Tamiya GRASSHOPPERS & HORNETS 1/2 Million Views Tamiya Collection Special: The Complete Guide 2018!

This week Nordic RC Visions reached 1/2 million views! Let's celebrate with the first complete overview of all five iconic 2WD 1/10 members of the TAMiYA GRASSHOPPER and HORNET family. An important part of my Tamiya collection. Hope you enjoy!

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Below follows a short overview of the feautred models in the video. You can find much more written information and specifications about the specific buggies in the description boxes of the individual videos in my channel.

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In 1984 the Tamiya Grasshopper 2WD Buggy was released. First of the Hoppers. The same year and soon after it's release the Tamiya Hornet followed. Both are based on the same chassis but feature some differences like the body, the rear axle/gear box and rear shocks.

In 1988 the Tamiya Grasshopper II was released. It is a 2WD buggy based on the same general idea of the Grasshopper and Hornet, but with a new chassis and parts. The only re-used parts I have noticed are the bumper and the Hornet gear box. Later a Super G version of the Grasshopper II also appeared and in 1993 a Super Hornet appeared. Both included a 540 motor and CVA oil filled dampers, compared to the 380 and the friction shocks of the original Grasshopper 2.

In 2008 the Rising Fighter was released. It employs a Grasshopper II/Super Hornet chassis and a Super Hornet body without it's integrated wings (and lights). The rear introduces some major differences though: Here it employs the transmission/gear box of the DT-01 series and a DT-01 Mad Fighter wing/heck spoiler.

To be fair, the "Extended Hopper Family" should include the entire DT-01 series, which consists of three buggies based on the basic Grasshopper/Hornet design: The Fighter Buggy RX, The Mad Bull and the Mad Fighter. In this video I only focus on the five Tamiya 2WD buggies that uses either the Grasshopper chassis or the Grasshopper II chassis.

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For reference the specific featured versions of the five buggies in this video and in my collection are as follows:

Tamiya THE GRASSHOPPER 2005 Re-release
Ltd. Candy Green Edition 2013 Item 84331
Original assembly kit #58043 from 1984
Re-release #58346 from 2005
Severel more special editions exist, like a ltd. black edition and a re-issue of the candy green edition.

Tamiya THE HORNET 2004 Re-release
Ltd. Black Metallic Edition 2014 Item 84383
Original assembly kit #58045 from 1984
Re-release #58336 from 2004
To my knowledge no other editions exist (as of now)

Tamiya THE GRASSHOPPER II 2017 Re-release Item 58643
Original assembly kit #58074 from 1988
A "Super G" version also exist in two different versions. This is a ltd. release that came stock with yellow CVA oil filled dampers, a 540 motor and wheel color variations.

Tamiya THE SUPER HORNET 1993 Item 58124
To this date only the original version exist.

Tamiya THE RISING FIGHTER 2008 Item 58416
To this date only the original version exist.

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