Ekmage

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ya man so many treasure.. bro wats ur house address ah lolx

jchng

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In the process of sorting out and preparing to ship out my collection. So took this opportunity to take some pictures and share with "oldies" lover. Ironically, I started collecting these models from the Americans two decades ago and now it seems that I will eventually sell my collection back to them

kuanseng1981

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Y u selling them off ??? It is not easy to get some of those oldies, u know what i mean. Anyway this is a bad timing cause Mr Yusof Ishak is going into my wedding if not can talk to you about taking over them.

jchng

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Tornado Racing Master MK 3

jchng

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Toyota Tom's 84C Racing Master MK 6

hardrider

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Wa, I think I might be a little too young to know some of these models

jchng

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Hehe, I would think what you said is quite true... Those days when Sand Scorcher #58016 and Racing Master MK 2, Datsun 280ZX #58022 was selling at $175 and $145 respectively. My pocket allowance was a pathetic 50 cents Can only stand outside this shop at Far East Shopping Centre next to Liat Tower and drool

Sob Sob

somethree

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I still remember the manual speed controller in TOM that will have a mark after some usage. Tornado Racing Master MK 3 era, I still dont know how to go to the hobby shop on my own.

jchng

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Congrats on your up coming wedding But let me inform you that wifey and hobby can never quite get along My wife can tahan all my past with all my gal frens but had puny bits of understanding and tolerance with my toys collections

You have been warned

jchng

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Not forgetting when the battery do not have enough "juice" to position the speed resistor back to "neutral" but at full speed position resulting in a runaway car. And all the kids in the neighborhood will chase after that 1 car. Ha.

The effort to lug around a heavy car battery to charge up the 6V pack twice is also unforgettable.

hardrider

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A sheer sign of your old-birdness.
I recall seeing this funny looking pack with a hump on it.
Hard case some more! Was this the 6v pack you mentioning?

jchng

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Good morning bro,

I'm not old bird lah just that I have a thingy for cars of yesteryear. Till today my driving sucks big time I just appreciate the old style car when we as a kid are able to "fabricate" a chassis by cutting from stiffer styrene plate for those "pan" type car like Toyota LB Turbo in order to save money (where can afford original fibre-glass chassis) . Cutting out more holes to save weight or adding styrene strips to stiffen the chassis. Those days where got counter sunk screws one?!? Ha! Sneaking into "technical" class with "older brother"/ "Tai Lo" to use the industrial size bench press to drill out the holes etc. Truly this is what I call "mod" the car Not like now where we can buy "off the rack" hop ups parts. Full bearings hop ups were already very big thing leow costing 1/3 or more of the kit's price!! That's where we invented the "top secret colgate theory" for the brass bushings. I almost fainted when I discovered that blxxdy Hot Shot had so many bearing!!!

I think I still had a 6 V hump pack lying around. Will post a picture for oldie fans if I can find them

jchng

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Idemitsu Motion Mugen Civic

Dedicated to boy racers of early-mid 90's

jchng

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Volkswagen Golf MK1 Competition Special

dinorider

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Wah jchng if you want to sell off any, let me know first ok, I especially dig the 80's buggies.

A little OT, but do any of you other old birds dig the Tomy Takara Tamiya Q-Steers? They soo rock! The children browsing at Isetan don't know where they come from and don't understand, but oh man I can't stop buying them!



And a few years back San-S made a series of blind boxed Tamiya mini buggies that were very detailed. They were approximately 1/64 scale. Here's what the grasshopper looked like: