About blinkin time! *SOLD*
FINALLY, I can say I'm the proud owner of a Monster Beetle! I would have thought I would have had one of these a long time ago, but not being into VW's in a big way, I guess I just had the mindset of 'later'. I have been thinking about one of these alot lately especially after getting my sand scorcher, and also because it's really a 'must have' in the vintage big wheeled brigade. I bought this locally off another TC member on our auction site, I watched it get relisted a couple of times, and then thought, 'What the heck am I hesitating for, I know I should have one of these!' I decided not to bid on the other one listed and asked the owner of this one for some more pics, it looked pretty good apart from I thought the wheels were painted with gold paint (but turned out they were just dirty!), so when I finally got back to him I hit the nail in the coffin so to speak. Usually I make myself believe whatever I am buying to be not in good condition after a few sour deals but am happy to say I am very pleased with my buy and am proud to have it set right next to my blackfoot!
FINALLY a monster beetle! YESSSS!!!! :)
Comments
mongoose1983
Sweet! You did the right thing, Neil. Looks as if it was just built from new! Have you got the box, too? The manual?
Anyway, if you have a Black Foot, then this one is a must. Plus, the Monster Beetle is one of the most loved truggies in the Tamiya catalogue!
slimmy
Very nice looking monster beetle.
Tamiyamandan
Great Score... A Very Nice Looking MB !!!!
BeetleLover
That's a nice bug! Was that M0torhed? Will look great alongside your trucks
berman
Cheers guys, really stoked with it, she's definitely a looker! Sorry Erich, no box and got a photocopied manual, but I am happy nonetheless, I will have to get some pics of this and the Blackfoot together! Thank you Slimmy and Tamiyamandan! Yeah James it was from Chris, I thought about biding on the one you were after, but this looked complete, and it pretty much is. Thanks mate!
stickerbod
looks a real minter, good buy!
JWeston
Beautiful example and a really strong red. Lovely!
Blacque Jacque
Nice. That looks real tidy fella & it has all the breakables intact still, a rare thing for MB's. Just curious, is the shell moulded in red or white ?
Henk4Focus
Nice one Neil. Have fun with it.
berman
Thanks fellas! Russ the spotlight mounts were broken unfortunately but everything else looks good. there's quite a few new parts like body mounts, G1 brace etc. I just had a look and cant tell the shell colour as it's been painted inside aswell, it has '58060 Monster beetle' so I am happy to know it's not a re-re SS. Cheers again guys
SteelRat
Weird parallel here.. My first RC was an MB, and yours was a Clod. I've just got a Clod, and now you've just got an MB! And an absolutely beautiful one at that. You're a lucky fella!
Fernado Alonso
I agree with the rest very nice indeed
andyalarto
looks awesome, love the MB so much.....but is that a blitzer sunroof with the hole for the ariel??
berman
Thanks guys! Steelrat, sorry to say my first tamiya was a boomerang, but you are right I am a lucky fella, I love it! Thanks Alex, aprreciate it! Andy, yeah I noticed that before I won the auction, easily fixed though. I wonder if the shell is black under the paint too? I still want to strip it and check/overhaul everything, so will make sure it's all original when I do
Dante77
Very clean MB, love it! But more jealous on the weather, lol!
berman
Thanks Dante77, yeah it's the middle of summer here, it's super hot hehe. All the better for me to go and take more pics!
Renco5012
Great bug It's even got the lights on the front.
berman
Haha thanks Mike, unfortunately held on with CA as the mounts are broken but I'm still happy
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