As an Autopian reader and former child, you probably at some point assembled at least one or two plastic model-kits with hopes to bring your four-wheeled fantasies into three-dimensional reality, even ...

Before iPhones, Snapchat, and bingeing on TV series were things, kids grew up playing with toys. We know: stunning revelation, right? If you are anything like us—and we’re betting you are, since, um, ...

Have you ever sent an R/C car ripping across the dirt or asphalt and wondered what it would be like to shrink down and ride inside of it? Well, don’t be silly, that’s impossible. But don’t give up ...

To begin with, the Max is powered by 14.4-kWh worth of battery packs—eight swappable batteries, in total. We originally reported it had a much smaller battery; it's unclear if that version will still ...

American kids weren’t the only ones who went nuts for Tamiya’s plastic models and radio-controlled cars, buggies, and trucks during the Reagan administration. The youth in Thatcherite Britain had ...

In Photo: The factory that every Tamiya enthusiasts wants to see. Story & Photos by Patrick P. Tulfo ADMIT it, during your pre-puberty years you once relished the thought of being trapped inside a ...

Many car enthusiasts grew up playing with smaller versions of the cars they couldn't yet drive or afford, and so surely most know of Tamiya. The Japanese model toy company sells some of the coolest ...

Tamiya’s Mini 4WD, only sold in Japan and Asia, was a flop in the ’80s before becoming a huge craze. In 1997, 15% of all AA batteries sold in Japan were used in them. In total, 150 million were sold.

In the formative experiences of most Hackaday readers there will almost certainly be a number of common threads, for example the ownership of a particular game console, or being inspired into ...