So after I made this video and watched it back, I couldn’t help but think I’d like to go back to the track with the MB, but next time run it with the Super Stock BZ motor? I felt it just needed a little more Oomph 🤷🏼‍♂️

@OddArneBjrklundRC

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah please do so, I think it would be epic.

@TachyonDriver

3 жыл бұрын

I always imagined the Monster Beetle to be a little faster too. Keep on keeping on, Glenn! Sometimes even lower speeds can be fun as your enthusiasm demonstrates! Here's to a better 2021!

@djsavada7033

3 жыл бұрын

Do it 👍

@markbishop4774

3 жыл бұрын

Jumps a bit flatter than the buggies too probably due to the lower speed so you aren’t backing off as much. Great video Glenn here’s to a better 2021 for all of us 👍🏻

@withcookie5583

3 жыл бұрын

Good call! I bet your loving the stills you got from this and it gets round there so well.

When I was 12 I really wanted one of these. Now I'm 40 I still want one 😁

The sure brings back memories.. and mate you said it yourself but the monster beetle do crush many of the buggy’s you have had on the track. It totally ruled it, king of the track.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha you’re absolutely spot on my friend, it went round really easily 🤩👊🏻

She flys really well, especially the last jump into “Full Beans Bends”

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m glad you liked it my friend 🤩👊🏻

My favourite track run so far. I live the Tamiya Monster trucks, they look so good. I have a black edition to build for use this summer. Can't wait now.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m glad you liked it my friend 🤩

You can tell you're having a blast by hearing your giggle. I run a Le man's 360st in my Monster Beetle and it goes good with that. I'm surprised you didn't lose any of your side view mirrors.

This is what it is all about.. driving the things and having fun!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

I’d say driving them is secondary for me, I love the build process, but with that said this thing I could run every day it’s just soooooo much fun 🤩

Did you say ‘Tamiya Legends Monster Truck Arena’? Thanks for sharing, that was fun to see!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah I didn’t but I will on the next one, love it 😍

I love the way this dude laughs. It's as if a wicked witch had a cool, fun little brother.

Wow! What a fun truck/buggy! It soaks up the jumps in such a SATISFYING way. It’s doesn’t bounce uncontrollably and it never feels like wet towels like modern RCs. Juuuuuust right for FUN! Love it!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Just fun my friend, absolutely nailed it, that’s what it’s all about 🤩👊🏻

Cracking little model great upload thanks 🙏

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks for watching and commenting my friend 🤩👊🏻

Awesome running! The only thing to make it better would be if a Blackfoot was racing around with it. It would be like when my brother and I used to play together! Sad that it is last running video because of winter. I used to love it but with my hands going numb faster in the cold weather due to arthritis I cannot hang onto a snowmobile handlebar anymore.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be awesome to have a couple running together 🤩 And yes trying to put a running video together in winter sadly no longer appeals to me 🤣👊🏻 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

@Houleigan

3 жыл бұрын

@@TAMIYALegends Well I have the clothes if I want to go out even down to -40C due to snowmobile suit. Which now has become just cold weather running gear. Except the gloves make finger to fat for trigger

Thanks for another great video. I sure do miss my old monster beetle. That was the first RC I ever had I wish I knew what happened to it now that I’m an adult and back into the hobby.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you for watching and leaving a comment Tim, very much appreciated my friend 🤩👊🏻

By far the best running vid on this track Glenn. Looks sooooo much fun. Its what tamiya are made for....

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt and yes a totally agree my friend 😊. This went round so well, I want to get a Lunchbox on there this year 🤩👊🏻

Back here watching this one again, looks like so much fun 😊

Well done! I always LOVED the Monster Beetle. Hopefully I will be able to get one one day. Thanks for posting!

I expected it to bounce & flip over a lot but it was so planted! Looks like so much fun to drive, thanks for the vid!!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

That was exactly my feelings Wade before I got there, I was expecting to come back with it in a bit of a state tbh 😅👊🏻

Love those slo-mo shots. Great little track to enjoy a blast. Looking forward to the BZ motor hop up video.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, yeah just a little more power needed for next time my friend 🤩👊🏻

I'm going going get the big dump truck for me and my grandsons first build together,what I love is he appreciates that I'm on ex forces benefits and spend time building our collection up.

Love it! What a great jumping chassis in that guise! I want one!!!!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Lol well I certainly didn’t expect it to get round there so we’ll 🤷🏼‍♂️ Who’d of thought it 🤩👊🏻

Awesome video, i still have my beetle from the 80s in perfect shape

Good morning Glen!!! Happy new year as well!!! Something so magical about the re re’s that the newer ones just don’t have ! Sure they handle better and are faster but listen to your videos! Your laughter is pure bliss! Like a 14 year old back in time. So much character and more fun the older ones have and unfortunately that’s what the new ones lack. Keep bring out the awesome videos in 2021! Thanks

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the lovely comment Chris 🤩👊🏻

Monster Beetle!! Stands tall out in the wild. That's a sweet little track.

So cool to see your monster beetle in action. Great video

great driving - No need to launch the vehicle. You should bring this out there on the crappiest winter snowy day, I would bet it would do pretty well, great slow-motion, hard to top this video, great time of day for photography. Thanks

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks for the lovely comment my friend 🤩👊🏻

I recently bought two sw-01 for me and my 7yo son without any expectation but wow, it's sooooooooo much fun. Tamiya let me know what's the essential fun of RC :)

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment my friend 😍👊🏻

Love the monster beetle! Great fun to run.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment Jon 🤩👊🏻

I like the view from the other end of the track 👍. It’s all about the fun, I think that is why my Comical Avante is my favourite

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought watching it back from the different angle, the track looked way bigger 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

I got one of these last week and I’m so happy with it and I’ve had about 20hrs play already

This is my favourite tamiya, my first one as a child and will go almost anywhere, mip ball diff and an 8.5 is whats in mine and just so much fun, pleased you liked it too 😀

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

8.5 😳😳😳 I bet that goes a bit my friend 🚗💨💨💨

That little bugger jumps pretty level!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I was really surprised how well it went round my friend 🤩👊🏻

Awesome video great action shots .looking forward to your next video.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy very much appreciated 🤩👊🏻

Wow, that Monster Beetle looks so good round the track, not fast but jumps really, really well!! Great video as always mate!!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry, it was really surprising just how well it went round without any dramas 🤩👊🏻

Ha! Love it Glenn, it jumps not too bad considering 😃 another photogenic RC legend 😎

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m glad you enjoyed it Paul 🤩👊🏻

Cracking video Glenn. I think I've just found my next build. 👍

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent 🤩🤩🤩

The Monster Beetle has been out of stock for a long time. Will definitely pick one up if and when is back in stock. Nice still photos.👍🏻

Great video of a legend, Glenn the moment i played this video for a split second i thought you had grown a GREEN Mohican 🤣

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Hey if it’ll get me more views then I’m up for that 🤣👊🏻

Who'd of thought that clumsy looking thing would go around the arena and look so at ease the slow action is awesome, this has me grinning from ear to ear 😍

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha excellent Chris, love this comment my friend 🤩👊🏻

Magical mate!! Such a cool looking tamiya and big fun! I remember seeing the MB for the first time back in the day and it was really decent around the track considering it was a Monster but it was mostly up against the Lunchbox and Pumpkins so it did not have to try too much to look good lol those two are just bonkers anywhere you drive them! But the Lunchbox is still my favourite Monster from tamiya l think...just!! What a classic that yellow van is!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more my friend, the Lunchbox is just a guaranteed blast wherever you run it 🤩🤩🤩

Forgive me if you've already done so, but how about taking a Lunchbox around that track? They're bonkers enough to enjoy almost anywhere! :)

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

100% my friend, that will happen in the spring once the snow has gone. I’m really curious to see how it would get round that little track 🤩👊🏻

@TachyonDriver

3 жыл бұрын

@@TAMIYALegends Like a happy, bouncy puppy with not much sense of direction. That's why I love them! My son has a stock yellow one with a silver can and I have 3 non-stock paint jobs. All have the 3rd shock mod. One has an Ansmann 21 turn motor in it, the other 2 have Sport Tuneds. One is the Rolling Thunder scheme - the real monster van which was the inspiration for Tamiya I believe (stickers from ebay), one is done up like Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine (stickers from ebay) and the third is done in green with Zombie Outbreak Response Team (again, stickers from ebay). I don't think I have a problem!! :D :D

@stevew4632

3 жыл бұрын

@@TachyonDriver sounds great, what's the 3rd shock mod pls? I have a standard lunch box and it's like driving a bouncy skip on stilts 😂

@TachyonDriver

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevew4632 Instead of relying on the little wire springs (which easily break) at the transmission and axle pivot point on the chassis pan you also install a small oil filled shock in the centre of that pivot. 3rd shock see? It makes the van wheelie better and more controlled because the axle doesn't slam upwards as violently. Google it for install video and hopefully a better explanation 😆 Cheers

Great video. I was laughing with you. what a great little track. I think Im converted.

Awesome video Glenn. I have a vintage and rere beetle. Rere, is my favorite runner out of my collection. Please keep up the fantastic work

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting Tony 🤩👊🏻

Nice video and run on the track. I actually treated myself a Monster Beetle for christmas, halfway into the build and cant wait to get it out for a run.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m sure you are going to love it my friend 🤩👊🏻

Great video! That track looks super fun, I'd be there all the time if I was near that!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy it was awesome with the Monster Beetle, but it’s a little too small for the buggy’s 😤

another great session Glenn my friend very cool😊🇬🇧😎🤟👊👍

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 😊😊😊

it looks so nice out on the track!! Never got one of these but they do look darn good! Nice track run.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy and Happy New Year to you and your family 🤩👊🏻

Love it, proper good intit 👍

That was great to watch Glenn! I thought it ran really well around there and could handle a bit more power I reckon. Hard to beat a Monster Beetle for fun on a track like that. Awesome.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree Wade, I’d like to get it back there with the BZ motor fitted 😊🚗💨💨💨

Nice run! Also, I usually take out my monster beetle's wipers and side mirrors before running. :P

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve learned that the hard way 🤣👊🏻

Awesome fun!

That's looks a like a fun track.wish I had something like that near me. Ian

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian, yeah it took me while to find a place like this, just wish it was a little bigger to run the buggy’s on 🚗💨💨💨 Thanks for watching buddy 🤩👊🏻

Wheel decals all came off too :) It’s a great car You are a legend mate

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 🤩👊🏻

Thats what I call fun, the monster beetle is awesome. I wish I had a track like that to run one on, perfect for it. Think i'd still be there now hahaha.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha excellent I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend 🤩👊🏻

Now Thats A Beetle that looks like a laugh to drive and so much fun too, I should have been more Alert when i made my purchase and bought the correct type , so now ive got the trail Monster Beetle and the complete wrong type of chassis and body to what i wanted well that will teach me to get on the plonk then go clicking hahaha all said and done ill just keep eyes clear and open for the correct version next time great video Glen loos like an awesome track too :-)

Very nice! U make me wanna buy a tamiya monster, sir!

Great little car that Beetle Glenn! Imagine how much more fun it'll be with a motor upgrade!?? Also, i think if you found a larger track with longer run ups to jumps, that Beetle would fly high mate! Thanks for a great vid as always Glenn! Wes, Liverpool, UK.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wes, I’m always on the lookout for new places to run 🤩🚗💨💨💨

Keith Lemmon really loves this monster beetle 👍👍

@TAMIYALegends

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@simon0044

2 жыл бұрын

@@TAMIYALegends only joking, great content 👍

Nice video, Ive watched a few of your monster beetle vids.. I was chatting to a guy at work about RC and he said I got one an RC car and then pulled out an original Monster beetle with old school speed control and addition battery block to power the servo. He said i can borrow it if i don't smash it it up ... definitely going to do a vid on it soon.

Once in the zone that thing goes well! 😎

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Owen, yeah it could definitely handle a little more power next time I’m there 🤩🚗💨💨💨

@owenbuttle3304

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, need to find that sweet spot! 👌🏻

Such a great little buggy. Jumps really well. Would be interesting to see the other Tamiya ORV's go around this track too.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’d also love to get a Lunchbox on there too Matt, I think that could be fun my friend 🤩👊🏻

Smooth and steady

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah who’d of thought that my friend, I know I didn’t 😂👊🏻

Great video bud. Looked like you had the time of your life out there

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke, I certainly did buddy it was a blast on there 🤩👊🏻

That looked like so much fun and after running my Blackfoot a few times now I am not surprised at how well it went around that track, Tamiya got the suspension spot on.. I will be buying the Super Stock BZ motor for mine as I feel it needs the extra touque with the big wheels..

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent my friend 🤩👊🏻

Man this brings back good memories! I went onto euro rc but they have no stock 😰 I need one of these! 👍

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend 🤩👊🏻

Runs great cool video Glen, funny how something we've never had an interest in we give it a try and love it that happened to me with my wife's dual rider so I got a dancing rider we run together now these are fun rc is amazing

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely spot on, it’s happening to me a lot now as I get older. Things that never interested me are now really appealing 🤷🏼‍♂️

Nice job setting up your suspension👌, it didn't bounce around at all!. Still shots turned out nice. Great video mate 👍🦘🇦🇺

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 🤩👊🏻

Great video 😀👍. Looked loads of fun and a great looking car. It would be great to see this on the beach or on a long dirt track Also, you're almost at 18,000 subs!!!! Brilliant!!!👍👍

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 😊 Yeah all being well in the spring I’ll be taking 5/6 cars to the beach, I did it last year and it makes for great footage 🤩👊🏻

Just to cool man, killer little light basher.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching buddy 🤩👊🏻

Excellent video 🥰

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊👊🏻

Looks like a good little track

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the best I’ve found so far 😊👊🏻

Put the bigger motor in as you say and get a polycarbonate basher shell for the track and keep that one for best. Great video Glen and enjoyed it more as just built one over Xmas:-)

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend 🤩👊🏻

Blitzer Beetle would be good to see also stadium truck less likely to roll over! I use to have a Tamiya Lunchbox that rolled at every bend!!

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I actually have a Stadium Thunder to restore, I think that will be on this track come spring 🤩👊🏻

Man this is a cool vid.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Hi Glenn, Fantastic video of the Monster Beetle! Really enjoyed this one. If you need a wiper and a number-late, please let me know. I’ll send you the parts. Best regards, Alex from The Netherlands

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the lovely comment my friend 🤩👊🏻

This is pure love! I take a cooldown rest for my Blackfoot ( Batt change) and enjoy your Vid。 Glennさん、宜しくお願いします　🚗

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent my friend 🤩👊🏻

Looks a good tamiya bsher, never had 1😅

Hi Glenn the MB Looked right at home on the track and dare I say behaved better than some of the buggies round there. I don’t think It needs much more power on that track, it looked nice and balanced

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy and yes I agree my friend 😊👊🏻

Hey just picked one of these up, super machine!! what battery could you recommend? Cheers pal👍👍

Awesome. My MB has got a HW brushless in it, ~13T from memory. It goes well. Haven't had the diff issues some have had. What servo saver do you have in yours? I use a Kimborough, the kit one was trash. Probably the most fun RC car ever made. Enjoyed the vid Glenn.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy yep this is just pure fun to run. I’ve actually never had a gearbox issue on any ORV chassis I’ve had 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️ This is running the standard kit servo saver, no issues as of yet 😅😅😅

Did you find the wiper?!? Awesome video 👌 I live for the jumps🥰😍. Setting the bar high this year with that there😄

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 😊 No didn’t find the wiper 😤

Looks good,would love to see the blackfoot on that track too.

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah both running together would be amazing 🤩

For a monster truck it did great round the track

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eddie, it actually did better than the cars I’ve taken there lol 🤣👊🏻

I’m waiting for the black edition to come back into stock at my local

Out of all my rc's the monster beetle is my favourite due to it being my first hobby grade as a kid I might have to buy a re re to sit next to my vintage

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent Glen, yeah I’d imagine the MB launched 1000’s into the hobby my friend 🤩👊🏻

Seems fast what motor and esc and gearing you running?

Wow that was a bit of fun, how did you get on with the other motor & will we see it good or bad,😀😀😀

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately that was my last running video for awhile now, the winter is long over here 🥶🥶🥶 But I’ll definitely be back there in the spring with another shed load of cars 🤩👊🏻

i d like to see this beetle on tamiya 801x/xt chasiss but its look like tamiya doesnt have interest in 1/8 models. I mean, this is all fine but this is not a basher, cmon tamixa, give us some bad ass 1/8 electric monster. Great video as always mate, put some sock on that mic :)

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’d like to see them do a modern day 1/8 basher. Not sure if that’s going to happen though 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

Did you find the wiper? Looks like the track was made for the MB, no too sharp turns to flip it over on, and nice jumps that fit the pacing and speed of the MB. Fun watch. Cheers

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks for watching and leaving a comment, very much appreciated 🤩👊🏻

Is this gear box the same as the lunch box, I was worried about the noise on mine sounds the same👍🏻

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s completely different my friend, the Lunchbox has the hopper gearbox, which is pretty much bulletproof 🤩👊🏻

Awesome video Glenn! Love the Monster Beetle! It has to be my all time favorite Tamiya RC. If I could only pick 1 this would be it.

Okay, I want a monster beetle now lol

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha excellent 🤩👊🏻

That's the most planted of all the buggies you've taken down there so far. They really got the weight distribution spot on when they designed this back in the day. Not sure how much benefit you'll get from more speed...could mean more wheel spin and trickier handling. Only one way to find out...

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s a great point, a little more power could actually have a negative effect 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

Is that a bmx track or an rc track

What's the difference between this one and the original? At its peak, Tamiya used metal for the core mechanicals and structure in its high-end units. Has it replaced most of these components with plastic parts?

Drives better than the TRF201 around this track in my opinion😆

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I think you’re right my friend 😂👊🏻

Where is that track? Never mind, Mclellen park Kitchener, I thought I recognised it. I walk my dog there.

I always thought this type of car was ‘silly’ as a child and had zero interest in them verses the real looking touring cars but now as a much older adult I went one lol

Faster as the Avante 🤣🤣🤣

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

Pmsl 🤣. Yeah I think it got round quicker 😂

Problem I had with mine was the huge , heavy and floppy fron wheels so steering is unpredictable ,espcially on rebound ! anyone ?? Mine was called "Desert Storm" and was painted in the chocolate-chip camo worn by US soldiers at the time . Unfortunately I don't have digital photos of it .

It is funny that you said that you did not really like the Monster Beetle. I felt the same way and got the Blackfoot. The Blackfoot was cheaper but it did not have oil filled shocks. Of course I am talking about the original cars. Today they both have oil filled shocks. Of course the original half shafts were terrible. The new Blackfoot and Monster Beetle have dog bones which work much better than the original Tamiya half shafts. Thoughts?

@TAMIYALegends

3 жыл бұрын

For me it was 100% down to looks only, I was always a Blackfoot guy back in the day. I always looked at the MB as an impostor lol 😂 Even when the MB re re came out I bought one straight away, but I still didn’t love it 🤷🏼‍♂️ But now a couple of years later I get another one and low and behold I now love the thing 😍. It’s really interesting to see how my interests in Tamiya change to different things as the years go on my friend 👊🏻

@alfredyost7972

3 жыл бұрын

@@TAMIYALegends Me too. I now have a re-release Monster Beetle. I like it, but I still think the Blackfoot looks better. Thoughts?