I remember the Tamiya tank kit was £135 plus radio gear. My dad told me to peel off the price sticker so my mum didn't see the price!
40 years ago. Eek.
I bought a Tamiya Tiger 1 Panzer large scale R/C kit, 1/16th I think, around 1980, £195 or £295 not sure from Beatties on Spring Gardens in Manchester. I remember carrying it home on the bus thinking what the f*ck have I done.....
Me and my mate spent about two days assembling the tracks, about six or seven parts per link, tapping the bars with the mushroom rivet tool and a wee hammer.....
I never knew 'Panzer' was German for 'Tank' - so my Panzer Tank was in fact a Tank Tank.....
Dead Bill: Hey, you wanna play Twenty Questions?
Dead Ted: Okay! I got one!
Dead Bill: Are you a mineral?
Dead Ted: Yeah!
Dead Bill: Are you a tank?
Dead Ted: Whoa! Yeah!