This is my Extratoy as it arrived. The tub and body are as they should be, but the electronics have been highly modified. The batteries are true sized C cell NiCads bought from a retail store back in the day, and taped together. The electronics have been modified to now use a large heat sink mounted to the rear body mount. So yea, this would be a "toy" RC, but at some point, someone truly modified this. Luckily for me, whomever did these mods, did them nicely and only used stock screw holes (as far as I can see). The car was quickly broken down and all electo-mechanical gizmos tossed in the bin. So, not too long after this made it's way into my world, I ended up with a Tamiya HB, an actual original Tamiya HB.
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So, let's compare parts side by side. From here on out, Tamiya parts will be on right, and Extratoy on the left.
Random start, tires. Very similar except the Extratoy stamps a tag of ES-802 between the OFF ROADER stamps. Everything else seems identical.
Now just a series of the "grey" parts used throughout. It is hard to tell in the pics, but the Extratoy parts are a little lighter grey than the Tamiya parts. The wheels are identical mechanically, but the Tamiya ones are a silver'ish, and the Extratoy ones are the same grey as all the other parts. Rear bumpers. Transmission. This one is a little interesting. Note the Extratoy driveshafts are plated (chromed?) and have the extra safety lengths on the ends, and the Tamiyas do not. The Extratoy also came with a trans gear cover, which the Tamiya did not. The Tam I got did not have a motor, and I thought that would be easy to get, but 360/380 motors with nylon endbells aren't out there like I thought they would be. The Extratoy came with a white nylon endbell motor, and the Tamiya should have a black nylon endbell. The body. 80% identical exceopt a) not same color, b) roof top mounting holes slightly different, and c) two piece rear louvers on the Extratoy. Material "feels" identical.
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