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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/17/2008 2:49:34 PM   
Lunchboxer



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Welcome, Seahwk95!

I don't know about them still being "around" as they are not available to buy new from the stores.. but you can certainly buy them off collectors, or used ones from eBay, etc. All depends on how much $$$ you want to spend and what condition you are expecting.

But it can be done!!

Hornet, on the other hand, has been re-released. So you can get that from any hobby shops that carry Tamiya!


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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/17/2008 4:29:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah il get some pics on here soon building them up at moment and waiting for 1 to come from UK.
il set one up with a frog gearbox or a ball diff,does the b/diff fit the wild one gearbox?

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/17/2008 7:12:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the welcome LB and Dante! Yea, I looked em up on our favorite auction site after reading about them here!!! WOW! I can't believe what they are going for, but hey, it's a classic. Not knocking anybody for buying them at that price, but I didn't realize they'd become such a collector's item. Very cool. I didn't realize that about the Hornet either! Good info. Thanks!

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/17/2008 7:48:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you just want a runner, I am sure you can get it for a decent price.. for a shelf queen, probably expect to pay $250+!

Here's a Hornet thread I started, you can check it out:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4467711//tm.htm

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/18/2008 9:10:07 PM   
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Muahahahaha, that's a real Wild One!

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/18/2008 9:13:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Love the pics!! They are awesome! I see that you run the modern CVA shocks on the back!! So they fit without any problem?

That means, the DF-03 TRF shocks would fit too...

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/18/2008 9:23:07 PM   
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Haha, not my pics, unfortunately. Those are from TC member mr_pushrod. Mine is still in parts.

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/18/2008 9:31:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Make me want to run my shelf queen.. I still have yet to open up the tranny to put in ballbearings...

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/31/2008 1:39:10 AM   
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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/31/2008 1:57:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		hey LB heres some pics of one of my wild ones i rebuild this one its taken me about 3 weeks but hey your strugling to change your bearings in your gearbox in that time not to worry.
il start rebuilding my second wild one soon so i can drive them both together
thanks LB this forum has made me a wild one collector .
il get some more pics very soon


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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/31/2008 3:22:46 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Dante77

Man, are we slow on this, or what? LoL

Wild One deserves better. But I found a great contemporary motor for mine in the meantime:

Mabuchi RS 540SD Race. Note the huge front ball bearing!


ive never seen one of them before... and i call myself a vintage collector!

what an awesome RC though.. first the 959 thread and now this, brilliant vintage RC's that still make one hell of an impression, many years later

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/31/2008 5:22:39 AM   
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Ha ha! Yeah, I know.. I am lazy.. been working on the CR-01..

Your Wild One looks great! And glad that you actually use it!! Unlike my shelf queen!!

Keep the pics coming!




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hey LB heres some pics of one of my wild ones i rebuild this one its taken me about 3 weeks but hey your strugling to change your bearings in your gearbox in that time not to worry.
il start rebuilding my second wild one soon so i can drive them both together
thanks LB this forum has made me a wild one collector .
il get some more pics very soon




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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 7/31/2008 3:53:37 PM   
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Hey joe,

nice job done one your Wild Ones! Wintertime in Australia means mud, I guess!
Still undecided which front tires to put on mine, the stock ribbed ones (original but boring) or the ones on your clean Wild One (I also have a set of those).

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 8/2/2008 2:10:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea its wet and muddy over here i had it out yesterday in the rain it didnt miss a beat besides the rear wheel snapped in the centre so that explains the wheels
original ones are weak as so if you want a runner find something a bit stronger but still looks good
as for the chassis they are so weak iv been testing this wild one out its only standard the chassis has already started to buckle and crack at the front
il get some pics of the aluminium sides iv put on my other one





x3 wild ones/ team losi lst2 full alloy/datsun 510/mini lst2

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 8/8/2008 7:42:24 PM   
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Interesting look w/ dual drivers!!

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