Tamiya Egress

davidmog99 · #1 24-01-2009

Does anyone know if this will be re released by tamiya?
I always wanted one when i was younger.
Is anyone racing one at vintage events? If so, how do they handle the power of modern motors? I may try to find an old one to race.
Any opinions or help welcome.

FERRETTI · #2 25-01-2009

I've heard no rumours but you never know and it would be nice

I know of no one racing one at the moment.

I would think the drive train would cope with a lot of punishment maybe not some of the real low turn motors but certainly anything down to 12x2 sort of grief. My friend ran a Vanquish for some years with hot modifiers of the time with no real issues.

quincey · #3 25-01-2009

i very much doubt it,tamiya always seam to re relaese the cars you dont want(firedragon?,boomerang?,frog?,grasshopper?) as you may have seen there are alot of tamiyaclub members on here and we've all been shouting for the roughrider and that didnt happen.

FERRETTI · #4 25-01-2009

In my opinion there's too much metal in the SRBs to make a re re viable hence the release of the F350 (plastic) rather than a faithfull 3-speed reproduction. So I won't hold my breath for an Avante but not such an issue with the Egress. Many Tamiya nuts cut their RC teeth on Frogs, Hornets and Grasshoppers so they were not only logical re res but also cheap to produce.

JustARcFan · #5 25-01-2009

In my opinion the older cars are to expensive to make a re-release.

This is good news for the collectors...

FERRETTI · #6 25-01-2009

Not if you're a re re collector

davidmog99 · #7 25-01-2009

The prices they fetch may suggest a re release may be successful!

Has anyone owned one, if so what were they like to race?

rowanp25 · #8 25-01-2009

seen one run a few years back and was as quick as the cat ecs it was racing against. looked quite good would love one myself if they were cheaper than the current ebay hype seems to suggest

B44&501xRacerEX · #9 26-01-2009

I was gonna get one, but decided on the 501x because parts would be easier for me to get. Most people dont even build it and just leave it in the box. If I had one Id have to build it, I just cant see a pretty car like that not being used.

davidmog99 · #10 26-01-2009

I really cannot see why this was not able to win championships or worlds.
It just seems very advanced for the time? Was there little support from tamiya? Or did it just not work?
I just WANT one, and have since i was 10 years old. Anyone race one?

Gayo · #11 26-01-2009

I had one back in the days (90-91), I made my first races with it. I think it didn't handled that good against competitors (ProCat, Lazer ZX, YZ10). It was fine on smooth tracks but the lack of droop (specially at the front) made the handling rather poor on more bumpy tracks. It was also rather fragile. The car didn't see much development, the TRF team (Jamie Booth) quickly adopted the Top-Force platform.

What a lovely car though. Alloy, carbon, titanium screws everywhere, smooooth dampers... Oooh I miss her!

Colinevan · #12 26-01-2009

Heres mine ....

sadly my only memories left are the pics... sold on about 2 years ago..

davidmog99 · #13 27-01-2009

That car is fantastic.

My knowledge of all r/c ends about this time (top force), and begins again after the touring car revolution. I think other interests may have turned my eye for a while.

I dont know anything of the top force, but am going to have a little look on tamiya club,. Was this platform successful?

Colinevan · #14 27-01-2009

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Originally Posted by davidmog99

That car is fantastic.

My knowledge of all r/c ends about this time (top force), and begins again after the touring car revolution. I think other interests may have turned my eye for a while.

I dont know anything of the top force, but am going to have a little look on tamiya club,. Was this platform successful?

My old top force for you as well. This version is the Evo which even had Titanium screws which i beleive were worth around £70 at the time lol...

bkelsall · #15 27-01-2009

Always loved the "cool" lettering they would put on the wings.... (see above)... not sure it ever quite translated from Japanese idea to plain old english.....

Colinevan · #16 27-01-2009

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Originally Posted by bkelsall

Always loved the "cool" lettering they would put on the wings.... (see above)... not sure it ever quite translated from Japanese idea to plain old english.....

True... i love the old paint schemes and such, I re created the classic Frog paint scheme on my new schumacher cat just to be a bit quirky lol..

No guts , no glory as they say !!!

Rich D · #17 27-01-2009

Wow they are mint - a new in box Egress sold on Ebay just the other day for £925 would you believe

Ive just bought myself a very tidy ( but not as mint as yours ) Avante Mk1 - ill put some pics up when i get it cleaned up. Apparently mint Avantes go for over a grand ! ?

Colinevan · #18 27-01-2009

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Originally Posted by Rich D

Wow they are mint - a new in box Egress sold on Ebay just the other day for £925 would you believe

Ive just bought myself a very tidy ( but not as mint as yours ) Avante Mk1 - ill put some pics up when i get it cleaned up. Apparently mint Avantes go for over a grand ! ?

They do mate, at the time when i bought the Top force evo and the Egress, i desp wanted an avante, I was bidding on a mint one at the time just needed a new body and decals to make perfect. Luck would have it at the time, a new bodset was on ebay , and it was ending before the car was up..

As you do i was bidding on the last few mins, and i didnt want to pay more that £80 for the body and decals.. ( which in fairness is still excessive ) , i was gutted when it sold for £135.. i ddint bother with the car then as you would never be happy with a mint car with no shell lol.

Iv still got a top force hybrid that i started to acquire new bits for, to amke mint new wheels n tyres and a new uncut shell, wing and undertray with re release decals. Might be tempted to let it go if anyone wnat s nice project lol. it alos has the very rare rw racing chassis conversion..

Rich D · #19 28-01-2009

So do you still collect the vintage stuff Colin ?

Just signed up to the TamiyaClub. All those cars that you wanted when you were 12 but couldnt afford on £7 a week paper round money

Im going to start collecting some shelf queens

bkelsall · #20 28-01-2009

dude, that Cat SX looks mint! Looks really good! Not sure the falcon paint scheme would have the same impact though.... :-)