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Hello TamiyaBase users.

I would like to apologise in advance as I have joined the forum on the advice of someone else in order to try to get some advice on some retro rc gear that I had stored in my loft from the 90s! I was planning on selling this stuff to clear some space but the more I look around these forums the more RC-lust comes back! haha...

Anyway, I suppose I'm just looking to find out whether any of this stuff is of value in it's current state or whether I should be fully renovating everything so that it's up and running again- what's your guy's thoughts?



Sorry if this in the wrong category by the way.

I can tell you from experience that anytime I was in your position and got rid of stuff like this, I missed it and ended up chasing it down and buying it again.

Restore it and enjoy it, then if you still want to sell, do it.

Hi, if you’ve got any interest in these cars then have a go at restoring them. You’ll work out if you want to keep them or not.
But if you’re really not that interested, I think you’d do best selling them as they are. I think people love to buy a good loft find and bring them back to life.

But like Jim says be careful you might find yourself trying to buy these again if you have any interest still in the hobby.

Thanks guys, really solid advice... although not strictly speaking what I was wanting to hear as it don't fit in with my space-clearing drive! Although I agree that I think it is going to be the correct way to go. Out of any of it I have the best memories of the Tamiya buggies so I might just get rid of the Schumacher and Koyosho stuff and see if I can build 2 working vehicles from the rest. I think I have a Bush Devil and the remanences of a Monster Beetle here.

Yes it is a bush devil which looks complete to rebuild and run. A good chassis to run and better than the mb.