Open house at Tamiya Headquarters, Shizuoka Japan in conjunction with the Shizuoka Hobby Show. Saturday 11th May 2024 #tamiya #hobby #shizuokahobbyshow
Wow, I still own a few Tamiya kit models made in the early 80s (Made In Japan). Unopened. Too lazy to fix them due to busy work schedules. I'll leave them as they were
If that Tyrell P34 (six wheel F1 car, 1976 and 1977) is original it must be worth quite a lot of money. Thank you for sharing this video, it makes me want to visit Japan and the Tamiya HQ. When was the open day to visit thr Tamiya HQ? Do the other model companies (Hasegawa/Fine Molds etc) also have open days?
Yeah it's an awesome car, I'm not sure if original or not! You can visit Tamiya at any time, you just need to apply/book on the website (it's free). Just Google Tamiya headquarters. This was an extra special open day because of the Shizuoka Hobby show, so there was extra displays and many staff on hand to explain things. I'm not sure if you can visit those other companies sorry. I think Aoshima you can visit.
This year, the open area of Tamiya Company is much smaller than that of previous years. When I went there in May 2019, it opened the area of the third floor and the area of the fifth floor, and the company had a special sale on Saturday and Sunday morning, and there were many cheap discount models for sale. I also went there this year, and I was very disappointed.
I hadn't been before but I was definitely underwhelmed with some aspects. Especially the sales area. They were advertising the new Phillipines production plant and many of the staff there were over from Philippines for training. Maybe times are tough.
