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I mean the micros are fun but it's really funny when you realize they don't even have a 1/10 scale Truck anymore, the very thing the mini and micro are modeled after.

In 1979 Tamiya bestowed upon the RC world the Rough Rider, the company’s first 1/10 2wd electric off-road buggy. A scale version of Funco's Single Seat Baja racing buggy the Rough Rider was imported into the US by Model Rectifier Corporation along with the concurrently released VW Beetle variant tha...

In 1981 Tamiya launched into a new segment of off-road vehicles with their 1/10 4wd electric Toyota Hilux. Constructed almost entirely out of metal Tamiya’s new pickup doubled down on the scale realism that made the SRB line so popular. The Hilux featured a pair of rectangular tube drop rails connec...

In 1982 Tamiya released the Super Champ as an improved version of their 1/10 2wd electric buggy. The final model to be underpinned by the SRB platform the 'Champ catered to the growing contingent of 1/10 electric off-road racers. While still sporting a fiberglass chassis and all metal construction f...

In 1982 Tamiya embarked on a comical new venture in the 1/10 2wd electric vehicle scene with the Wild Willy. Intentionally disproportional the Willy wasn’t about scale accuracy or speed, this Jeep was designed as a stunt-mobile capable of puling wheelies at will. Constructed entirely of plastic the ...

Whether mud season or Christmas Season Tamiya was excited to display their ever-growing lineup of off-road vehicles in these advertisements from 1982: Rough Rider: Tamiya's original 1/10 2wd electric off-road racing buggy released in 1979. A scale version of Funco's Single Seat Baja racing buggy. Sp...