Buy Tamiya Frog Off-Road 1/10 Kit TAM58354Tamiya Frog Off-Road 1/10 Kit TAM58354 Product Description:
- Includes: Tamiya Frog Buggy chassis and body, 540 size motor, body, tires, wheels front bumper, 16, 18, and 19 tooth pinion gears, 49, 50, and 52 tooth spur gears, TEU-101BK forward/reverse ESC, decals and building instructionsRequires: Radio: 2-channel radio with one standard servoBattery: 6 flat pack with standard Tamiya connectorCharger: AC/DC timed or peak for 6-cell batteryMisc. Items: Paint for body Tamiya use TAM86 series polycarbonate paint, building and track equipmentSpecifications:Length: 16.1in (410mm)Width: 9.4in (240mm)Height: 5.7in (145mm)Weight: 2.2lbs (1020g)Wheelbase: 9.8in (250mm)Track: Front and Rear 8in (203mm)Tires, Front: 2.9in (73mm) diameterRear: 3.4in (86mm)
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Tamiya reintroduces the classic Frog 2WD buggy
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Classic 1980s RC kit
By Smaug
These classic Tamiya models (Lunchbox, Grasshopper, Hornet, Frog) are educational because they come in kit form. Just a lot of parts in bags. Do not be intimidated. The instructions are outstanding. Great illustrations and minimal text. I can't think of much that is better for a boy's mechanical knowledge than to build one of these with his dad. I built a Falcon with my dad as a kid, and it is a great memory.Performance-wise, this buggy will not be competitive in modern racing. The fron suspension is the double wishbone type, but has not shocks; just inboard springs. The rear suspension is independent trailing arm type, with aluminum-bodied, oil-filled shocks. Very nice. The spiked tires are very good in the dirt, gravel, or short grass. However, they will wear out VERY quickly on pavement. I recommend buying a set of rear tires/wheels from the Tamiya Subaru Brat for street use.The Frog buggy includes three different gear ratios. The highest one is good for street running and yields a pretty impressive top speed; probably 20-25 mph. The middle one is good for all around use. The short one is good for tight tracks. You'll burn up the motor if you run the high speed ratio off road.The battery holder is not quite wide enough for modern 6 cell NiMH battery packs. However, it is an easy fix. When you're building it, just put a couple washers under the side brackets to space them out a bit.The wing is a bit fragile; if you flip the buggy a lot, you'll break it off. This is the case with all buggies of this type.The body comes unpainted.Overall, this is great fun.If you're looking for something more high performance and modern, but also much more durable, take a look at the Traxxas Bandit. It is twice as fast, has independent double wishbone suspension all around, oil shocks all around, and is very easy to get parts for.If you want something that can run on grass, look for a 4WD monster truck, such as the Tamiya Dual Hunter, Tamiya Clodbuster, HPI E-Savage, or Traxxas E-Revo. The Tamiyas come in kit form and you get to build them yourself. (this is nice, because you'll also know how to fix them when you break them)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Second Frog Built...25 years later
By Donald L. Stein
My 11 year old son and I built the original Frog 25 years ago. Had a great time building and running it.For Christmas, that son bought me the reissued Frog and we again built it. I think the first one was easier to build because I could see much better then.Forgot how small some of the parts were.Loved it back then, love it now.Well designed. Clear instructions. Worth every penny.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Nimble Fun
By JASON B. PENULIAR
Some of my friends had this when we were just kids racing at the Greenhills racetrack in Manila. As before, the unit is durable.I found the design quite unique and the power switch very convenietly located at the side.Assembly for this took me and my 9 year old son about a day and a half as we had several breaks and several bags of microwave popcorns first. As for all of the "classic" Tamiya cars we have assembled, its the gearbox that we always take a longer time to assemble, checking and re-checking each procedure before closing up the thing. Its a good thing the unit comes with electronic speed control for ease in assembly.I never knew the Frog was very maneuverable on cement roads. A little flick of the steerting, the vehicle would react very fast specially at fast speeds(considering it is driving with just a 540 motor). For a solid axle buggy, the unit seems very planted on the ground. It just slides whenever i have it do tight turns without the fear of it tipping over. Its a 4x2 solid axle but it seems to handle almost as well as the hotshot.
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