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Finally have enough parts to restore a Turbo Panther that has been in storage for years.
The Turbo Panther was my first rc car shortly followed by the Testarossa and later the Sand Eagle which was a beast.
After that I purchased the Kyosho Sideways...

These are rare Tyco/Taiyo 4wd racing nissan trucks that came out before the Tyco Bandit. It was released in 1988 and discontinued that same year. The Taiyo version is even rarer than the Tyco version. Both have the duel motor, which provided the 4wd...

I've had this Tyco Bandit on my garage wall for something like 2 years. I randomlly decided to do something with it today. The goals for this build are: $30 total investment, and 3 hours or less of work to get it moving under it's own power....

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This is a Digitcon RC Ferrari F40 that I converted to hobby grade electronics. It has an RC6S receiver, $3.50 esc, and old futaba servo. I don't know much about this...

If you don't know by now I am a huge Tamiya King Cab and Tyco RC fan/collector so I thought is would have been cool to make a king cab slot truck just for fun as I have never seen one.

I have a huge love for the Tyco Bandit as well as the Tamiya King Cab, so I like to make tributes by combining the two of my favorite RC trucks together. I have done this in the past with the original theme Tamiya King Cab and always wanted to make...

I love tamiya cars but tyco is where my heart is!

I love thrift stores. All of my vintage toy grade cars have come from them. I picked up this awesome Nikko Scorpion today for only 10 bucks! It has the original battery, but unfortunately no controller. And the truck itself has no life, even with a...

Hey all,
After a conversation at work after one guy bought a Tamiya Frog, I remembered my old Nikko Black Fox I have up in the loft.
Brought it down and loaded it with batteries, but it seems dead as a door nail. Light comes on the remote, and there...

This is going to be a long thread because I have alot of these and they are the ones you wanted or remember as kids. I'll upload them throughout the day.

I'll start with my Japan made Turbo Blaster. This car is fast and well built for what it is....

This is a Japanese version from 1986, it's a 9.6V and works well, shame about the missing lamp on one side. Also a missing mud guard on one side but I think the car looks better without the mud guards so I'll remove the one one the opposite side....

Just wondering if anyone else is picking up nice RS rigs when they run across them. Kinda junk, and mostly kinda silly, but they still have that nostalgia about them. I only pick them up when in box, and usually barely used. I know exactly why they...

Here are a few toy-grade boats and cars I have. The Tyco Hydroplanes are really fragile but still a lot of fun to take out on the water. :D

This is a toy grade cross hobby grade r/c car from Ban Dai .

Looks to be a slightly modded Hot Shot but with twin shocks at each end but it's really totally different. Battery is mounted long ways up the chassis. Twin diffs that is shaft driven by...

I think most of us like me played with Tyco or Nikko RC cars as kids which bridged into bigger and better things as we grew up. So I got to thinking about those RCs and wondered would it be possible to upgrade these to better equipment? They would...

Decided to play around with a Nikko Dictator. To be fair, this is a radio shack version but mostly compatible. I have a proper Nikko coming for the final build. It cost me $35 shipped, so I can't complain! The car isn't too far from hobby grade...

Now firstly I'm not knocking the Nikko Frame buggy , they are warmly remembered and at the high end of non hobby grade cars (hate the hobby grade tag but everybody understands it).
The why is more to do with this example. The wings missing, the nerf...

G'day all,
I'm glad to finally find a decently sized forum dedicated to vintage R/C, and plenty of mention of my favorite: Taiyo R/C (Japan), Tyco RC (US), Metro RC (Australia)!

Over the last 18 months lockdown here in Australia, I bought myself a...

I picked this up at a garage sale the other day and while not mint condition I thought it would still clean up well.

Being a toy I didn't think it would come apart without ruining it, so I didn't take any before pictures. So far I managed to get...

Hi at all,

I'm searching for a my project on a R/C car, the wiring diagram of this Nikko receiver;

Anyone have it? Or know the connection of this receiver?

Thanks ao much,

Libra

Sometimes there's that toy grade RC that has some potential to be just fun enough, or maybe made more fun. With some surplus hobby grade spare parts and a little fabrication, it can get new life as a basher. Anyone care to post a project?

Mine: a...

Hello All,

I was given this Nikko F10 Rhino in 1987, one outing a rear suspension was broken (I was a small child) and never repaired, put into storage only for me to dig it out a few days ago.

I have a 4 year old son now and I've love to see...

Just wanted to share some pictures of my Nikko's

Nikko Dictator I and II

Cleaned up the gear boxes and added bearings

Nikko F10 Thunderbolt and Rhino

I converted the blue to hobby grade...

This is a mega-thread for general discussion of all the Nikko products made.

I will start the discussion with a question. TamiyaDan referenced a Nikko car which competed in the 89 Worlds and placed 50th. I am sure we all have the same...

hello,

i had this nikko dictator sitting in a box for a while, and started restoring it to its former glory!
i like strange rc cars and with the dual motor set-up this old nikko has, it fits right into my collection and interests!
i watched clips...

I know some of you guys have converted old Nikko or radio shack Rc cars to hobby grade electronics. What did you use to do so?

I have these that I would love to make run again.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I came across a Radio Shack Golden Arrow at the Hershey auto swap meet for $10 without a controller. Does this thing have any value without the remote? Basically, I'm debating throwing it on ebay or keeping it and modding it with real radio gear,...

Does anybody know anything about these things?..nice scale looks..Mint still in box Jeep Renegade.
I thinks it's late 70's to mid 80's era. Has gear shift switch at the rear...

So my very first car was a Monogram Lightning way back in Christmas of 1985. So ever since I got back into RC I was hoping to find one and with some luck I found 2 beaters but one was red just like the one I had so I purchased both with the idea of...

Might not be quite what you were expecting, but I like it
lol
Tim
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My Nikko brat build - not a dandy dash/super sprint conversion job...recently completed. You can see rest of build pics at

Off body shot before electrics.

Thanks to a member on rc10talk (cheers Jeff) I bagged this new speedo..ideal for the...

Here's something I bet nobody's seen before (unless you're in your 40's or older and grew up in Japan): Buggy Boy Wheelie, from K.K. Matsushiro Japan. I was over at the parents' house tonight and was digging around on the top shelf in my old bedroom...

Here's my 1st 1/10th scale ready to run semi-hobby quality car. My 1986 Nikko Rhino.

It's cheap toy store electronics were tossed out years ago for the more user friendly Futaba and Novak set up.

Over the years it's evolved from a buggy, to a...

Hello all.

I'm modding a Nikko Dandy Dash and a Dictator and i'm looking for universals that fit. Can anyone offer assistance.

I have been busy searching for a match for the UP works gold U-joints for my Nikko Brat.
I found a match they are from the Tamiya Top Force.
The only thing is that the dog bone part is too long.
I was wondering if there are similar U-joints that...

Hello I am new here.
I have a rebuild Nikko Dandy Dash and a almost complete Nikko Brat with a UP240 Goldtop motor.
I need some help with the Brat I lost one of my hinge pins. I was wondering if anyone knows which aftermarket hinge pins are suitable...

Hi just want to share one of my Nikko Collection.

One thing I like in this brand (Nikko) is the hard detailed body shell, and realistic look :)

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I Do not know if others consider this as a vintage car, but one thing i...

Hi does anybody collect Nikko cars?...got this one for $20...don't know why but it looked kinda cute...what's the history on these things?

Pete

Hi Guys,
A while ago I was trying to figure out what a certain old school car I had was. It turned out to be the Nikko Mascot. Well, the dish wheels and spiked tires I had just gotten for my B4.1 inspired me to do a body in the style of the old...

Finally i got my hands on a digicam and took a few shots on my restored racer in early 90's....

wondering if thier is any interest in a nikko thunderbolt i have one in the box in my closet it was one of my first cars just wondering if its worth doin anything with ?

Found this on a local auction site. Car is in very good condition even has the box. I can't see any brand name other than Wavehunter on the radio unit.

I really dig these old caged buggies..

The scale looks all wrong but I'm sure someone loved it once..

This car looks alot like a Tamiya Hornet pretty nice for it's age..

got this from Redscampi a while back. pretty cool buggy. made in 1985, 24 years old!!
any way it had the rear blocks broke that hold the axle in place (the part where it pivots)
he glued it,then i got it, slightest movents would fracture the glue...

The Tyco's are what I started out with when I was a kid. I had a Tyco Blaster but I really wanted the Tyco Bandit but I never did get one until a couple years ago :D I've since sold them but it was cool to finally own and run them. They were pretty...

i've had this forever in storage...
it's pretty cool..
not like a rc 10 1st ed. though...

Found this mint radio shack car..racing Porshe from the 70's..anybody know anything about them?

saved this from going to the trash. snagged it for $15.oo radio shack brand, nice codition. didnt come with a remote at the time. got it home and cracked it open. it had a futaba servo in it, futaba reversable ESC , and a micro reciever named...

radio shack, made around the early mid 90's. the rock runner had a corvette body , the car crusher had a nissan truck body i think. both chassies where the same, 4x4, dual motors i believe, the truck body was a saftey yellow green color, green...