TAMIYA MONSTER BEETLE - VELOCITY RC CARS

Velocity RC Cars Magazine Review of the Tamiya Monster Beetle 2015 Re-release. Do you remember 1986? Top Gun, Nintendo, and some other junk that nobody cares about! The Tamiya Monster Beetle was a version of the Black Foot that put a hard plastic Beetle body on the ladder frame chassis.

Our full review can be found in Velocity RC Cars Magazine #19. Words, video, pictures...it's all in there. The world's best selling digital-only RC Magazine.

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[davidkline]

I can't describe my infatuation with the Monster Beetle. It's irrational. I loved it as a prepubescent boy and I love it again as a 47 year old man-child. I just got my rerelease from Amain about a week or so ago. I opened the cardboard box and was instantly 12 years old again. I owned the OG version back in 86 or 87 then sold it after I got a "real rc car" (Schumacher CAT XLS) and forgot about this gem. I sold it to friend who moved out of state and never thought I'd see another one again. Thank You Tamiya for making this again. I'm giddy! I'm going to do a custom paint job inspired by some VW racing livery and mod it out with aftermarket upgrades like I always wanted to when I was a kid.

Great video and you got a new subscriber.

[ImDaiko]

WOW awesome I used to have a bunch of these old vintage Tamiya cars my favourites are: the boomerange, The grasshopper a old yellow beetle a old used red monster beetle any ways nice video and thanks for reminding me about my old tamiya cars

[nguyen]

Good video on the beetle. I just bought a hornet kit. These old rc cars bring back great childhood memories.

[robertjr.dronelife]

Thumbs up bro nothing like the old school cars man a blast from the past

[chrisrausch]

I really enjoy your videos, great commentary!! I had a Monster Beetle in the late 80s, and inherited my dad's 86 Lincoln MkVII LSC as a first car. And it was cool 😀.

[rcfrenzy]

I rebuilt one of these a while back, one of the originals that is. It even had one of the rare thorp ball diffs in it!

[LonestarPaul]

Totally brilliant review of my most favourite POS from shizuoka ever! Love it! Thank you!!!

[bigdaddydvapes]

Tamia is the best at sucky cars that make us happy! My very first Rc was the grasshopper! Man what a pain in the ass that thing was! But, it was awesome back then! Nice job Vrc!

[AceofAxe]

Loved this video! I just reviewed it as well. I think you done a lot better job at capturing the spirit of it tho! It's hard to explain why we love stuff like this, the Lunch Box and the ClodBuster. Especially when it's sitting beside our 1/8 Race Buggies! LOL, But It has a place in our memories and always will! Thanks for the great video, Subscribed!

[smkeu]

Am restoring mine can’t wait till it finished awesome review 👍🏽

[Tamiya]

Great narration. Great slomo's, good stuff

[ShenRC]

Sweet bug!Some guy on Tamiya club makes rear end plates that make the diff not blow apart.

[jacdavis]

Love this video, the description at the start is hilarious and describes me perfectly. However my 5 head is sporting a monk's hairdo!!!!

[dravalanche]

When I was a kid I begged my Dad to buy me a second hand M.B with a technigold off my wee mates big brother, but £120 for a second hand R/C was never gonna happen, got a radio shack black phantom (cool car) instead, but always hankered after a tamiya monster beetle, I'm 37 now, sod it, I'm gettin one!

[cowanrc]

I was 2 when this was released, but its still cool to me

[rcmikeklein]

all true, , , and don't break that body, , , leave it up to Tamiya to give us a chance to buy back our youth, , , priceless

[fourgedmushrooms]

There is a new Top gun and it's apparently ausome

[therealdjfinesse]

My dad had a Mark VII it was a great car

[billgoodspeed]

Looks awsome wife has the Blitzer beetle same body quit a monster truck but not quit a car

[stephanez]

this was the first RC i saw on a advertising. i could never afford it.... 30 years later, i make 20 feet high jumps with a better RC ! so the waiting was worth it !!