Dream Tamiya Japan Holiday | Vlog 002
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- Fulfilling my dream and sharing the experience of visiting Tamiya HQ in Shizuoka, Japan; explaining Tamiya's history and documenting the great static & R/C models on display and so much more. Fortunate to bump into Mr. Shunsaku Tamiya, the great man himself. Hopefully this video not only serves as a resource & record of Tamiya in 2024 but also introduces the hobby to new scale modellers & R/C enthusiast.
Video Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
03:49 - The Lobby
05:19 - The Archive Room
05:40 - Tamiya’s History
09:19 - Tamiya Branding
10:52 - Educational Models
11:12 - Military Models
14:52 - Aircraft Models
16:04 - Ship Models
19:17 - Car Models
21:56 - Motorcycle Models
23:24 - Mini 4wd
24:44 - Other Static Models
25:21 - R/C Models
44:05 - Meeting Mr. Tamiya
47:54 - Vehicle Display Area
49:15 - The Showroom
01:01:05 - Tamiya Shop
01:02:33 - Tamiya Headquarters
01:03:20 - Fulfilling My Dream
Thank you also to these great resources when researching for this video:
Tamiya | tamiya.com
TamiyaBlog | tamiyablog.com
TamiyaBase | tamiyablog.com
The RC Racer | thercracer.com
scalemates | scalemates.com
rcmates | rcmates.net
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Had been a fan of Tamiya since the 80's. I wish to visit there when i travel to Japan in 2025. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you do get a chance, it’s well worth it.
It's not 2025 yet
Often a lot of things can happen between now & then. But we still hope he/she get a chance to go. 🙂
Fantastic video. Thank you so much! Mr Tamiya is a hero of our age. Forging his unique way forward and he has brought joy to millions.
Very enjoyable video. Some great detail about the history of Tamiya. Thank you for making and sharing it.
Am a huge Tamiya RC fan. Amazing videography and narration. Sat through the entire video. Very educational, learned a few new things here. Greetings from your neighbour in Malaysia 😊
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Happy to have been able to share. 😊
Amazing story of how you chanced upon Mr Tamiya right at the lobby! I too made my pilgrimage to Shizuoka in 2019 to relive my childhood memories. You did a comprehensive and beautiful video to capture the experience for so many of us. Thanks.
How cool you got to meet Mr. Tamiya...what a treat.
Thank you for the great video. It feels like I've seen it in a museum myself.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Meeting Tamiya San must have been amazing. ❤
Yes. Meeting him made the visit & that day extraordinary special. Will forever remember that day.
Fantastic video. Brilliant commentary, you are very knowledgeable
Perfekte Tamiya Präsentation 👍👍
What a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing!
Very nice! Great video!
Absolutely amazing ❤ thank you so much for sharing this 😊
An absolutely wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Thanks for an excellent video tour. A dream come true for many, i'm sure!
Excellent video and narration. Thanks for showing us around the Tamiya HQ! 🙂👍
Great video! Amazing tour and it's a dream to visit Tamiya as well.
Thank you so much for your effort and the great video that takes us along. And meeting Mr. Tamiya himself certainly makes this visit a 11 out of 10 experience!
Very well done video. Loved all the positive things that you mentioned about Japan. Wonderful country!
Thank you. We loved every moment we were there. We wish we have more time & resources in the future to return there again. 😊
Thanks for sharing. I really loved this tour as I will never be able to visit myself. Much appreciated
Outstanding video, thank you so much for sharing this amazing vlog and bringing back so many good memories. Great respect for Mr Tamiya.
Totally amazing video! Thanks!
Thankful to be able to share. 🙏🏻
Fantastic video! Been a huge Tamiya fan most of my life. Want to go there if I ever visit Japan.
It’s well worth it. Hope you get a chance to go! 😊
Thanks for the wonderful tour! Subbed!
Awesome trip! Still have yet to visit Tamiya HQ.🙌❤️ So nice that you met the man himself. Such a humble person.
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Just wonderful, thank you 🙏
Thankful to be able to share. 😊
Fantastic video, thoroughly enjoyed it, great information. Congratulations!!!
Thankful I am able to share. 😊
Thank you for the tour. I missed my chance to visit it myself I was in Japan late January 2024. Was able to visit only their store in Minato City. For sure will visit there one day. Wonderful video.
Thanks for sharing, would love to go to Japan.
Nicely done!
Thanks for positing this interesting visit to Tamiya. I haven't built any of their kits yet but have the USS Enterprise waiting for me to start. I would love Tamiya to start producing civil aircraft models in both 1/144th and 1/200th scale. There would be so many unique kits and many livery options.
Well, I hope Tamiya are reading because that would be a good idea. I wouldn’t mind seeing some classic turbo props. 😊
Amazing Video!
Thank you. Thankful for being able to share. 😊
very nice trip and vid .....TAMIYA = QUALITY
What a great video🤙🏿🤙🏿✊🏾✊🏾
Amazing video
Thank you. Thankful able to share. 😊
Love Tamiya, 99% of my model stash is Tamiya kits. Will visit there one day.
Walaweh ❗✌🏻
1 of my bucket list ✅
Thanks for the video, regards from 🇲🇾
Happy to share. Hope you get a chance to go.
Amazing thanks
Love the vlog and letting us experience this in some way. Thank you!
Manila,Philippines.
Amazing thank you 👏👏👏👏👏🏴
Super vidéo 👍, bravo 👏
Wow, was für ein toller Bericht! ❤
Thank you. 😊
There is a Tamiya factory 1 hour away from where i live, in LapuLapu City, Cebu ,that factory has been there since the 90s
Takes me back to my childhood, i had a Ford Ranger.
I used to go to Birmingham UK to visit Beaties.
I bet you had a blast visiting the meca for Tamiya?
After wanting to make the pilgrimage for so long, it was certainly worthwhile. And bumping into Mr. Tamiya was the icing on the cake. Glad I could take you back to happy memories. 😊
Большое спасибо за ролик. Тамия это эталон качества❤
Tamiya is undoubtedly the number one plastic model manufacturer in the world. Easier to make, parts fit like Lego blocks, easy to follow, and see manual, detailed yet not cluttered parts, so many varieties, and the best box art in my opinion. ( Takom, Dragon, Trumpeter, Border have too many unnecessary parts and they don't always fit well) I love Tamiya and many people would feel same way.
Aye! Aye! Completely agree with that.
tamiya has mad the lif of million humans bether :D thank you tamiya.
Yes. Agree how Tamiya has changed many of our lives. 😊
It would be interesting to find out exactly where Tamiya sourced the example 'Golden Age' RC offroad buggies (e.g. 1981-to 1986) for the display case because they are certainly not box-art 'shelf queen' display samples of the kind found at the trade shows and/or in model shops and Tamiya catalogues of the time. As you correctly point out, many of the models (Sand Scorcher/Brat and Willy's Wheeler have non box-art paint jobs and frankly the Willy's Wheeler's finish looks rather shabby and many of the cars show signs of wear and tear and look like they've seen actual use judging by the tires treads. What's more, the Hotshot doesn't have the standard silver can Mabuchi RS540 from the kit but one of the modified motors (Technipower perhaps?). Instead of vintage display models, they look like donations from fans, which is rather surprising given Tamiya's resources (surely they could have easily found pristine, pro-painted out-of-the-box samples for exhibiting such a historic phase in its RC car development!
Not sure but my guess is it’s probably mostly in-house. The hardcore collectors would be honoured to loan their collections and these would be in pristine condition. 😝
I'm wondering how much you bought this time! Great video btw!
great video , i had thought Mr tamiya had passed away iguess not !!
Mr. Tamiya’s successor, his son-in-law Mr. Masayuki Tamiya passed away in 2017. May he rest in peace.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
🏎wow
😊😊😊
@paolofromtokyo could you also do a video of a day in the life of a Tamiya Scale Models Employee/hobby shop owner?
😂… that could be exciting, could mean working for Tamiya or owning a hobby shop to experience it first hand as part of the research.
hi,im from philippines and im a tamiya employee..im from planning divsion we make 3d models of military miniatures...nice video by the way.
Awesome! Thank you for making the models that we love. Keep up the good work. 💪🏻😊
My Filipino -Japanese cousin ask me if i go to Japan, what place i wanted to go, i said Shizuoka, The home of my favorite model kit, Tamiya
Good on ya. Hope you get to go. 🙂
Second to none Tamiyas the best you can get, the company has everything I have just one wish though, and that is, with the R/C modals they would change the screws from phillips to hex head
Probably it won’t be done for classic rereleases but kits like new BBX have them. 😊
@@t-studioworks Yah your right, sure is easier though.
thanks for video , can you suggest me how arrive ad headquarter from station ? Bus Number or Taxi or else
We took a taxi from the train station. Although the taxi driver may only speak Japanese, we showed the Japanese address on Google Maps using our cellphone. It cost approximately JP¥1700 for a 10 minute ride. 😊
Для таких моделей 1/35/25/72 для хранения дома нужна большая площадь, а Япония по площади очень маленькая страна. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 Поэтому модели в масштабе 1/43 и 1/87 НО ей больше подошли. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very true. 👍🏻
@@t-studioworksСпосибо вам за ответ, хочу добавить, что модели 1/43 и 1/87 НО по цене более доступны .
Why are you whispering??
Hahaha… Apologies. Unfortunately that’s the way I sound in real life. Apart from going to speech lessons which I’m not too keen on, this is only my third voice over video so it’s also a learning process how to record & edit. Will need to do better next time round. For now crank up the volume. 😂😂😂. Thank you for the constructive criticism.
Excellent tour of the factory, your knowledge of Tamiyas history is astonishing. Great video!! 👌👏💝
Thank you. Hopefully the facts are all correct and this becomes another resource like other great websites & videos out there on Tamiya.
@@t-studioworksI'm sure it will! It's such a comprehensive tour, I've never seen one like it. It's a great service you've provided to the Tamiya community. Thank you!
P.s I've shared it all over Facebook Tamiya groups 😅👌