden era to appreciate that and what tamiya stand for and are all about!
I have my Stampede for bashing but l get much greater enjoyment running my Hotshot or Sand Scorcher on the beach then bashing something like a Traxxas or Arrma l have no general connection too! Yeah its fun but the feeling is way off!
@@MadBeeRC I’m 44 mate!
Kyosho is top of the line…100% Top shelf. Their carbon composite parts are outstanding!
I have a ZX-5 I’ve had since 2013 but only ran for a couple months. I just bought more carbon parts, hop ups and a new Mamba Max and Bluetooth B Link.
I’m gonna get it up and running this month finally and try 3s lipo for the time on the 5700kv motor.
I understand what your saying implicitly but Tamiya just didn’t float my boat mate!
@ryanjofre Yeah l see we are a different breed! I am old school totally in this hobby! Tamiya does do great carbon gear with all their TRF stuff and Kyosho do some great modern stuff too but it doesn't interest me a lot! Not that l am not interested but its the vintage Tamiya and rere vintage designed cars that is my passion! The Kyosho Legendary series fits in this too! I was just making the point that these old designs can still in rere form give it some beans considering they are a 30+ years old in design! Amazing considering!
Yeah l get your point if someone never had anything to do with tamiya in the past they wouldn't have built up that relationship and love affair like us old tamiya fan boys have and if you compare lets say the new TD4 to any other modern buggy it would get a kicking but tamiya's have a special appeal to old boys like me lol.
I appreciate the bashers and modern cars they are so tough but they don't float my boat like you said! Haha the diversity in this hobby is massive!
Personally, I prefer the HS2 2024. Nice to see it getting a release. Glad you had loads of fun ripping it around. 👍🏻
Yeah it's an awesome buggy. I got myself one also. I didn't like the blockhead livery so much on either the Wild One or Hot Shot 2. Thankyou Tamiya for listening to us loyal Tamiya enthusiasts 👍💪
I love the Hotshot family of buggies. Personally, the lower sloped roof line of the HS and HS2 is my preference.
Hotshot in hornet colours. Nice 👌🏼
Great job that was cool. One of the best looking RC’s ever. In my humble opinion.
One of the best looking buggies of all time ! but always sounded like a food-mixer at full tilt, and the front suspension geometry is terrible, as the wheels toe-in as the front dips. But still a must have in any vintage RC collection. Fit the optional under guard to save the chassis.
It looks pretty durable and it's not exactly slow.
The blockhead motors... blue and yellow have a clean look for sure! I am still debating on getting the old hornet... that was my childhood car. The big old futaba square box for a transmitter 😂😅 those were the days!! Great stuff as always!!
Go with Hornet. They are Ace.
Remember, they are crazy handling rear wheel drive squirmy buggies that take a while to master. They aren't race cars.
Ace looking too.
For the price of a Hotshot you could probably get a Hornet for fun and a Grasshopper to sit on a shelf and look nice.
Nice video! You shown exactly why I LOVE the vintage style buggies the knobby tires the higher ground clearance sealed up from the elements .. you ran it in the perfect dirt it flung it all over and the tired ripped up the terrain!! great job!!
Block Head version for me. I like the change to the cage which made it different.
Very sweet looking buggy!!!
Hands down this one for me. 1st and only Tamiya Buggy I owned back in the 80's (I kinda caught up since 2009 😂). I'm so waiting for it to come. This will really bring me back 35+ years ago 😮 Huge thanks for this review 👍🤝
Awesome to hear!
Did you build it from the box?
Had the OG Hotshot as my first RC. Loved it...😊
Another great Tamiya video by Greg.
I have to say HS2 way nicer look than the Blockhead one
It's the one I'm most excited about from Tamiya. HSII stock spec looks epic.
Can’t wait to see it in your channel Gavin!
The original black hotshot 2 is better looking to me than the blockhead version.
Great reviews and great content not to mention you don't purposely try and break absolutely everything you drive. I was looking for a quality rc channel and thought Tomley rc was the best but I was wrong. Your channel is my preference and I'm subscribing.
It would be nice if they re-released the Tamiya Hotshot Old Buggy with front and rear mono shocks and gold wheels.
It has been released and you can still by it.
10 year old me would have gone crazy for this... I think he's still around somewhere, begging me to buy one lol
Never too old for a tamiya buddy.
I just bought this, finally gave in to my 12 years old self.
My first "hobby grade" RC was the Tamiya Super Sabor, which is the same platform. Just a different body, I believe.
Almost, the Sabre chassis is same as Boomerang, HS2 uses original Hotshot chassis. Gearboxes and suspension are identical, bumper is different.
I have the metallic special edition kit. What a fun build back in the day, I used bearings throughout. Goes good stock running a 2s lipo and low voltage alarm. These can take a beating lol
This is a cool RC
When I think of Tamiya as a kid I think of the King Cab. That was my dream truck the one featured in the magazine with cool 80’s graphics! I saw a youtuber actually bought the one in featured and he ran it!
I wanted a King Cab so bad as a kid. My local track had a class specifically for the truck. I think that class alone got up to 5 heats!
@@rcdriver That brings back so many memories! Im not sure if im allowed to share links on here but heres the link for the one in the magazine if you havent seen it th-cam.com/video/m4bZbHoptaY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=elu1zr5kC1jDNJrx
Greetings from Scotland.
I prefer the Blockhead.
Although the 24 edition has a but if a Hornet vibe going on.
Back in the olden days of the 80s when Ibsas wee, the Hotshot was never my favourite of all the Taniyas I used to lust over. I always thought it looked a bit plasticy compared to the others. It's really grown on me over the years. Thanks for the vid. Always ace to see and hear old school Tamiyas running.
Cool! Love rc cars!
HotShot 2 for me. Never had one but looks good.
All about classic Tamyia!!!!
indeed it is buddy!
Took more of a beating than I thought it could handle. If I had to pick, I'd probably go with the blue, just has an older throw back look in my opinion. Thanks as always Greg!
There were quite a few smashes and crashes during my runs. I thought I’d crack the chassis for sure. But it held up!
I have a 3500kv 3650 setup in my Bigwig. On 2s with the taller gearing it comes with it'll do 35mph on 2s. Fast enough and plenty of torque for the bigwig. The motor only gets warm. The bigwig habdles the extra power like a champ!
Brushed motor sound 😊
Both look great. The 2024 version looks more modern with the lower profile, and to me, it is a little more appealing. But I wouldn't mind either one 🙂
Funny you mention it. One Crazy Summer is on right now. Go that way really fast. If anything gets in your way, turn... 😂
Love those old John Qusack movies!
You watched "One crazy Summer" twice?! Awe man Greg, excellent choice to watch for building an RC project. My Compadre!!
Absolutely, for some reason it’s my Go To movie when building Tamiya cars. The last 4 Tamiya cars you see on the channel I played it at least once during the build. 🤣
@@rcdriver that is so choice, and very retro if I may add. 🫡 However, I love your videos in every aspect. Thank you Greg!
Awesome video! If you say this is your favorite 4wd out of everything you’ve had and driven I think I need to get and try one out 👍 I’ve never had a tamiya but I’ve been after the vintage driving feel.
My favourite is the Super Shot (Super Hotshot) Hotshot and Hotshot 2. I have all the reres but had the original Hotshot 2 back in the day, fully ballraced with Technigold motor which was in perfect condition…..sadly let it go at a garage sale ten, maybe 15 years back for £20 with radio and everything 😢😢😢😢
its the blockhead for me out of these 2 .. BUT painted red like the original Hotshot, and id go easy on the blockhead stickers (theyre a bit much for me, id keep a couple of the smaller ones) also wouldnt put the number plates on.. its the raised cage on the blockhead that makes it look a whole lot better..
but i actually ended up with a super hotshot as i got a super good deal pricewise and it has ALL the upgrades already fitted.. and yes again i will be altering the stickers and painting it OG hotshot red.. HOTSHOTS (all derivatives) should be Red! LOL
I really miss the RadioShack golden arrow, 2 Wheel Dr., Bubby
If I can find a brand new one in excellent condition straight out of the box, I will still pay top dollar for it today
Prefer the Nikko thunderbolt
I was hoping you would say "d bag", hehe. Have a great day.
My ‘old’ HOTSHOT’s chassis cracked on its first small jump. The ABS plastic just wasn’t up to scratch. 😕
Yup, I broke the front shock mount on mine the first time I drove it. They sure looked cool to a 13 year old kid back then, but they were pretty trash.
You had me at one crazy summer Hoops
Special in case of Tamiya, but normal in case of everyone, would be well working suspension and proper ground clearance, honestly.
Wrong Dampers!!!!... :P Luckily I am a hoarder, and got a full set of the 'classic' dampers in red. I must have had them for at least 15 or 20 years. Can't remember how I got them. Probably bought in a bulk-sale, or something. I'll be getting this kit anyways.
By the by, a rough sandpit is basically what those old buggies were made for. Circuits were róugh, in "Ye Olde Days" . A friend had the original with a Dynatech 02H in it with a 13t pinion. It fléw. Cooked/burnt the MSC but good too. :lol: ..
On a side note : The front-slap can only be 'fixed' by using the 1-hole pistons with 70 thickness losi oil and a hard spring. The spring in the kit is way too soft and gets too bouncy when using the spacers. Orr, source the original dampers and use its 1 hole piston. The ' old' shocks work fine with 500cps oil. The tolerance of the pistons is much more precise.
I like the blue one
Mist people use cable ties on the battery wires
I think the HS2 is much more attractive than the Blockhead edition. You should run it with ballbearings and steel pinions, the included alloy pinions are extremly soft and wear down fast.
I prefer the look of the Blockhead. They're all cool, though.
Hot Shot Part Deux
It's not complete yet if it's not equiped with camera for fpv
Does the current bag of bearings for Hotshot & Boomerang that Tamiya and Fast Eddy make all work with this kit? I assume yes
Original HS2 every day!
In had the OG and the center driveshaft was just like the antenna.
Cool, I thought so. Been a while lol
So I went to the same high school as Savage Steve Holland (Greenwich High School, or Generic in the movie 🤣) in CT and the opening graduation scene in One Crazy Summer always gets me. He used our actual color robes and made fun of the tradition of kids getting cars as presents for graduating (rich town) and I always die laughing when Hoops gets his street sweeper. I did not get anything for graduating other than a diploma. I did buy myself a Tamiya NIssan King Cab with money I made working at a pizza place in Old Greenwich as my own present to myself for graduating and broke it on the first run at the BMX track you film at. Took almost the whole summer to get the new diff as parts were scarce.
EDIT: What kind of blasphemy is this running a 'Shot chassis with no whip antenna?!?!
Yeah the original is looking better 😄👍
I like it but it could of been a bit different ot looks like a Hornet if you didnt know the difference you would think it is one.
I am not a fan of the block heads HS2 it just looks top heavy . Looking forward to getting my hands on the propper HS2.
why did i not get a esc controller in mine?
I am Just rebuilding my 2nd marui samurai, you know them? Verry simular looking,only chaindrive❤
Yup, When I was a kid, someone I knew had one just sitting on a shelf in a garage. I tried to buy it, but they didn’t want to sell. Neat buggy!
@@rcdriver keep searching👍 its worth it😉 great vid!!
Kool is the red one better than the blockhead or the black one ? The red one is 263 ?
10.
The original like better but I want both.
Iol Brad yep both please too!
I am lucky to have an original HS2 that needs to be restored, a new HS2 for a runner would be a really nice thing to have.
For me it has to be the original HS2 design as i love the way spoiler rolls of the rood line.
Shut up and take my money lol
Tamiya really pulling those nostalgia strings hard. I really wish they'd try a little innovation occasionally. They're as lazy as Traxxas.
What are the differences between the Hotshot and the Hotshot II?
The main difference is the rear on the Hotshot 2 has twin oil shocks and the original Hotshot has mono rear oil shock! The front shock on both are mono shocks and slightly different in design and the bodyshell is different and also if talking vintage they had different style resistors! and the HS2 had a little cover in the chassis you could open for access but very similar buggies generally! Hope that helps! Cheers.
I got myself in seriously bad trouble with my parents for my Tamiya RC collection. I don't live at my parents house but was storing my cars at their house. Im bloody 51 years of age. And my parents cant stand my hobby. It started s fight and i ended up punching out my dad who is 78. He fell and got a scrape and cut on his head. Then my Mum called cops and I was arrested for assault. The assault charges were dropped but im now not allowed to go to my parents house because of an apprehended violence orderwhich lasts 2 years. Im in Melbourne Australia. Bloody hell. My dad is an abusive bastard. Has been abusing my mum since they were married in 1970 and only behind closed doors because a real man would tear his head off.