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Nope, TOMY specific. It just took me a while to gather them all up. If you had all of the parts they offered you could basically build an entire car. They are pretty cool looking.

Lovely looking Intruder!

Problem is now you've driven up Intruder prices!!! Not just Hotshot prices!!!

Haha I don't know about that. These are rare enough to already be super expensive. I always had one on my hit list but didn't think I would actually find one, especially with all of the additional goodies on it that i knew I would want to get it looking like this. The rear GPM wishbones were the hardest part to find. The motormount and Kose driveshafts came from a guy in Australia.

I have seen these go for cRaZy prices in the past, but this has cost around 300pounds to put together, including the odd part sale to offset things, and I now have a pile of additional spares to potentially sell off to offset that a little further.

Nice to have such a rare car anyway. The few I saw in the early 90's ran extremely well, but they struggled to take off against the established competition. Shame really. The design and build quality is something else!

I never really liked the red wheels bitd, but this is the only car i have tried fitting a heap of different alloy wheels to and concluded that the original rims looked better, so I am sticking with them. They do suit the overall look of the car. The rear tyres are brand new Tony kit items as well, which are nice to have. I somehow managed to get hold of two rear pairs along the way.

Dadio wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:49 pm
It's a great feeling just holding and turning them in your hands , soaked in a 30 year old dream

Sounds like when I first met my wife.

"...every time I see it I just think 'Maximillian' from The Black Hole. "

We had the LP record movie audio/narration on vinyl with the story jacket/pictures when I was a kid. I remember thumbing thru that and thinking the robot was pretty cool.

Your build here is pretty cool too.

Just for reference.

dinglem wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:16 pm Nope, TOMY specific. It just took me a while to gather them all up. If you had all of the parts they offered you could basically build an entire car. They are pretty cool looking.

That's awesome, I never thought GPM would've manufactured an entire line of alloy parts just for the Intruder. You're very lucky to snag that set, I bet they lost money on that production run!

Although some people question GPM's quality, I was impressed enough with the GPM parts I used to resto-mod my RC12L3 Buick GN car and all the rear arms I used for my Optima projects...though those were for a Tamiya DF02. GPM didn't make anything Optima-specific, I don't believe.

Found a few more GPM alloy parts for this so on they go.... super-rare top deck and also the steering link. Just the front and rear gearbox eccentrics to add now. I have also added some Japanese mag decals across the battery straps and switched the motor to a red prism label 30deg 1990 Demon 27turn standard. Starting to look the part now i think.

Very nice looking buggy

Stunning , that Demon looks right at home .

SUPER-BUMP !!

You can thank Frankentruck with his recent Tomy engine pic post in “ what did you get in the post today “

Another crazy A$$ build big D !! Beauty !

MarkyDents wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:10 pm SUPER-BUMP !!

You can thank Frankentruck with his recent Tomy engine pic post in “ what did you get in the post today “

Another crazy A$$ build big D !! Beauty !

Thanks for your comment

This is one of my favourite builds i think - the red and black contrast really works well. I have fond memories about racing against one of these in the 1991 RRC Series and always wanted one as a result of that. Much underrated i feel. Glad you like it anyway.

I glad to see this string got bumped, what a cool car! I must have stepped away from this hobby right when these hit the scene as I have no recollection of TOMY doing anything but kid's toys of all sorts. This is obviously a true hobby grade race car. Now I have another series of vintage cars to learn about. I am curious were these sold in the U.S. back in the day?

Tomy went all in with the Intruder in 1990, and came up with a car which was equal to anything else on the market at that time. I can speak from personal experience having seen Matt Hodgson run his Intruder throughout the 1991 season in the UK. It was quick. Now i have my car i can see why - it was very similar to the Yoke 870c really. I have no idea regarding sales in the US, but i would presume so? They were not a common sight at all in the UK so i am guessing their sales were relatively low. I think i only ever saw three or four cars running in all of my years of racing.