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- I've always loved the box art on Tyco R/C products. And so when AI video technology became good enough, it was the first thing I wanted to bring to life. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it :)
- So I often use Electronic Screwdrivers when building and repairing my R/C Cars, but it took me a few years to find one that I really like. The first one, a Xiaomi Precision Screwdriver wasn't even strong enough to crack a screw, you needed to turn it manually which I…
- The Early Bird Show was a Saturday morning live kids TV variety show filmed in Melbourne Australia between 1985 - 1989.
- As you may have seen from our Taiyo & Tyco Collectors around the World page, you can create a great looking display of your best items using Transparent Shoe Boxes from Amazon / eBay. But wait! Save yourself time and money by ensuring you get the right type and size!
- The Early Bird Show was a Saturday morning live kids TV variety show filmed in Melbourne Australia between 1985 - 1989.
- As you may have seen from our Taiyo & Tyco Collectors around the World page, you can create a great looking display of your best…
- Here's 10 tools and materials you'll need to do a quick and basic restoration without causing damage.
- This Taiyo Toyota Hilux 4WD is the Japanese version of the 4WD Winch Super Roader. As one of Taiyo's first RC car designs, it's not especially fast or efficient -…
- This Taiyo Toyota Hilux 4WD is the Japanese version of the 4WD Winch Super Roader. As one of Taiyo's first RC car designs, it's not especially fast or efficient -…
- This Taiyo Toyota Hilux 4WD is the Japanese version of the 4WD Winch Super Roader. As one of Taiyo's first RC car designs, it's not especially fast or efficient -…
- The Tyco Camaro Z-28 was a single channel radio controlled car manufactured by Taiyo Toys Co. Ltd. in Korea (not…
- The Tyco Cruisin' Bad Boy was small 1/24 radio controlled car, designed and manufactured by Taiyo (Japan). Year of release…
- The Tyco Ferrari F-40 was a small 1/24 scale radio controlled model manufactured by Taiyo (Japan) and released into the…
TycoCollectors is the ultimate reference for 80s, 90s, and 00s Toys
I began building Tyco Collectors in 2022 as a personal project following a wave of nostalgia I felt when purchasing my first Tyco Mini Hopper from eBay. As a kid, I owned a Mini Hopper, Typhoon, Jet Hopper (Turbo Hopper), and others, yet there seemed to be almost no information online about these items that I cherished. And so I resolved to build a central database of every R.C car ever produced by Tyco Toys (USA / Global), Taiyo Toys (Japan), Metro RC (Australia), Dickie Toys (Germany) and more. Later I would add slot cars, HO scale trains, and general toys produced in the 80s, 90s, and 00s.
There are currently over 400 products documented here covering US, UK, Japanese and European brands, each with history, reviews, photos, a ballpark / estimate of potential worth, and whether or not they can be purchased today (and if so, where).
As an Australian dad with young kids and a full time job, it’s consumed a massive amount of my personal time, and costs a fair amount of money to keep the site online and updated, so in 2023 with hosting fees and plugin costs increasing, I added Google Adsense and eBay Affiliate links to the site to help pay those costs and make it somewhat self sustaining.
My hope is that the site will inspire others to preserve the history of these companies, and the memories of our generation so that they won’t be lost with time. TycoCollectors is not associated in any way with any toy company.
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- Many of the sites' visitors grew up in the 80s and 90s and may have been lucky enough to own…
- Everything you'd want to know about the Tyco Turbo Hopper, and the Taiyo Jet Hopper RC cars, from the Aero…
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