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Does anyone happen to have a pic of the r/c display case from Toys R Us circa 87-88? I'm shocked that I couldn't easily find something on Google. I tried several different searches. I used to drool over it before I knew of true hobby grade cars.

Man I was hoping this thread contained a picture. I could’ve swore and I’ve told people for years, that I remember seeing a Tamiya Blackfoot in this case you’re talking about.

I don't remember any Tamiya cars in that case, but I do remember seeing my first nitro car there. The cox .049 cars

Basher67 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:26 pm I don't remember any Tamiya cars in that case, but I do remember seeing my first nitro car there. The cox .049 cars

Which one? Not one of these guys?

Trying to picture it in my mind. That was a looooong time ago. Haha. None of those look familiar.

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm ...... I used to drool over it before I knew of true hobby grade cars.

Same here.

romulus22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:08 pm Man I was hoping this thread contained a picture. I could’ve swore and I’ve told people for years, that I remember seeing a Tamiya Blackfoot in this case you’re talking about.

Then after I got into "hobby grade" cars (*cough* [FX10]), I was cruising thru Toys R Us looking for a particular MadBallz or maybe a Bionic 6 action figure and I would always check out the RC case as I still thought they were pretty sweet and I liked to see what was in there as the inventory changed now and then and just being at Toys R Us back then was a big deal....anyhow....I too vaguely remember seeing a Blackfoot and thinking, "huh, maybe the giraffe people have gone somewhat legit with their RC selection." So, yeah...I couldn't testify under oath on that but it could have been the case. Maybe it was a knock-off clone or something but I remember that.

My first RC was a Nikko Dictator from Toys R Us, circa that era. I broke it within a couple of hours, but didn't want to tell my parents I broke it, so just told them it stopped working. We returned it and drove by the hobby store and bought an FX-10 and JR Propo Tx.

I worked at Toys R Us as the cart kid during Christmas season when I was about 16 yo. 30 years later, that damn song still gives me nightmares!


The Hawg is the closest thing I could find to a Blackfoot.

Cant believe how expensive those were back then. No wonder i was (am) broke!

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:07 amI too vaguely remember seeing a Blackfoot and thinking, "huh, maybe the giraffe people have gone somewhat legit with their RC selection." So, yeah...I couldn't testify under oath on that but it could have been the case. Maybe it was a knock-off clone or something but I remember that.

morrisey0 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:34 am
The Hawg is the closest thing I could find to a Blackfoot.

There’s a very very good possibility I could be mistaken. Our family didn’t even frequent the big chain Toys R Us very much. We had a smaller local toys store we typically went to and really only went there for birthdays and Christmas. But maybe one day.......... someone is going to whip out that picture and in the case will be a Blackfoot and I’ll say “ha!! Told you so”

I BELIEVE YOU!!

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm Does anyone happen to have a pic of the r/c display case from Toys R Us circa 87-88? I used to drool over it before I knew of true hobby grade cars.

Cox Bros told me this was the case you were probably drooling over

Hah, good one Brian! I worked there circa 1993 for one Christmas season. It was crazy!!

I remember a Blackfoot too, but I bet it is this we remember. Hard to believe it's so hard to find a pic of an actual display case.

Probably, aren't those Plastic Toys all the same

Kenji told me the Cox Bros philosophy "Once you've had Plastic you always think it's Fantastic"

We had a Toys'r'us four suburbs away in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. I remember looking in the display case. No photos though. The only hobby grade buggy I remember seeing was a Tamiya Super G Grasshopper around 1995/6.