Radwood: Scale RC Style

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 08/20/2018 at 13:33 • Filed to: goodwill finds, radwood, nissan hardbody, bandit, turbo bandit, tyco rc, tyco, 9.6V

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Found this mixed in with the plebian toys at my Goodwill yesterday. So hell yes I bought it.

13 year old me had one.... and at first I thought it WAS this exact one but upon further reflection, Googling, and checking eBay auctions, I found I was wrong.

This RC truck, although visually identical to the one I had, but black instead of red, is like Bandit Light.

It runs on 4AA batteries, where mine was 9.6V rechargeable pack, and this has no suspension. Mine did. My original Bandit was also bigger.

But still, for $4, its a Good Buy.

And after stealing a 9 volt from the smoke detector, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and cleaning off some green corrosion on the battery terminals, IT WORKS.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , do I justify buying the exact one I used to have?

Ebay has a couple of these vintage Tyco RC cars, trucks, and HOVERCRAFT for sale

Probably not, but nostalgia is fun, right?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 13:51

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I miss the 90s R/C craze. I used to have this huge catalog of Nikko cars and it was so cool to flip through and see the varieties they all came in.

I used to have a couple Tyco cars, but I miss my tamiya trucks too. Oh, and my dad has this pontiac grand prix touring car from the early 90s that is just so pimp. It went stupidly fast for being solid plastic body and chassis. 

vicali > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 13:54

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I as well had the 9.6 turbo bandit.. it... was... awesome.... I loved my life 12 minutes of pure joy at a time- separated by 4 hours of charging..

Ended up stripping the drive gears and replacing them. Then in the end it burnt out a capacitor - I shed a tear as it sat smoking.

I like to think it affected my first vehicle choice of a Toyota 4x4..

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 13:56

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There is an off-road Miata with that paint job that Ive seen on IG. Of coarse now I can’t find it. 

Takuro Spirit > vicali 08/20/2018 at 13:57

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I accidentally reversed mine off my Uncle’s deck up north, cracking the rear axle in half.

Yeah, not sure why I never bought more battery packs for the damn thing... keep a few charging while out playing.

Probably cost as much back then as similar packs for RC cars cost NOW.

Takuro Spirit > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/20/2018 at 13:58

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shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 14:16

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DUDE!!!!

I had the 9.6 volt Baja Bandit too! I loved that thing! It was pretty fast, and I beat the ever-loving-crap out of that, and it never missed a beat.

Man that one on the bay is tempting.  I can’t do $190 for it, but I’d sure love to have that one back.  

Takuro Spirit > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 14:17

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I was shocked what they’re listed for, even in non-pristine condition. 

shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 14:18

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I guess there’s enough of us that loved them, combined with the fact that most of us beat them into the ground.  Supply and demand can be a bitch.

David E. Davis > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 14:25

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this makes me want to break out my airsoft TY90 ...

Takuro Spirit > shop-teacher 08/20/2018 at 14:25

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Yup, funny I wouldn’t have ever even THOUGHT of my old Bandit if I didn’t find that at Goodwill.

And now that I did, I sure do want the big boy one again. Not that I would DO anything with it. $200 is a lot for an old toy that probably shouldn’t be jumped around the yard or anything...

Arrivederci > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 14:39

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I had a couple of the real Bandit’s too.  IIRC, they were about $60 new back in the day.  My first one met its demise at the wheel of a car because I was an idiot kid who was driving it in the street and not paying attention to traffic.  The second one I bought I let sit...now wondering if my parents still have it.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > vicali 08/20/2018 at 14:50

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But that’s a Nissan 

Takuro Spirit > Arrivederci 08/20/2018 at 14:53

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If its red I’ll buy it ;)

Arrivederci > Takuro Spirit 08/20/2018 at 15:21

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The second one was red, my first one was black. Remember wanting another black one but couldn’t find it and since I was a kid, there was no waiting, so red it was. I’m sure they just donated it at some point, but I might get lucky :)

vicali > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/20/2018 at 15:26

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That explains why I was always sitting  around waiting for it to work.. ha!